Tag: Mike Pence

• Thursday, December 7th 2017 - 07:56 UTC

  Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and calls it a new approach to the Palestinian conflict

  

  In a momentous shift of United States foreign policy in the Middle East, President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday and initiated the process of relocating the U.S. embassy to the city from Tel Aviv.

• Sunday, August 20th 2017 - 13:09 UTC

  Argentina opens its market to US pork products

  

  Argentina has agreed to allow imports of U.S. pork products for the first time since 1992, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. “Today’s announcement is a big win for American pork producers and proves that President Trump is getting real results for America’s farmers and ranchers,” said Vice President Pence.

• Saturday, June 17th 2017 - 16:26 UTC

  Pence to visit Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Panama in August

  

  US Vice President Mike Pence announced he will be travelling to Central and South America later this year. During a conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America in Miami it became known that the Vice President will be touring Colombia -Cartagena and Bogota-, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile and Panama City on August 13-18.

• Monday, April 17th 2017 - 08:28 UTC

  The era of strategic patience with Pyongyang is over, warns vice-president Pence in Korea

  

  United States Vice President Mike Pence has stared across the demilitarized border between North and South Korea, a day after North Korea's failed missile launch, reiterating that the US “era of strategic patience” with Pyongyang is over. Pence is on the first stop of a four-nation Asia tour intended to show America's allies, and remind its adversaries, that the Trump administration is not turning its back on the increasingly volatile region.

• Thursday, February 16th 2017 - 11:54 UTC

  Trump calls for the immediate liberation of Venezuela's Leopoldo López

  

  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Venezuela to free jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez “immediately,” posting a picture of himself and Vice President Mike Pence with Lopez's wife at the White House.

• Monday, February 13th 2017 - 10:14 UTC

  Vice-president Pence: Trump looks forward to speaking with president Macri

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri and US vice-president Mike Pence spoke last Friday on the phone and agreed that the two countries need to redouble their efforts to enhance job creation and economic growth. The vice-president also noted that president Donald Trump looks forward to speaking with president Macri.

• Monday, February 6th 2017 - 10:06 UTC

  First informal contacts of Trump administration with the Argentine government

  

  Argentina's vice president Gabriela Michetti was unexpectedly greeted by president Donald Trump and held a brief meeting with her peer Mike Pence last week in Washington during the National Prayer Breakfast, a traditional ceremony held in Washington's Hilton. Michetti later shared lunch with members of the State Department Western Hemisphere Desk at the Argentine embassy.