The Minister of the Interior, Eduardo “Wado” de Pedroand the Governors of the Great North met this Wednesday in the city of Washington with representatives of the U.S. Chamber of Commercethe United States Chamber of Commerce, with the goal of establishing contacts about new foreign investment and shops in the Norte Grande.
The meeting was held at the headquarters of the Argentine embassy together with representatives of the US Chamber of Commerce and the Argentine ambassador to the United States also participated, Jorge Arguelloand its North American counterpart in Argentina, Mark Stanley.
Next to De Pedro were the governors Gerardo Zamora (Santiago del Estero), Jorge Captainich (Chaco), Raul Jalil (Catamarca), Gildo Insfran (Formosa), Gerardo Morales (Jujuy), Ricardo Quintela (The Rioja), Oscar Herrera Ahuad (Missions) and Gustavo Saenz (jump); the lieutenant governor of TucumánRegina Amadoand the head of the Federal Investment Council (CFI), Ignatius Lamoth.
The companies that participated in this meeting were Interamerican Development, Bank Group, Livent, BMW Group, AWS, Cisco, Institute of International Finance (IIF), Exxon Mobil, Lithium Americas Corp, Total Energies Washington, DC Representative Office, Reckitt and Roche. .
So did Merek & Co, Whirpool Corporation, Bioceres, McLarty Associates, Arko Advice, Cergill, Paramount Global, Expedia Group, Excelerate Energy, Rio Tinto, DP DHL Americas, Albemarle Corporation, APR Energy; DHL, Satellite Industry Association, Roche, Amazon Web Services.
Before that meeting – specified an official statement – the delegation had a meeting with representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with the objective of preserving the flow of financing with multilateral credit organizations to continue developing public works that benefit the bloc.
The director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the IMF, Ilan Golfdajn; the deputy director and head of the Argentine MissionLuis Cubeddu; the representative of the IMF resident in Argentina, ben kelmanson; the deputy chief of division, Ricardo Llaudesand Senior Economist, Michael Perks.
“We talked about the challenges posed by the current international economic situation and the opportunities that are opening up to the Norte Grande region Argentina in a world with growing demand for food, minerals and energy,” said Zamora, pro tempore president of the Norte Grande Regional Council.
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The governors of the Norte Grande held a meeting today with the Director of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department, Ilan Golfdajn.
It was a constructive exchange, within the framework of the mission of the Great Argentine North to Washington. pic.twitter.com/dJ5N0CnCue– Gerardo Zamora (@GZamoraSDE) September 28, 2022
The IMF authorities highlighted the symbolic force of the message given by governors of different party signs, and the leaders expressed their commitment to the principle of fiscal solvency and the importance of prioritizing and sustaining public investment in their districts.
Meanwhile, De Pedro held meetings with katie tobinDirector of Cross-Border Security at the White House National Security Council, and with Alexander MayorcasSecretary of Homeland Security.
Accompanied by the National Director of Migration, Florence Carignanospoke “of the work against human trafficking and smuggling, especially migrants and children, and of the good practices for the region that our country has in migratory matters,” the minister pointed out on his Twitter account.
Accompanied by @florcarignanook and Ambassador Marc Stanley, we met at the White House with Katie Tobin, Director of Cross-Border Affairs at the National Security Council. pic.twitter.com/i9Cy3zN6ip
– Wado de Pedro ?? (@wadodecorrido) September 28, 2022
Earlier, the delegation visited the headquarters of Amazon Web Service (AWS), where she was received by the vice president of the Amazon Public Policy area, Shannon Kelloggin a working session on “Digitization of Provincial Governments” and “Generation of talents and response to disasters”.
For the first point the governors signed a collaboration agreement with AWS, with the aim of bridging the technological gap in the provinces of the region and join the new development projections based on knowledge.
On the second segment, they worked on programs with an impact on society, such as the “AWS Academy!”, which grants Higher Education institutions a cloud computing curriculum, free of charge, so that students seek industry certifications.
In this sense, Capitanich expressed that “for us, who are developing a digital agenda in all the provinces of the Norte Grande to improve the use of technology in matters of education, health, security, justice, public services, internet, e-commerce , We think what has been raised here is very important”.
Another of the programs offered is “AWS Disaster Response” that provides support to governments to react to a disaster or to prepare with first-rate technological infrastructure, in order to detect and anticipate, for example, fires, floods or earthquakes. .
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Positive meeting, in our embassy, of the Governors of the Argentine Great North?? with the authorities of the Department of State??@StateDept pic.twitter.com/IlIii0rNOd
– Jorge Arguello (@JorArguello) September 28, 2022
participated lorraine zickerRegional Manager of the World Public Sector for Latin America; Ishit Vachhrajani; Leader of the global team of Amazon Organizational Strategy; jeff fridman, Regional Manager of the sector of municipal and state public services companies; and Abby Daniel, Program Team Manager for Latin America, Canada and the Caribbean for AWS.
Meanwhile, Quintela summed up this trip that “We need to generate wealth and jobs so that our people have genuine work in our province.”
The Rioja governor pointed out that “the Norte Grande has been established as a region to go out into the world, first to make itself known, to know that the North of our country exists and, fundamentally, to offer the opportunities that our provinces offer to the entire world.”
On Tuesday night, the governors attended a dinner at the Argentine Embassy in the United States, with authorities from the State Department.
The meeting was attended by the Special Envoy of the Department of State for the Northern Triangle and Principal Deputy Undersecretary for the Western Hemisphere, Ricardo Zúñiga; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Mark Wells; and Defense Deputy for the Western Hemisphere, Daniel Erkison; the National Coordinator of the Summit of the Americas, Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Kevin O’Reilly, the Director of the Southern Cone of the National Security Council, Lorenzo Harris, and Ambassador Stanley.
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Visit to AmazonProductive exchange between the governors of the Argentine North Grande ?? and senior managers of @amazon on innovation, digitization of production processes, disaster management and marketing of provincial products pic.twitter.com/0bNWEW6TKo
– Jorge Arguello (@JorArguello) September 28, 2022
