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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 00:03 UTC

Tag: British Embassy - Chile

  • Monday, March 5th 2018 - 11:59 UTC

    Falklands have three new young “ambassadors”

    Hristo Gomez, Marco Franceschini and Mauricio Giraudo, join British Ambassador in Uruguay Ian Duddy at the Government House in Stanley (Pic Twitter)

    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.

  • Friday, January 19th 2018 - 05:21 UTC

    Foreign Office director in Chile to discuss UK's exit and transition process

    During his stay in Chile Hugh will discuss the British transition process to exit the EU and explain the UK’s approach to both the Chilean public and private sector.

    The Foreign Office Director of the Economic Diplomacy Directorate Hugh Elliot is currently in Chile on a two day visit to discuss the UK’s transition process from the European Union with the Chilean Government. Mr. Elliot is the UK's government main interlocutor for the transition program of agreements and third countries.

  • Wednesday, January 10th 2018 - 08:09 UTC

    Eastern Falkland Plateau to be surveyed by state of the art scientific research vessel

    The RRS Discovery was designed by A.S. Skipsteknisk and was delivered to the National Oceanography Centre on 8 July 2013. (Pic NOC)

    The RRS Discovery arrived on Tuesday in Chile's extreme south port of Punta Arenas in advance of her next research expedition, to undertake seismic survey and piston coring operations in the eastern Falkland Plateau region of the Sub-Antarctic Southwest Atlantic Ocean.

  • Thursday, September 21st 2017 - 08:09 UTC

    Why would I like to meet my neighbors in the Falkland Islands?

    María Romina Dominzain from Uruguay (R), who traveled with Augusto Neubauer from Brazil (L) and Maritza Cárdenas from Chile.(C)

    The Government of the Falkland Islands and the British Embassies in Uruguay, Brazil and Chile invite university students to participate in a regional competition to visit the Falkland Islands.

  • Monday, September 18th 2017 - 07:35 UTC

    UK's Blue Belt Initiative taken as reference at the International Marine Protected Areas congress in Chile

    About 1,500 world experts were present at the Congress, including government and NGO representatives, scientists and technology leaders

    The British Embassy in Santiago participated this month with over 30 British delegates and a GREAT-branded stand at Impac4, the world’s largest Congress on International Marine Protected Areas held in La Serena, a city located in the north of Chile. The Congress, hosted by the Chilean Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Environment, was followed by a High Level meeting in the city of Viña del Mar, near Santiago, Chile’s capital.

  • Thursday, June 29th 2017 - 21:36 UTC

    Chile Day 2017 speech by Sir Alan Duncan

    Sir Alan Duncan speaking at Chile Day 2017

    Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan spoke of the strength of the UK-Chile relationship, our historical ties and common values. Chile Day's objective include strengthening ties between the City of London and representatives from Chilean capital markets

  • Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 12:19 UTC

    British embassy in Santiago, a huge success during Chile's Heritage Day

    Ambassador Fiona Clouder greeted the visitors to the Residence, presenting the strong historic links between Chile and the UK.

    The British Embassy in Santiago participated in Chile’s Heritage Day on Sunday 28 May by hosting an open doors morning at the Residence, a building of historical value located in the El Golf area, which was acquired by the British Government in 1966.

  • Sunday, April 16th 2017 - 02:03 UTC

    UK sponsored Start-Up Games in Santiago to promote innovative businesses

    Participants of the Start-Up Games Santiago at the gardens of the UK embassy

    Chile’s most enthusiastic entrepreneurs gathered together for Start-Up Games Santiago at the British embassy, sponsored by the UK Department for International Trade. The initiative helps entrepreneurs and innovative businesses develop their business plan through a variety of programs and training. The event featured a huge variety of companies, from virtual reality, to health drinks to green bicycle initiatives.

  • Thursday, March 30th 2017 - 10:37 UTC

    Chile Day in London next June; UK ambassador underlines importance of free trade

    “Chile Day offers a significant opportunity for deepening and enhancing our long standing relationship with Chile in trade and other areas”

    The announcement that Chile Day will take place in London in June 2017 is good for the United Kingdom and for Chile, boosting trade and investment between our two nations, said British ambassador in Santiago, Fiona Clouder, who made it a point to praise the significance of free trade.

  • Saturday, January 21st 2017 - 11:18 UTC

    British experts guest speakers in Chile’s sixth version of the Futures Congress

    HMA Fiona Clouder and British experts participating at the Futures Congress.

    Seven prominent British figures representing different areas of science, including economics and social communications, were present at the Futures Congress organized by the Chilean Senate in Santiago. Gathering each year experts from different areas of knowledge to discuss the challenges that human kind will be facing in the future, this event has become the most important scientific conference in Latin America.