Tag: US State Department

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 12:24 UTC

  United States expels two members of Cuba's diplomatic mission to the UN

  

  The government of the United States has expelled two members of Cuba's permanent mission to the United Nations due to their alleged involvement in “activities harmful to US national security,” according to State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus' posting Thursday on Twitter.

• Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 08:47 UTC

  Trump administration recognizes reelected Hernandez as Honduras president

  

  The Trump administration on Friday recognized the results of Honduras’ disputed presidential election, despite problems found by poll observers and calls from the U.S. Congress for a new vote. In a statement, the U.S. State Department congratulated President Juan Orlando Hernandez on his re-election, but also urged the country’s electoral commission to examine all disputes to the result.

• Saturday, August 9th 2014 - 07:53 UTC

  US reject the ICJ as an 'appropriate venue' for addressing Argentina's debt issues

  

  A spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said the United States would not permit the International Justice Court in The Hague to hear Argentina's claims that U.S. court decisions had violated its sovereignty.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2013 - 04:07 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ delegates touring US and Latinamerica to drum up support for self-determination

  

  Following the resounding results from this weekend’s referendum Falkland Islands delegates will tour the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America to drum up support for their right to self-determination.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2013 - 03:40 UTC

  Falklands: US formal position unchanged but describes the referendum as ‘democratic’

  

  The US State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday that Washington’s formal position regarding the Falklands/Malvinas despite the democratic referendum results, “has not changed: we recognize de facto UK administration of the Islands, but we take no position on sovereignty claims”.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 00:12 UTC

  US will vote against loans to Argentina in World Bank and IDB

  

  The US State Department said on Wednesday that Argentina must normalize relations with creditors. The statement follows an announcement last week from the Treasury Department warning that the US will vote against granting loans to Argentina in multilateral organizations.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 22:51 UTC

  US report on Argentina questions judicial system and campaign against the media

  

  The US State Department released its annual report on human rights around the world and questioned the Argentine judicial system’s independence along with a series of abuses carried out by police forces including deaths and torture claims.