Latin America

News and features

2011

• Chile's Minister for the Environment visits New Zealand
  Chile's Minister for the Environment, María Ignacia Benítez, visited New Zealand from 24-27 September 2011 in order to focus on environment cooperation between New Zealand and Chile, including in the context of the Environment Cooperation Agreement of the TransPacific Strategic Economic Partnership (P4) more
• Uruguay's Minister of Agriculture visits New Zealand
  The Uruguay's Minister of Agriculture Taberé Aguerre visited New Zealand from 8 to 14 August 2011 in a visit that has laid the groundwork for greater agricultural links between New Zealand and Uruguay into the future more
• Opportunities for New Zealand businesses in Peru
  The Ministry, though its Latin America Strategy Fund, has commissioned a report on business opportunities in Peru from the International Trade Association of Peru (COMEXPERU) more
• Visit to New Zealand by the Prime Minister’s Fellow from Mexico
  Dr Jaime Zabludovsky visited New Zealand between 2-7 May 2011 as the Prime Minister’s Fellow from Mexico more
• Visit by the Governor of the Argentinean Province (State) of Tierra del Fuego
  The Governor of the Argentinean Province (State) of Tierra del Fuego, Fabiana Rios, visited New Zealand during 10-17 April 2011 more
• Opportunities in the region for New Zealand businesses
  The Hon. Tim Groser, Minister of Trade, spoke on the importance of growing trade and investment links with Latin America at a recent Latin American-New Zealand Business council function in Wellington more
  
• Ambassador to the United Mexican States presents credentials
  Newly appointed New Zealand Ambassador to the United Mexican States, Christine Bogle, presented her credentials to President Felipe Calderón on 20 January 2011 more

2010

• Brazilian Governor promotes Kiwi investment
  Jaques Wagner, the Governor of the Brazilian state of Bahia, visited Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington on 15-17 November more
  
• Hon Tim Groser visits Mexico
  New Zealand's Minister of Trade, the Hon Tim Groser, visited Mexico between 2-6 November more
• Visit by Argentine Governor
  Read the speech by Débora Giorgi, Ministry of Industry of Argentina at Opportunity Hamilton on 23 August, 2010 more
• New Zealand Business CEO Phil O'Reiley, visited Brazil and Argentina for a series of calls on senior business representatives and other key economic and trade policy influcences to discuss the Brazilean and Argentine economics and opportunities for NZ Business. Read Mr O'Reiley's report [ PDF, 99.4KB]
  
• Argentine Minister of Industry visits New Zealand.
  Argentina's Minister of Industry, Debora Giorgi, visited New Zealand on 23-24 August more
  
• Rugby World Cup promotion in Argentina
  During his visit to South America in mid-August 2010, Rugby World Cup Minister Murray McCully launched New Zealand's promotional campaign for RWC 2011 in Argentina more
  
• New Brazilian opportunities open up to young New Zealanders
  From September 2010, young New Zealanders will be able to spend a year working, studying and holidaying in Brazil more
  
• Promoting New Zealand in South America (brochures)
  The Ministry has published brochures on New Zealand's bilateral relationships with three of our major South American partners: Argentina, Brazil and Chile more
  
• Promoting New Zealand education in Latin America (brochures)
  Education New Zealand and the Ministry have co-funded a Spanish and Portugese brochure for key Latin American markets, promoting New Zealand as an education destination more
  
• Foreign Affairs Minister McCully visits South America
  The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon Murray McCully, travelled to South America (10-14 August 2010) to promote New Zealand’s growing economic links with Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Mr McCully met with his Foreign Minister counterparts in Chile, Argentina and Brazil more
  
• Making the most of your intellectual property in Brazil
  In mid-July, two Brazilian intellectual property (IP) experts delivered a series of seminars to business people, lawyers and government officials in Auckland, Hamilton, Christchurch and Wellington more
  
• New Zealand-Mexico: harvesting opportunities
  With the assistance of the Government’s Latin American Strategy Fund (LASF), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has developed a Spanish language booklet: New Zealand-Mexico: Harvesting Opportunities, which outlines the bilateral relationship as well as identifying potential areas of growth more
  
• Visit to New Zealand by Chile Prime Minister’s Fellow, Luis Mayol
  Luis Mayol (President of Chile’s National Agricultural Society), visited New Zealand during the week of 14-17 June as the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Fellow under the Latin America Strategy more
  
• Mexican scholarships for New Zealand students
  The Mexican Government is inviting applications for scholarships from New Zealand and other Pacific region students who are interested in undertaking postgraduate studies at participating Mexican universities and research institutes in 2011 more
  
• Chile's Minister of Energy visits New Zealand
  Chile's Minister of Energy, Dr Ricardo Raineri Bernain, met Energy and Resources Minister Hon Gerry Brownlee on 21 June in Wellington. Their topics of discussion included the Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement. The Ministers released a joint statement about their discussion more
  
• Visit to New Zealand by Mexican Minister of Agriculture and Delegation
  The Mexican Minister of Agriculture, Secretary Francisco Mayorga, led a delegation including senior agriculture officials and Mexican agriculture industry representatives to New Zealand between 15-18 June 2010. The delegation was interested in learning more about how governments can encourage innovation and increase productivity in the agricultural sector as well as greater commercial links. The Ministers released a joint statement about their discussion more
  
• Trade Minister Groser visits Uruguay
  Hon Tim Groser, Minister of Trade and Minister with responsibility for Climate Change Negotiations, visited Uruguay 18 - 22 April 2010 to participate in the 35th meeting of the Cairns Group of agricultural exporting countries, and pay a bilateral visit to Uruguay more
  
• Inauguration of Plaza Nueva Zelandia, Santiago, Chile
  The New Zealand Ambassador Rosemary Paterson and the Mayor of Providencia, Cristian Labbe, have inaugurated the new "Plaza Nueva Zelandia" more

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