Tag: British Embassy - Chile

• Friday, January 1st 2021 - 21:59 UTC

  Reflections about very busy times in Chile: “2020, a year like no other”

  

  From the repatriation of British tourists stranded in Chile to the preparations for the UK’s exit from the EU, Ambassador Ian Duddy, speaks about this year's work.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Open editorial by Ian Duddy, British Ambassador to Chile

  

  There is no doubt that this pandemic requires a global response. So, collaboration among countries has become crucial in all our efforts to overcome this generation-defining crisis.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Mrs Louise de Sousa appointed UK Ambassador to Chile

  

  Mrs Louise de Sousa has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Chile in succession to Mr Jamie Bowden CMG OBE MVO. Mrs de Sousa will take up her appointment in February 2021. She is married to Allan Rivail de Sousa and they have two children.

• Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:04 UTC

  Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance launches collaboration network in Chile

  

  A group of UK experts visited Santiago during March 2019 to inaugurate a fintech collaboration network with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latina America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC). This was an outcome of an intense agenda of activities carried out in Chile last October by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, (CCAF).

• Sunday, October 7th 2018 - 12:34 UTC

  British Ambassador to Chile presents credentials to President Piñera

  

  The United Kingdom Ambassador to Chile, Mr. Jamie Bowden, presented his credentials to President Sebastián Piñera, at a ceremony that took place at La Moneda presidential palace on October 3rd.

• Monday, September 3rd 2018 - 07:47 UTC

  Falklands' competition open to students from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands and the British Embassies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay invites university students to participate. This regional competition offers winners the chance to visit the Falklands for a week with all the costs covered.

• Saturday, July 7th 2018 - 05:27 UTC

  British embassy participated at Pride Parade in Santiago de Chile

  

  The British Embassy participated at the 2018 Pride Parade held in Santiago on 23 June. Organized by two of the most important Chilean LGBTI organizations, Movilh and Fundación Iguales, the Parade attracted over 80,000 people who marched to demand respect for the rights of the LGBTI community in Chile.

• Friday, June 22nd 2018 - 10:58 UTC

  Jamie Bowden starts duties as new British Ambassador to Chile

  

  Jamie Bowden has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Chile in succession to Ms Fiona Clouder. Mr Jamie Bowden, called on the Acting Director of Protocol of the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Patricio Guesalaga, during his first day Ambassador to Chile.

• Thursday, June 21st 2018 - 11:44 UTC

  Chile Day in London, 6-7 September, to promote growth and investments

  

  Chile Day in London will take place on 6-7 September; it was announced at an event in the British embassy in Santiago de Chile. The initiative has grown steadily since its year of inception in 2011 and “this year promises to be a new focus, at an important time for both our countries”, said ambassador Fiona Clouder.

• Monday, March 5th 2018 - 11:59 UTC

  Falklands have three new young “ambassadors”

  

  Three young people who, judging by their boundless enthusiasm for all things Falkland, could be ambassadors for the Islands after only a week in Stanley and the Camp. Mauricio Giraudo from Uruguay, Marco Franceschini from Brazil and Hristo Gomez, from Chile, are this year’s winners of a competition organized each year by the British embassies in Montevideo, Brasilia and Santiago and sponsored and financed by the Falkland Islands Government.