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Weekly Report - 24 June 2010 (WR-10-25)
Argentine foreign minister resigns after spat with Fernández
Argentina's President Cristina Fernández swore in a new foreign
minister, Héctor Timerman, this week after the previous incumbent, Jorge Taiana,
unexpectedly resigned. Taiana was appointed as deputy foreign minister by the
President's husband and predecessor Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007) in 2003 and had
held the top job for five years. His departure comes just after a major
breakthrough to improve ties with Uruguay, and just as a former Argentine
ambassador to Caracas testified to congress about an alleged corruption scheme
run by the federal planning ministry involving Argentine exports to Venezuela.
Timerman had been serving as ambassador to the US.
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- TRACKING TRENDS
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