Tag: Rex Tillerson

Monday, September 10th 2018 - 18:15 UTC
Several dead in military complex amid revelations of coup plans in Venezuela

Eight alleged criminals were killed on Sunday at the most important military complex in Venezuela amid the revelations about plans for a coup supported by the government of the United States.
Friday, July 6th 2018 - 08:41 UTC
Trump planned invading Venezuela

Associated Press (AP) revealed that last August, during a meeting in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump asked a question that startled his advisors: given that the situation in Venezuela threatens regional security, why does the United States not invades the South American country?
Wednesday, February 7th 2018 - 21:55 UTC
Colombian government refuses to close its border with Venezuela

At least 8,000 Venezuelans cross the border between Colombia and Venezuela daily to the department of Arauca, southeast of Colombia. Although the migratory flow at this point does not compare with the thirty or forty thousand Venezuelans who cross the Simón Bolívar bridge between Santander and Táchira every day, in Arauca the majority of migrants arrive in conditions of extreme vulnerability.
Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:47 UTC
Tillerson praises 'enormous' value of Mexican immigration, but admits US needs 'good discipline'

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in Mexico on Friday that immigrants bring “enormous value” to the U.S., but added the U.S. government lacks “good discipline” in regulating who enters the country to live. After meeting in Mexico City with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, Tillerson told reporters the U.S. has put “many mechanisms in place” over the years to control immigration, but has “never gone back to clean this up.”c
Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:42 UTC
US warns Mexico to pay attention to Russian meddling in the July elections

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Mexico on Friday to pay attention to Russian meddling in elections around the world, following comments from another US official that there were signs of such interference in the country's presidential race.
Saturday, January 27th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
Tillerson's first tour of several Latin American countries in early February

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Austin, Texas, and then to Mexico City, Mexico; Bariloche and Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Perú; Bogotá, Colombia; and Kingston, Jamaica on February 1-7. According to a release from the State Department, Secretary Tillerson will engage with regional partners to promote a safe, prosperous, energy secure, and democratic hemisphere.
Saturday, February 11th 2017 - 08:20 UTC
Trump pledges to honor the “One China” following a phone call with President Xi

US President Donald Trump has climbed down on past threats and agreed to honour the so-called “One China” policy. He backed the long-standing agreement during a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House said. The One China policy states that there is only one Chinese government.
Friday, September 28th 2012 - 06:19 UTC
CFK to Harvard students: there is no ‘dollar clamp’; don’t repeat monochord questions

President Cristina Fernandez speaking at Harvard University denied there was a “dollar clamp”, chided some students for making the same “monochord questions” as the Argentine media, attacked the IMF and finally described a question on her wish for re-re-election as ‘abstract’ since it does not depend from her or a single party.
Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 05:32 UTC
Cristina Fernandez off to the UN General Assembly to claim Malvinas sovereignty

President Cristina Fernandez leaves this weekend for New York to attend the UN General Assembly where two of the main issues of the Argentine agenda will be the Malvinas Islands claim and AMIA, the terrorist attack on an Argentine Jewish institution in which allegedly Iran could have been involved.