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Asia Pacific interviews19 Jan 09 | Singapore’s S. Iswaram, Minister of State for Trade and Industry: “The P4 has had a positive impact on Singapore-Chile trade”Singapore is one of Chile’s most important trading partners. Trade between the two nations has steadily increased in the last few years. Add to this both nations’ presence in the P4 and the importance of the relationship to Chile is clear. A person who has had a front seat to Singapore’s side of the process is Minister of Trade and Industry S. Iswaram. He was kind enough to grant our portal the following interview. |
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15 Dec 08 | Carolina Galaz, artist and educator: “New Zealand is 50 years ahead of us in education”Carolina Galaz is an artist who founded a unique artistic expression workshop for children. Among other issues, the group helps foreign children acclimate to Chile. As part of an education initiative by the New Zealand government, the artist visited New Zealand along with other Chilean educators. The academic exchange program responded to Chilean interest in the so-called Enviroschools; schools which are, above all else, sustainable and environmentally friendly. Carolina spoke to our portal about her reflections on these schools and how they might be implemented in Chile. She also spoke about differences between the two nations’ educational models. |
19 Nov 08 | Luis Quesada, Peruvian representative to APEC: "We should continue with the plan to liberalize trade and investment”Peru will be the center of international political and economic activities during APEC’s Leaders Meeting, to be held Nov. 22-23, 2009. The meeting of the forum’s leaders involves the most developed nations in the world. The official in charge of the meeting, Luis Quesada, who represents Peru before the organization, was kind enough to speak to the BCN’s Asia-Pacific portal. |
