Editing Foreign relations of Argentina (section)

=== Kirchner Presidency ===
[[File:BRICS members and guest at the 6th BRICS summit 2014.jpg|thumb|240px|President [[Cristina Kirchner]] alongside the members of [[BRICS]] and [[Union of South American Nations]] in 2014.]]
Within the term of President [[Néstor Kirchner]], from 2003 onwards, Argentina suspended its policy of automatic alignment with the United States and moved closer to other Latin American countries. Argentina no longer supports the UN Commission on Human Rights resolution criticizing the "human rights situation in Cuba" and calling upon the Government of Cuba to "adhere to international human rights norms", but has chosen instead to abstain. In the [[2006 United Nations Security Council election]], Argentina supported, like all Mercosur countries, the candidacy of Venezuela (a Mercosur member) over Guatemala for a non-permanent seat in the Security Council.

The [[Mercosur]] has become a central part of the Argentine foreign policy, with the goal of forming a Latin American [[trade bloc]]. Argentina has chosen to form a bloc with Brazil when it comes to external negotiations, though the economic asymmetries between South America's two largest countries have produced tension at times.

Between 4 and 5 November 2005, the city of [[Mar del Plata]] hosted the [[Mar del Plata Summit of the Americas|Fourth Summit of the Americas]]. Although the themes were unemployment and poverty, most of the discussion was focused on the FTAA. The summit was a failure in this regard, but marked a clear split between the countries of the Mercosur, plus [[Venezuela]], and the supporters of the FTAA, led by the United States, Mexico and Canada. FTAA negotiations have effectively stalled until at least the conclusion of the 2006 [[Doha round]] global trade talks.

In 2005, Argentina assumed again (see history [[List of elected members of the United Nations Security Council#Scoretable|here]] ) the two-year non-permanent position on the [[UN Security Council]].

As of 2007, during Kirchner's almost four years in power, Argentina entered into 294 bilateral agreements, including 39 with [[Venezuela]], 37 with [[Chile]], 30 with [[Bolivia]], 21 with Brazil, 12 with China, 10 with Germany, 9 with the United States and Italy, and 7 with [[Cuba]], Paraguay, Spain and Russia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/03/22/en_pol_art_kirchner-signed-39-p_22A847381.shtml |title=Daily News – eluniversal.com |access-date=22 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330043725/http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/03/22/en_pol_art_kirchner-signed-39-p_22A847381.shtml |archive-date=30 March 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>