Regional Student Competition 2023/2024: Paraguay finalists
The Falklands Regional Student Competition offers a one-week trip for students in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay to visit the Falkland Islands.
The British Embassy in Paraguay announces the 10 finalists from Paraguay to the Regional Student Competition 2022/2023. The applicants answered the question 鈥淲hy would I like to meet my neighbours in the Falkland Islands?鈥� in a video.
The best 10 videos can be watched here:
The winners of the competition will be announced on Monday 9 October, 2023.
This regional competition, organised by the Falkland Islands Government and the British Embassies in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay offers winners (one from each country) the chance to visit the Falklands for a week with all the costs covered. Winners will be staying with a local family, to experience first-hand the life in the Falkland Islands.
The contest is meant to promote the cultural exchange between the Falklands and the region, and to spread the knowledge about the Falkland Island and its people. This is the first time that this competition has been held in Paraguay, but the fourth time in the south-cone region.
List of 10 finalists:
- Agustina Arce Aguilera
- Marta Daniela Cardozo Quinteros
- Demian Eliazart Escurra Vega
- Facundo Javier Gonz谩lez Gonz谩lez
- Rose Nathalie Kennedy Godoy
- Paula Thais Ojeda Dragotto
- Alma Mar铆a Paredes
- Kevin Ru铆z D铆az
- Luciano Manuel Santiviago Zelada
- Josefina Vera Frutos
In order to enter the competition, these participants presented student certificates issued by the following universities: Universidad Nacional de Asunci贸n (Asunci贸n and San Lorenzo), Universidad Columbia del Paraguay (Asunci贸n), Universidad Cat贸lica Nuestra Se帽ora de la Asunci贸n (Asunci贸n and Hernandarias), Universidad Polit茅cnica Taiw谩n-Paraguay (Asunci贸n), Universidad Americana (Asunci贸n), and Universidad Nacional del Este (Ciudad del Este).