UK in Guatemala

A blog about the work of the British Embassy in Guatemala

11th March 2015

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by Sarah Dickson

Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)

Súbete al bus de la Semana Británica 2015

La Semana Británica que llevamos a cabo en Guatemala ha sido siempre nuestra forma de mostrar lo mejor de nuestra nación. La parte más difícil es reducir las posibilidades de todo lo que podemos hacer a solamente una semana. Eso significa que llevamos a cabo una gran variedad de eventos que cruzan las líneas culturales, […]

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9th March 2015

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by Sarah Dickson

Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)

Gender Equality, there is still much more to be done…

To commemorate International Women’s Day I have invited Rita Grajeda, Human Rights Officer, and Sara Del Cid, Security and Justice Officer, to share some thoughts about the work the Embassy is doing in Guatemala to promote gender equality. Over to you Sara and Rita… To be able to work for gender equality it is necessary […]

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27th February 2015

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by Sarah Dickson

Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)

Get on the bus for British Week Guatemala 2015

The British Week that we hold in Guatemala has always been our way of showing the best of our nation. The hardest part is narrowing down the possibilities of what we could do to just a week’s worth of activity. That means that we hold a real variety of events crossing cultural, political and economic […]

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13th February 2015

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by Sarah Dickson

Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)

Speaking your language, and yours’, and yours’………. Do you want to speak mine?

As Brits we often get away with just speaking English. So I never thought I would have to speak more than 20 languages in order to be understood. Especially not when all those languages occur in just one country. In the next few weeks I will be participating in events in Panajachel  which will bring […]

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13th February 2015

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by Sarah Dickson

Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)

Hablando tu idioma y el tuyo y el tuyo…. quieres hablar el mio?

Como británicos a menudo conseguimos llegar a lo que queremos solamente hablando Inglés. Así que nunca pensé que tendría que hablar más de 20 idiomas para poder ser entendida. Especialmente cuando todos esos idiomas se hablan solamente en un país. En los siguientes días estaré participando en eventos en Panajachel, lo que unirá a líderes […]

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23rd January 2015

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by Sarah Dickson

Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)

Abriéndose hacia un desarrollo económico

La Ley de Soborno de 2010 del Reino Unido es de alguna manera un desafío para la legislación. Esto nos obliga a todos a pensar como funcionamos. Esto puso un marco legal en el cual hacemos estos juicios. Esto va al corazón de prácticas éticas y responsables. Así que pasar 5 días hablando de ello […]

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21st January 2015

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by Sarah Dickson

Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)

Opening up to economic development

The UK’s 2010 Bribery Act is in some ways a daunting piece of legislation. It obliges us all to think about how we operate. It set a legal framework in which we make those judgements. It goes to the heart of ethical and responsible practices. So spending 5 days talking about it with experts in […]

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18th December 2014

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by Sarah Dickson

Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)

Charities for British Week

British Week 2015 seems like a long time away but traditionally we always close it with a charity ball. But what is a charity ball without the charities? So the time has come to bid for the money that we hope the ball will make. Usually in the region of over $10,000. Last year’s winners […]

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10th December 2014

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by Sarah Dickson

Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)

Unir esfuerzos por los Derechos Humanos

Desde hace unos días hemos estado preparándonos para celebrar el Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos. Para ello hemos invitado a distintas organizaciones a que participen con nosotros de esta celebración, compartiendo su visión y trabajo por los derechos de los y las guatemaltecos y hondureños. Ha sido emocionante leer los distintos aportes recibidos, así […]

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10th December 2014

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by Sarah Dickson

Ambassador to Guatemala (June 2012 - June 2015)

Joining forces for Human Rights

We have been preparing to celebrate Human Rights Day on 10th December. And for that, we have invited different organizations to participate with us in this celebration, sharing their vision and work for the rights of Guatemalans and Hondurans. It has been inspiring to read the different inputs from so many people. From a journalist […]

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