His Excellency Alvaro Domingo Jara Bucarey, Ambassador of Chile to the Philippines
Not a lot of people know that diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Chile have been going on for 77 years now. It is, in fact, Chile’s longest running diplomatic relationship with an ASEAN country.
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary for Civilian Security & Consular Affairs Jesus Domingo
This was one of the highlights of the speech by the Republic of Chile Ambassador to the Philippines, H.E. Alvaro Jara Bucarey, during the embassy’s celebration of Chile’s 213th National Day held at the Fairmont Makati last Sept. 19.
“This is a special year for me, and for Chile and the Philippines,” Bucarey said. “We have established a road map for developing trade and investment instruments, and foster partnerships [...] My pledge now is to work tirelessly to strengthen relations and cooperation [between] Chile and the Philippines for the benefit of our countries and our people.”
Papal Nuncio Charles John Brown, Amb. Alvaro Jara Bucarey, and DFA Usec. Jesus DomingoDeputy Chief of Mission Sergio Taam of the Brazil Embassy and H.E Amb. Constance See Sin Yuan of the Singapore EmbassyH.E. Amb. Marykay Clarkson of the US Embassy and H.E. Amb. Daniel Hernandez Joseph of the Embassy of MexicoH.E. Amb. Agus Widjojo of Embassy of Indonesia, H.E. Amb. Ilan Fluss of the Embassy of Israel and H.E Amb. Victor G. Garcia IIIMetrobank Foundation President Aniceto Sobrepeña and George ClarcksonH.E. Amb. Ioannis Pediotis of the Embassy of Greece and Raffy GuevaraAmbassador Ricardo Bocalandro of the Embassy of the Argentine Republic in the Philippines, MB’s Badette Cunanan and Embassy of the Argentine Republic Third Secretary Fabricio SordoniAshok Mahbubani, H.E. Amb. Dato' Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino of the Embassy of MalaysiaManila Hotel’s Edson Obediente and Cheryl Chua with Tita Trillo of Titania Wine CellarManilaAlejandro Labbe, Carla Rojas de Riedel, and Alejandra Ibarra de Labbe
The Republic of Chile celebrates its Independence Day every Sept. 18.
