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1st August 2016 Guatemala City

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by Thomas Carter

British Ambassador to Guatemala

Britain in the World

On 23 June, the British people voted to leave the European Union (EU) and British Prime Minister Theresa May has been clear that Brexit means Brexit. But does this mean that the UK will be taking a single step from the centre of the international stage? The answer is a resounding no.  Instead, the UK […]

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10th May 2016 Guatemala City

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by Thomas Carter

British Ambassador to Guatemala

Queen’s Birthday Celebration

This year Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her ninetieth birthday.  Born in 1926, she became Queen in 1952 on the death of her father, King George V, and has been Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the last 64 years. Events to mark The Queen’s 90th birthday are being held […]

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3rd March 2016 Guatemala City

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by Thomas Carter

British Ambassador to Guatemala

Exciting time to be newly arrived Ambassador in Guatemala!

This is my first blog as British Ambassador to Guatemala.  I arrived here six months ago, but thought I’d wait a while before starting to blog.  I’ll try to write quite regularly from now on.  I hope you find my blogs interesting! I arrived in Guatemala City in mid-August 2015, just in time to witness […]

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About Thomas Carter

Tom Carter arrived in Guatemala in August 2015. This is his second ambassadorial job, the first being as British High Commissioner to Zambia (2008 to 2012). Tom worked on the…

Tom Carter arrived in Guatemala in August 2015. This is his second ambassadorial job, the first being as British High Commissioner to Zambia (2008 to 2012). Tom worked on the London 2012 Olympic Games, and was until recently in charge of the FCO’s global consular policy, working out of London. He has spent much of his career in Europe (France, Germany and Slovakia), but also in Colombia and Thailand. Tom is married to another career diplomat, Carolyn Davidson, with whom he shared the job in Zambia and who is now British Ambassador to Honduras. They have two teenage sons.

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