Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)
19th August 2013
When you are a long way from home historic events like the birth of HRH Prince George can take on a particularly special meaning. So many people have congratulated the Embassy for the birth that we felt we should do something to celebrate the happy arrival. In fact it was more than just the Embassy […]
16th August 2013
Recently I had the pleasure to be in London for the visit of Guatemala’s Foreign Minister, Fernando Carrera. His agenda covered a wide range of topics from drugs policy to the international sugar trade. I would like to highlight one topic in particular that he discussed with the Foreign Secretary William Hague – the Preventing Sexual […]
12th August 2013
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was celebrated on 9 August, and to mark it we have a guest blog from Thomas Hart, Country Director of Health Unlimited, an organisation that this Embassy is supporting with a project in Guatemala’s second city, Quetzaltenango. Over to you Thomas… I was recently asked in a […]
12th August 2013
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was celebrated on 9 August, and to mark it we have a guest blog from Thomas Hart, Country Director of Health Unlimited, an organisation that this Embassy is supporting with a project in Guatemala’s second city, Quetzaltenango. Over to you Thomas… I was recently asked in a […]
30th July 2013
To kick off this week, we have another guest blogger. This time it’s Sara Del Cid, our Security and Justice Officer who has written about her recent visit to Honduras. Over to you Sara. One of the Embassy’s priorities in Honduras is to support the security and justice sectors. LA couple of weeks ago we […]
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26th July 2013
Can it really be one year since the London Olympics!? To tell us how we are celebrating the anniversary, we have a guest blog from our very own Sigrid Pineda. Over to you Sigrid. When I started to think about this blog, I thought what inspires us? What is it that makes us want to […]
26th July 2013
Puede ser que ya pasó un año desde los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres?! Para contarles cómo vamos a celebrar el aniversario, tenemos una invitada a nuestro blog, nuestra propia Sigrid Pineda. A ti Sigrid: Cuando comencé a imaginar sobre este blog, pensé qué es lo que nos inspira? Qué es lo que nos hace ser […]
22nd July 2013
Hoy le damos la bienvenida a nuestra invitada, Sigrid Pineda, nuestra Coordinadora de la Campaña GREAT y nuestra Oficial de Diplomacia Digital (y una gran fan de los Beatles) quien escribe acerca del Día de los Beatles que se celebró por 4to año en Guatemala. A Sigrid. Los Beatles están vivos y tocando en Guatemala. […]
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22nd July 2013
Today we welcome a guest blogger, Sigrid Pineda, our GREAT campaign co-ordinator and digital diplomacy champion (and closet Beatles fan), who writes about Beatles Day celebrated for the 4th year in Guatemala. Over to you Sigrid. The Beatles are alive and playing in Guatemala. On Saturday 13th July we supported Guatemala celebrate Beatles Day with […]
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26th June 2013
Hoy 26 de junio es el Día Internacional de la lucha contra el uso indebido y el tráfico ilícito de drogas; para ello nuestra blogger invitada es nuestra Oficial en Seguridad y Justicia, Sara del Cid. El mundo está cada vez más globalizado, y al igual que muchos otros fenómenos sociales, la globalización ha acelerado […]
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