UK in Guatemala
A blog about the work of the British Embassy in Guatemala
28th August 2014
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Watching Hamlet in the shadow of the ruins of Copan in Honduras or on the top of a hill above Antigua Guatemala is a wonderful, if extremely unusual, experience. It also felt good to be having a Shakespeare tour in the 450th anniversary of his birth. The local reactions to the Globe Theatre’s global 2 […]
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13th August 2014
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El 9 de agosto es el Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas, cuando alrededor del mundo se celebra la historia, cultura y derechos de los pueblos indígenas. La ONU lo proclamó así para abogar por la no discriminación e inclusión de los pueblos originarios en procesos legislativos en todos los niveles. En Guatemala hay más […]
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12th August 2014
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Para conmemorar el Día Internacional de la Juventud, he invitado a Paúl Menchú, Secretario General de ACJ-YMCA Guatemala, a que comparta la maravillosa experiencia que tuvimos en marzo de este año, en la cual compartimos con 300 jóvenes de diferentes centros educativos de Retalhuleu. ACJ-YMCA es una asociación que se fundó en 1964 y desde […]
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12th August 2014
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To commemorate the International Youth Day I have invited Paúl Manchú, ACJ-YMCA General Secretary, to share with us the wonderful experience we had last March with 300 young people from different schools in Retalhuleu. ACJ-YMCA is an NGO founded in 1964, since then has worked with children and teenagers to help them to achieve their […]
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22nd July 2014
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Cuando Hugo Swire, el Ministro de Estado para América Latina, estuvo aquí recientemente habló con muchas personas sobre derechos de niños (lea más de esto aquí). Esto es un tema tan global que todos podemos compartir nuestras experiencias y conocimientos para hacer mejoras a las maneras en que apoyamos a los niños. Es por eso […]
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22nd July 2014
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When Hugo Swire, the Minister for Latin America, was here recently he talked with a lot of people about children’s rights (read more about this here). It is such a global issue we can all share our experiences and expertise in order to make improvements to the ways we support children. That is why the […]
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26th June 2014
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El Ministro Británico de Estado para Latinoamérica, Sr. Hugo Swire visitó Guatemala y escribió este blog sobre las experiencias de su visita: Este es mi primer viaje como Ministro para Latinoamérica a Guatemala, y estoy muy complacido de tener la oportunidad de experimentar de primera mano este importante y bello país – la más grande […]
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26th June 2014
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Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP visited Guatemala and has written this blog about his experiences during the visit: This is my first trip as Minister for Latin America to Guatemala, and I am very pleased to have had the opportunity to experience at first hand this important and beautiful country – the largest economy in […]
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16th June 2014
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The use of sexual violence in war is one of the great injustices of our lifetime. It is hard to document, let alone investigate. Perpetrators do not discriminate, because it’s not about sex, but violence, terror, power and control. When rape is committed during conflict, it has often been seen as an inevitable part of […]
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16th June 2014
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El uso de la violencia sexual en las guerras es una de las mayores injusticias de nuestro tiempo. Se trata de un fenómeno difícil de documentar y más difícil aún de investigar. Sus autores no discriminan porque en definitiva, no se trata de sexo, sino de violencia, de terror, de poder y de control. Cuando […]
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