Overview
- Decrees published Thursday in the Official Gazette made Lucila Crexell ambassador to Canada (Decree 304/2026) and named Carlos Foradori Argentina’s permanent representative to the World Trade Organization (Decree 303/2026), ending Gustavo Lunazzi’s tenure.
- Crexell’s posting followed Senate approval earlier in April after a floor debate on April 9 that cleared her nomination.
- Prosecutors and Federal Criminal Court No. 6 dismissed a complaint that alleged she traded her 2024 vote on the ‘Ley Bases’ for a post, stating they found no causal link or crime.
- Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno framed the appointments as part of a reorganization of Argentina’s foreign service, after tensions at the ministry that included his public rebuke of Lunazzi for outdated documents on the official site.
- Canada is a strategic location for Argentina’s energy and mining ties that track with Crexell’s Neuquén focus, and a 2024 leak had previously shown a draft that considered her for a Unesco role.