Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Thursday, February 25th 2016 - 06:27 UTC

  Hollande extends full support for Macri: “France is ready to back you”

  

  Argentina's President Mauricio Macri received fresh endorsement of his economic measures on Wednesday when French President Francois Hollande flew in to Buenos Aires with 30 business leaders looking for investment opportunities. The visit reflected a turnaround in Argentina's global profile since Macri took power two months ago and immediately set about mending diplomatic ties and his country's tattered credit ratings.

• Monday, February 15th 2016 - 05:57 UTC

  Falklands' visit by Defense secretary Fallon “while parliament is in recess”

  

  British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon is scheduled to visit the Falkland Islands this week, the first such visit in over a decade. However the timing of the visit has caused some irritation with the Foreign Office, according to the London media, since it could interfere with the current approach with the new Argentine administration.

• Wednesday, February 10th 2016 - 07:24 UTC

  Argentina still has uphill battle with holdouts: a stay of pari-passu is next round

  

  While investors cheered progress on last week's arduous negotiations in New York between Argentine government officials and litigant investors, the administration of president Mauricio Macri still faces an uphill battle as it works to bring other holdouts on board.

• Monday, January 25th 2016 - 08:41 UTC

  Tompkins widow plans to hand over thousands of acres to create national parks in Patagonia

  

  The widow of American conservationist Doug Tompkins, who died last month while kayaking in South America's Patagonia region, says she'll build on her husband's legacy of protecting threatened ecosystems in Argentina and Chile.

• Friday, January 8th 2016 - 11:06 UTC

  Argentina and Uruguay will bid to jointly host 2030 World Cup

  

  Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez and Argentine counterpart Mauricio Macri agreed on Thursday that their countries will present a joint bid to host the World Cup in 2030, a century after Uruguay was the site of the first tournament.

• Friday, January 8th 2016 - 08:06 UTC

  Macri and Vazquez marked the beginning of a new chapter in bilateral relations

  

  Uruguay and Argentina presidents Tabare Vazquez and Mauricio Macri made on Thursday several announcements referred to bilateral issues indicating relations between the two neighboring countries have effectively improved following years of tension and misunderstandings with the governments of Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Fernandez.

• Monday, January 4th 2016 - 06:45 UTC

  Macri's government renews Falklands' sovereignty claim and calls on UK for dialogue

  

  President Mauricio Macri's government reaffirmed on Sunday, 3 January, Argentina's sovereignty rights over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands on the 183 anniversary of the 'British occupation of the archipelago' in the South Atlantic, and called for dialogue with the United Kingdom. In a statement published in the Foreign Ministry site it said that “Argentina renews its commitment to the peaceful solution of controversies, to international law to and multilateralism”.

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2015 - 14:31 UTC

  Brazil welcomes and supports Macri's policies regarding the dollar and trade

  

  The Brazilian government has welcomed Argentina's realistic foreign exchange policy unifying the Argentine peso exchange rate, saying the latest economic measures taken by the Mauricio Macri administration will be “very positive” for the commercial relationship between the two countries.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:36 UTC

  A Positive Outlook for the Falklands at FIA's annual general meeting

  

  The Falkland Islands have received assurances of sustained support from the British Parliament and from the Falkland Islands Association at that organisation’s annual general meeting in London where members were given a positive report of progress and economic development in the Islands.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 08:40 UTC

  “Relations with Britain can't be limited to the Malvinas issue”, says Malcorra

  

  Argentina's next foreign minister Susana Malcorra, who will have the task of reestablishing relations with 'all countries', including those with which there are pending or difficult situations, made it a point to underline British Prime Minister David Cameron's gesture of phoning president elect Mauricio Macri to congratulate him on his victory.