UK in Peru

The following is a blog by Julio Muñóz-Deacon, Peruvian Ambassador to Peru in London. The Games are coming to an end. And up to this point, we can say that they have been outstanding. The Chinese and the Americans have been the most successful so far and team GB is doing great. There has been […]

By Annabella Matute, Chevening scholar For weeks until now I had been feeling like the Peruvian female version of David Beckham. Yes, despite my passion for sports and my increasing enthusiasm for the Olympics I was being left out of the biggest event in town: London 2012. If I have to be fair, my exclusion […]

by Lucía Vásquez – Communication Section – British Embassy After years of preparation, thousands of athletes, sports fans and spectators all over the world witnessed the opening of the Olympic Games London 2012.  The great spectacle –masterminded by movie director Danny Boyle – was based on the social and economic transformation of theUK, from the […]

This year, for the second year running, I have had the honour of sitting on the Technical Team that considers the applications to be considered in the “Good Practices in Public Management Prize”, a competition organised each year by Ciudadanos al Dia (CAD).   As CAD explain on their website (www.ciudadanosaldia.org), the organisation is a private, […]

By Ben Rawlings, Head of Economic Development and Climate Change 20 years after the Earth Summit brought the world together to rethink economic growth and strengthen environmental protection, the world returned to Rio de Janeiro last week to see how far we have come.  In some ways, the answer is ‘not far enough’: climate change […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Juan Luis Reus, Deputy Director UKTI Peru The trip also included a visit to a very important place that is truly representative of the UK’s world leadership in sustainable construction. I am referring to the BRE Innovation Park, situated in the centre of the main BRE Watford site, 20 miles north west of Central […]

By Juan Luis Reus, Deputy Director UKTI, Peru Time flies they say and that is true at Ecobuild (20to 22 March), the world’s largest event for sustainable design, construction and the build environment. Two days had passed at ExCel, where this huge world class event was being held when I wrote this second blog. Huge […]