UK in Guatemala
A blog about the work of the British Embassy in Guatemala
30th April 2014
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No se preocupen, no hemos cambiado los calendarios para juntarnos a los lugares del mundo que celebran el Nuevo Año en primavera. Más bien, el año financiero británico corre desde abril hasta marzo, entonces aquí en la Embajada se siente mucho como el nuevo año. Actualmente estamos planificando el año que viene y quisiéramos compartirles […]
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29th April 2014
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Don’t worry we haven’t changed calendars, to join up with those parts of the world that have a Spring new year. Instead because the UK’s financial year runs from April to March, it feels very much like the start of a new year in the Embassy. So we are busily checking our plans for the […]
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9th April 2014
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The public events are the most obvious ones to start with and we kicked off in February with a Battle of the Bands to show that British Music is GREAT and so is Guatemalan musical talent. Singing along to British songs from bands as different as Coldplay, Led Zepplin and the Beatles is always a […]
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7th March 2014
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El 8 de marzo es un día importante para mí. Es el 103 Día Internacional de la Mujer. Estoy segura que muchas personas se preguntarán por qué necesitamos un día para las mujeres. Para mi la respuesta es obvia. Ya ha pasado mucho tiempo desde que este día fue establecido en 1911 pero todavía hay […]
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7th March 2014
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The 8 of March is an important day for me. It is the 103rd International Women’s Day. I am sure lots of people would shrug and question why we need a day for women. For me the answer is obvious. We have come a long way since this day was established in 1911 but there […]
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21st February 2014
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Hoy es el Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna. En la región dónde trabajo, aunque la lengua española domina, hay más de 20 diferentes lenguas y probablemente muchos más dialectos. Recientemente visite en Honduras la Asociación Libre Expresión quienes han trabajado con 6 diferentes etnias en Honduras en temas de Identidad Cultural. Uno de los […]
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21st February 2014
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Today is International Mother Tounge Day. In the region where I work, though Spanish language dominates, there are more than 20 different languages and probably many more dialects. Recently I visited in Honduras the Asociacion Libre Expresion, they have worked with 6 different ethnic groups in Honduras on cultural identity topics. One of their most […]
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7th February 2014
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La próxima semana en Costa Rica las Embajadas Británicas en la región de Centroamérica se reunirán para recibir una conferencia abordando el tema de Contrabando. Expertos y autoridades de toda la región (Guatemala, Honduras, El salvador, Panamá, Belice, Nicaragua y por supuesto Costa Rica) nos reuniremos para discutir de este tema fundamentalmente fronterizo. En las […]
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6th February 2014
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Next week in Costa Rica the British Embassies in the Central America region are joining together to host a conference on tackling contraband. Experts and authorities from all over the region (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Belize, Nicaragua and of course, Costa Rica) will meet to discuss this fundamentally cross-border issue. In the conversations I […]
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4th February 2014
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Esta semana representé a el Reino Unido en la Inauguración Presidencial en Honduras. Desde una perspectiva personal o digamos de un diplomático a otro – estoy maravillada de cómo el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores logró manejar las delegaciones de más de 90 países y asegurarse de que todos estábamos en el lugar correcto en el […]
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