Piñera Appoints New Ambassadors of Chile to Costa Rica, Guatemala and Jamaica

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Roberto Ampuero, informed that the President of the Republic, Sebastián Piñera, appointed Ambbadador of Chile abroad

It is Oscar Alcamán at the Costa Rica, Javier Becker in Guatemala and Francisco Javier Bernales in Jamaica, who have already received the respective blessings.

Costa Rica graduated in law from the Catholic University of Valparaíso and graduated from the "Andrés Bello" Diplomatic Academy. In addition, he has a degree in International Political Relations from the International Institute of Public Administration of Paris, a degree in European Studies from the Institute of European Studies "Alcide de Gasperi" and a degree in law and institutions and policies of the European Union in the Universidad de los Andes

He worked at the Consulate General of Chile in Buenos Aires and in the Chilean embbadies in Syria, South Korea, Italy, Yugoslavia, France, Israel and the Chilean Mission to the European Union. , Belgium and Luxembourg and in the Chilean Mission to UNESCO

In addition, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he held positions in the planning directorates; multilateral policy, of which he was director; from South America; and the office of the Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Prior to his appointment to Costa Rica, he was deputy director of human rights

. Meanwhile, Ambbadador Becker graduated from the Andrés Bello Diplomatic Academy. He studied law at the Catholic University of Valparaíso and specialized courses in international relations and commerce at the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile and at the University of Chile. Defense University in Washington DC, among others.

Director of the Directorate of North America, Central America and the Caribbean. In addition, he was Deputy Director of the European Division, Deputy Director of the Planning Division of the Multilateral Affairs Division and the Planning Division, among others. He was head of the department in charge of relations with the Andean Community, Mercosur and Unasur.

He was Ambbadador of Chile to Thailand and also worked in Chilean Embbadies in Kenya, Austria, Colombia, Norway, United States, Canada and the Chilean Mission to the World Trade Organization Geneva, Switzerland

For his part, Ambbadador Bernales graduated from the Andrés Bello Diplomatic Academy. He was currently Ambbadador of Chile to the State of Palestine. He has been badigned to the Consulates General of Chile in Buenos Aires and Mendoza and the Chilean Embbadies in Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Denmark, Norway and Mexico and the Chilean Mission to the OAS [19659007]. in the Directorate of Human Resources, Consular Affairs, Cultural Affairs and Information Abroad, Bilateral Affairs (Ministry of Asia), for Europe, the United States. Africa and the Middle East, Special Policy and for North America, Central America and the Caribbean. He has attended several specialized courses and has participated as a delegate at many international conferences, as well as at four OAS General Assemblies.