Tag: Jon Benjamin

• Sunday, June 2nd 2024 - 16:10 UTC

  UK ambassador to Mexico removed following a video that became viral

  

  UK's ambassador to Mexico (and ex to Chile, 2009/2014) has been removed from his post after a video of him jokingly pointing at staff what appears to be a high-powered rifle circulated online, causing controversy.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 23:59 UTC

  “Malvinas Argentinas,” Chile's President-elect once told UK Ambassador

  

  Argentina's ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) was quick to celebrate Gabriel Boric's win in Sunday's presidential runoff in Chile.

• Thursday, December 5th 2013 - 18:55 UTC

  UK and Germany support small scale renewable energy project in Chile

  

  The UK is supporting and helping finance the development of a 20 million-dollar small scale renewable energy project in Chile. The project will be financed from the joint UK-Germany NAMA (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action) Facility and Chile's is only one in four of 47 projects worldwide that applied for this funding and reflects the quality of the Chilean application.

• 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.

• Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 06:58 UTC

  Symbolic fourth bell returns from Wales to Chile's 14th Fire Brigade, 150 years later

  

  In another demonstration of the close links of Chile and Britain, members of the 14th Fire Brigade from the city of Santiago de Chile officially received the fourth bell of the old Compañía de Jesús Church which was completely destroyed by a devastating fire that also killed over 2.500 people in 1863, almost 150 years ago.

• Saturday, May 11th 2013 - 10:35 UTC

  UK ambassador praises Chilean judicial system in case involving death of British citizen in 1973

  

  This week a Chilean court found two retired naval officers guilty in connection with the kidnapping, torture and murder of a Chilean-British citizen in September 1973; UK Ambassador Jon Benjamin made a statement about the verdicts in trial of those accused.

• Friday, October 19th 2012 - 01:35 UTC

  Chilean lawmaker wants Chiloé students to learn English in the Falklands

  

  Chilean lawmaker Gabriel Ascencio is promoting a program of scholarships for students from his constituency in the south of Chile to travel to the Falkland Islands to learn English and become proficient in the language.

• Monday, October 15th 2012 - 19:11 UTC

  Chile-Argentina qualifier heats up with UK ambassador reference to the Falklands

  

  In an anticipation of Tuesday’s qualifier between Argentina and Chile for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, UK ambassador in Chile Jon Benjamin got muddled in a “twitter incident” involving the Falklands/Malvinas for which later he had to apologize.

• Saturday, March 10th 2012 - 05:01 UTC

  Waters again mixed up in politics: they talk to him ‘because he is blonde and English’

  

  British musician Roger Walters has fascinated his Argentine audiences and press reports on his shows could not be better. However the former Pink Floyd lead singer incursion into politics has not been such a success.

• Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 21:14 UTC

  Suspending Lan flight can only be seen as an “economic blockade” against the people of the Falklands

  

  British ambassador in Chile Jon Benjamin said that if Lan flights to the Falkland Islands from Chile are suspended this can only be interpreted as an “economic blockade” of the Islands and strongly suggested that the administration of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is trumpeting the Malvinas card pushed by “domestic interests”.