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James Dauris

British Ambassador, Panama

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15th June 2012

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by James Dauris

British Ambassador, Panama

We should listen to the Falkland Islanders

By James Dauris, British Ambassador to Peru If you’ve been reading the papers in Peru yesterday and today you’ll have seen quite a bit about the Falkland Islands.  Yesterday ceremonies were held on the Islands, in Britain and in Argentina to remember the civilians and the many members of the armed forces of both countries […]

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20th April 2012

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by James Dauris

British Ambassador, Panama

InPERU visit to London: Peru in the global field

The timing of this visit is excellent, due to the consolidation of Peru as an emerging market and the pursuit  of good investment opportunities globally by British investors and other countries. The Minister of Economy and Finance, Luis Castilla, and members of the mission of inPERU are welcomed to London, one of the most important […]

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6th March 2012

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by James Dauris

British Ambassador, Panama

Peru joins EITI group – a success to celebrate

We’ve decided to do something new – we’re going to start blogging from the Embassy here in Lima.  Our blogs will give us a chance to tell you a bit more about things we are and have been doing, as well as to share some of our ideas, impressions and experiences. What better way to […]

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About James Dauris

James Dauris is the British Chargé d'Affaires in Panama, an appointment he took up in February 2024. James joined the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office in 1995 and served as…

James Dauris is the British Chargé d'Affaires in Panama, an appointment he took up in February 2024.

James joined the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office in 1995 and served as Head of the Latin American Department (2019 to 2023). Before this he was British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and to Maldives (2015 to 2019), Ambassador to Peru (2010 to 2014), and has also worked as Deputy Head of Mission in Colombia (2005 to 2009) and in the British Embassy in Moscow (1998 to 2002). He has had various roles at the Foreign Office in London covering European Union, South Asian and maritime policy.

James has a degree in law from the University of Cambridge and worked as a solicitor in the City of London before joining the Foreign Office.

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