Tag: Sergio Apablaza

• Monday, March 12th 2012 - 22:17 UTC

  Trade, political refugees and Falklands’ flights in CFK/Piñera summit agenda

  

  Increasing common infrastructure projects such as tunnels and border crossings between Chile and Argentina will be the main motive of this week’s presidential summit between Sebastian Piñera and Cristina Fernandez.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:11 UTC

  CFK agrees to visit Chile after October 23 presidential election

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was invited to visit Chile during a meeting she held in New York City with her Chilean counterpart Sebastián Piñera on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

• Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 18:06 UTC

  Chile tries to cool escalating conflict with Argentina

  

  Chilean Foreign Affairs minister Alfredo Moreno said Wednesday he would not make any further comments involving the serious controversy which erupted following Argentina’s decision to deny extradition of a Chilean guerrilla fighter charged with the killing of a Senator and kidnapping the son of a media owner in 1991 when democracy had been restored to Chile.

• Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 05:22 UTC

  President Piñera’s cousin and Senator says the Kirchners are not to be trusted

  

  A leading Chilean Conservative Senator said on Tuesday it is going to be very difficult to have a confidence relation “with the Argentine government, the President and the Kirchner couple” and described Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman as someone who lacks “human and intellectual category”.

• Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 05:20 UTC

  Chile freezes relation and calls off series of meetings with Argentina

  

  Chilean Argentine relations deteriorated seriously on Tuesday when the government of President Sebastian Piñera announced they were calling off a series of meetings at Foreign Affairs ministerial level following on Buenos Aires decision to grant political asylum to a former guerrilla fighter.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2010 - 03:03 UTC

  Rift widens as Chile hands letter of complaint to Argentine ambassador

  

  The differences between Chile and Argentina with regards to the ex guerrilla fighter Sergio Galvarino Apablaza Guerra's situation were clearly marked during the meeting between Chile's Foreign Minister, Alfredo Moreno, and Argentine Ambassador to Chile Ginés Gonzáles García.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 02:04 UTC

  Argentina takes its time before deciding what to do with Chilean guerrilla

  

  Alleged Chilean terrorist Sergio Galvarino Apablaza is to remain free while the Argentine government decides whether or not he will be extradited to Chile or if he will be granted political asylum.

• Monday, September 20th 2010 - 02:15 UTC

  Disagreement over terrorist extradition could sour Chile/Argentine relations

  

  After a lack of agreement in Chile over the extradition of ex guerrilla member Sergio Apablaza, Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that the meeting held with President Sebastián Piñera was an “excellent” one, during declarations made to seemingly minimize the situation.