Tag: Hugo Swire

• Wednesday, June 18th 2014 - 23:04 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth’s birthday celebrated in Uruguay

  

  Her Majesty the Queen´s 88th birthday was celebrated at the British Embassy in Uruguay when Ambassador Ben Lyster- Binns and his wife Belinda hosted a reception for 300 invited guests.

• Monday, May 12th 2014 - 06:25 UTC

  Argentina media makes it a day with the Home Office reference to Malvinas

  

  The Argentine media has given extensive coverage to the Foreign Office's glitch of calling the Falklands by its Spanish name Malvinas in several documents, and the furious reaction in Parliament, as was reported by the Sunday Express.

• Wednesday, March 19th 2014 - 07:21 UTC

  With Malvinas in mind, Argentine diplomat calls for recreating links with UK

  

  The recent visit to Chile and particularly Uruguay of Foreign Office minister for Latin-American Hugo Swire has triggered a barrage of comments and debate in Argentina about the Falklands/Malvinas, particularly aggressive towards the FCO official, but not surprising.

• Thursday, March 6th 2014 - 21:45 UTC

  Foreign Office minister Swire will visit Uruguay on Wednesday 12 March

  

  Hugo Swire MP, FCO Minister for Latin America, will be visiting Uruguay on Wednesday 12 March where he is scheduled to hold several political and trade meetings. The minister will be returning from Santiago de Chile where he will attend the inauguration ceremony of Chilean president Michelle Bachelet.

• Thursday, February 13th 2014 - 03:19 UTC

  Falklands economic growth could benefit Argentina if attitudes change, says visiting minister

  

  Minister of State for the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Rt. Honourable Hugo Swire currently making his first visit to the Falklands reiterated on Wednesday his previously expressed opinion that the attitude of the present Argentine government towards the Islands denies to the people of Argentina an opportunity for economic growth as well as denying the fundamental right of self-determination to the population of the Islands.

• Monday, February 10th 2014 - 19:07 UTC

  Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire arrives in the Falklands

  

  Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Hugo Swire arrived on Monday afternoon to the Falkland Islands for a visit that will extend from 10-14 February.

• Thursday, December 12th 2013 - 06:39 UTC

  London conference on Pacific Alliance; UK granted observer status

  

  Over 150 representatives of British companies and businesses attended the conference on the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico) organized by the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Financial Times. The Alliance is considered one of the newest and most promising political and economic blocks is emerging from Latin America.

• Thursday, November 14th 2013 - 19:58 UTC

  UK becomes observer of the Pacific Alliance, announces Chilean foreign minister

  

  Chilean Foreign Affairs Minister Alfredo Moreno has said that the UK has been granted Observer Status of the Pacific Alliance. The announcement was made by Moreno during his recent visit to Europe. The Pacific Alliance is made up of Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico and is consolidating as the fastest growing group in the region.

• Friday, October 4th 2013 - 07:05 UTC

  UK offers Paraguay cooperation in transport and infrastructure at embassy ceremony

  

  The UK is back in full force in Latinamerica, and particularly in Paraguay, the fastest growing economy in the region, said Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire during the inauguration of the British embassy in Asunción, which had been shut down back in 2005.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 22:02 UTC

  Minister Swire visit confirms close UK links with Sao Paulo university and research centers

  

  Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Latin America, Hugo Swire is in Sao Paulo the last leg of this latest South American tour that had him in Asuncion, Paraguay and the Brazilian cities of Porto Alegre and Brasília in the beginning of the week.