Tag: Pedro Sanchez

• Thursday, April 27th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Spanish PM promises Lula he will push for EU-Mercosur deal closure

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday insisted in Madrid on his unorthodox view regarding the war in Ukraine but the approval of the Mercosur-European Union (EU) deal signed in 2019 that still needs to be ratified looked closer following Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's comments.

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 19:58 UTC

  Paraguayan President brokers EU-Mercosur deal in Madrid

  

  Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez discussed bilateral issues in Madrid, particularly the ratification of the Mercosur-European Union trade agreement.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 19:55 UTC

  Ukrainian crisis tops agenda in Fernández-Sánchez meeting in Madrid

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday met in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on the first day of his European tour which will also include encounters with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron.

• Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Spanish sailors in Falklands honor their fellow crew members from Villa de Pitanxo lost off Newfoundland

  

  Crew members from the Spanish fleet which operates with Falkland Islands licenses met on Monday in the capital Stanley for a poignant ceremony to honor their fellow mariners who went down with the fishing vessel Villa de Pitanxo, off Newfoundland.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil: Lula wants to return to power but it's not up to just him

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has explained in an interview published over the weekend that he wants to return to power “so that people can eat three times a day.”

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Chile's Piñera human rights policy condemned by Amnesty International during his European tour

  

  Amnesty International has sent a letter to European leaders who Chilean president Sebastian Piñera is currently visiting expressing concern about the serious human rights violations and impunity that continue to put all people in Chile at risk. Piñera is currently visiting France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, and the Vatican.

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Argentine President's gaffe overshadows Spanish PM's presence at Casa Rosada

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's presence at the Casa Rosada Wednesday was shadowed by a racist remark from Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who said that “Mexicans came from the Indians, Brazilians came from the jungle, but we Argentines came from the ships, and they were ships that came from Europe, and that's how we built our society.”

• Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Spain eyes Latin America and Mercosur for its new international economy strategy

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Wednesday said his country intends to have a greater presence in Latin American markets and for that it is willing to invest more than 4,5 billion euros (almost US $ 5,5 billion).

• Wednesday, May 12th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine President Fernández vows strategic agreement with Spain to be built

  

  Argentina's President Alberto Fernández Tuesday said in Madrid after separate meetings with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez that “we are going to consolidate a strategic agreement and we can relaunch it with your visit and deepen it as much as necessary.”

• Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez lands in Spain before heading for France, where military officers claim “a civil war is brewing”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and his entourage arrived late Monday in Madrid, where he is due to meet with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.