Posts Tagged ‘ambassador’

Senators debate teen suffrage bill

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Senators are to debate today the polemic teen suffrage bill. The Upper House of Congress was debating today the polemic teen suffrage bill, which if passed, will allow teenagers between the ages of 16 and 18 the opportunity to vote in the national election. The session began just after midday and is predicted to extend [...]

Ambassador Alicia Castro delivers credentials to Queen Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth II (L) shakes hands with Argentina”s Ambassador Alicia Amalia Castro before presenting her credentials during a private audience at Buckingham Palace Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alicia Castro, delivered her credentials to Queen Elizabeth II in a meeting deemed as “warm,” that will help improve bilateral relations between both countries. Castro, the [...]

France recalls Syria ambassador, vows more pressure

Young women with their face painted with the Syrian flag attend a demonstration. France recalled its ambassador from Syria today in protest at the violent government crackdown on opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, saying his “days were numbered” and vowing to press on with efforts to end the bloodshed. “Faced with worsening repression led by [...]

Ambassador Argüello presents credentials and gives Obama a ‘one dollar’ gaucho silver knife

Argentina’s Ambassador in United States Jorge Argüello delivered his credential letters to President Barack Obama, who expressed his “joy” for the positive results of his counterpart Cristina Fernández surgery. In the twenty minutes encounter, Obama also highlighted that the bilateral relationship has “meaningful opportunities for the future” after the strengthening of the bilateral bond in [...]

Washington approves Jorge Argüello as Argentina’s next ambassador

The Argentine diplomat Jorge Argüello (grossly misinformed on the Falkland Islands) has received official approval from President Barack Obama’s administration for his bid to become the Argentine Ambassador in Washington DC, the Foreign Ministry announced this week in Buenos Aires. “The US embassy in Buenos Aires informed the Foreign Ministry that President Barack Obama signed [...]

Argüello appointed Ambassador to the United States

Jorge Argüello was appointed as the new Argentine Ambassador to the United States by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Government sources said. Argüello, who currently represents Argentina before the United Nations, will replace Alfredo Chiaradia in Washington DC. Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman has already contacted the US Department of State for Argüello’s approval, a statement [...]

Foreign Ministry candidate appointed as Ambassador to Brazil

Foreign Ministry’s Trade and Economic Affairs secretary Luis María Kreckler, who was a strong candidate to be the Foreign Minister in the next presidential cabinet, was appointed as Argentina’s Ambassador to Brazil. It was officially announced that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “has requested for the approval” to Ambassador Luis María Kreckler and it “was [...]

Argentine Ambassador before the UN confirms threat to cancel flights to Malvinas

The Argentine Ambassador before the UN, Jorge Argüello, ratified this morning that if the United Kingdom keeps on refusing to discuss and negotiate Malvinas Islands sovereignty, the government will cancel flights to the Southern archipelago. Before reporters Argüello asked “Why should Argentina keep facilitating British citizens to travel between the islands and mainland Argentina, while [...]

Iran hopes to appoint ambassador in Buenos Aires ‘in near future’

Iranian deputy Foreign Minister Ali Ahani expressed his wishes that his country will be able to appoint a new ambassador in Buenos Aires in the near future. Ahani also told Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo that he hopes that the “misunderstandings” between Argentina and Iran over the 1994 bombing of AMIA Jewish Community centre, [...]

Italy recalls ambassador to Syria

Italy has become the first European Union country to recall its ambassador to Syria in protest at the repression of anti-government demonstrations and urged other nations do the same. Meanwhile Russia said it would not oppose a United Nations resolution to condemn the violence. Italy is the first EU nation to withdraw its ambassador, although [...]