UK in Guatemala

This week I represented the UK at the Presidential inauguration in Honduras. From a personal perspective – or let’s say from one diplomat to another – I marvelled at how the Ministry of Foreign Affairs managed to handle delegations from over 90 countries and make sure that we were all in the right place at […]

Quiero dar la bienvenida a Guatemala a nuestro nuevo Jefe de Misión Alterno, el Sr. Andrew Tate y su maravillosa familia. Y para ello, lo he invitado a escribir un blog sobre sus primeras impresiones, tienes la palabra Andy. El 03 de enero llegue a La Aurora con mi familia para iniciar mi nuevo trabajo […]

I want to welcome our new Deputy Head of Mission, Mr Andrew Tate and his wonderful family to Guatemala!  And to do so, I have invited him to write a blog on his first impressions, over to you Andy: On 3 January I arrived at La Aurora with my family to take up my new […]

Ya que comenzamos el 2014 la Embajada está en completo modo de planeación para la Semana Británica.  Esta celebración de todas las cosas británica se llevará a cabo del 7 al 15 de marzo e incluirá eventos abiertos al público como un día familiar, un evento de moda y juegos de futbol.  Quiero enfocarme ahora […]

As we start 2014 the Embassy is going into full planning mode for British Week.  This celebration of all things British will run from 7-15 March and include events open to the public such as family day, a fashion event and football games.   I want to focus on one event where we want people to […]

I know I am mixing my Mayan and Gregorian calendars but, since we were waiting for the end of the last B’ak’tun on 21 December 2012, so much has happened that this year feels like it is has gone by in a flash. With all that activity to cover I am inevitably going to forget […]

The following is a guest blog by our new Human Rights and Projects Officer, Motsabi Rooper. This Monday, as part of our marking of Human Rights Day 2013, we took part in the EU’s Annual Human Rights Defenders Meeting. During the event we met with a diverse range of Guatemalan Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) – […]

El Reino Unido promueve la igualdad de género y aborda la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas como una cuestión de principios. Por lo que, como parte de los 16 días de activismo contra la violencia de género, tenemos a Sara Del Cid, nuestra Oficial de Seguridad y Justicia, como invitada a nuestro blog. […]

The United Kingdom promotes gender equality and tackles violence against women and girls as a matter of principle. So, as part of the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence we have a guest blog from Sara Del Cid, our Security and Justice Officer.  Over to you Sara…  Since the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, launched […]

It has been all go between Guatemala and the UK this week. On Monday the Guatemalan Foreign Minister was in the UK attending the Parliamentary Conference on Drugs Policy Reform. He met the president of the Open Society Foundation, George Soros and with Norman Baker, Home Office Minister for State for Crime Prevention so that […]