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Mexican cinema comes to London! Embassy of Mexico in UK, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica and Instituto Cervantes London proud to present a special season of Mexican short films, celebrating the creativity, diversity and talent of today's filmmakers. From emerging voices to acclaimed directors, this curated series offers powerful stories, fresh perspectives and a window into Mexico's rich cultural landscape. Join us for three FREE screenings at Instituto Cervantes London: 19 August | 6:30 pm – LGBTQ+ Sold Out  25 August | 6:30 pm – Women Pioneers Sold Out 12 November | 6:30 pm – Terror https://shorturl.at/MTV03  Admission is FREE, but spaces are limited. Reserve your ticket and celebrate the best of contemporary Mexican short films with us! We can't wait to see you there!

 

 

 

     

   

 

      

 

 

 

     

 

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Last Updated: 29 September 2026

The United Kingdom and Mexico Sign UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement

Joint Statement by the UK and Mexico

 

Published 15 December 2020

 

The Governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Mexican States welcome the signing of the UK-Mexico Trade Continuity Agreement, marked by a meeting today between the Secretary of State for International Trade of the United Kingdom, Elizabeth Truss, and the Minister of Economy of Mexico, Graciela Márquez Colín, on 15 December 2020.
The Agreement provides for continuity in trade between Mexico and the United Kingdom after the end of this year. The Agreement is intended to be transitional in nature. The UK and Mexico agree to begin negotiations on a new and ambitious Free Trade Agreement in 2021.

Today’s agreement will maintain preferential access for trade between Mexico and the UK following the end of the UK’s Transition Period with the EU on 31 December 2020, when the EU-Mexico Global Agreement will no longer apply to the UK. Both sides will strive to bring the agreement into force on 1 January 2021, subject to parliamentary procedures and legislative approvals.

The agreement will provide certainty for UK and Mexican businesses trading the goods and services that make up our bilateral trade relationship, which accounts for over 5 billion dollars per year. It will deliver vital coverage for the automotive, pharmaceutical, textiles, agriculture, food and drink and other manufacturing industries. This will prevent the additional duty burden that would be levied under WTO MFN terms.

This follows the recent signing of the UK – Mexico Agreement on the Mutual Recognition and Protection of Designations for Spirit Drinks, an important geographical indications agreement between the United Kingdom and Mexico to protect the spirits of both countries. This agreement will protect our traditional spirits like Irish and Scottish Whisky and Tequila, Sotol and Mezcal.

Investment relations will continue to take place under the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United Mexican States for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments.

Future Relationship

The agreement secured today, also commits the UK and Mexico to begin negotiations on a new ambitious and modern UK-Mexico Trade Agreement at the earliest opportunity in 2021 and strive to conclude it within three years. Both sides have agreed that a future deal should be at least as liberalising as the recently agreed EU-Mexico Modernised Agreement, but with ambition to go further in areas of mutual interest. In making today’s announcement, the UK reiterates its intention to formally apply in early 2021 to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and Mexico expresses its support for this process. Both sides have agreed that our future bilateral negotiations should run in parallel to this process.

Today’s announcement is in line with the commitment to an ambitious future trading relationship which both countries made under the landmark ‘Mexico and UK: Partnership for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth’, which the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, and Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, signed in Mexico City in August 2019.

Political Dialogue and Cooperation

The UK and Mexico remain committed to a joint political dialogue covering all bilateral and international matters of mutual interest, including continuing and intensifying all areas of current cooperation.

We remain steadfast in our commitment to implementing the principles outlined in the UK-Mexico Partnership for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, signed by our Foreign Ministers in August 2019. Maintaining our bilateral political cooperation as specified in the Partnership remains a top priority for our future relationship. This includes cooperating closely on foreign policy, an inclusive COVID-19 recovery, and international peace and security.

It encompasses a common vision on the reduction of poverty and inequality, of action on climate change and environmental protection, promotion of sustainable investment, the protection of the oceans and of biodiversity, the defence of free trade, multilateralism and the international rules-based system. We will continue to regularly discuss our shared values of democracy, the comprehensive promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law, gender equality and social inclusion.

We restate and emphasise our shared commitment to effective multilateralism and international cooperation as the basis for addressing regional and global challenges.

The UK-Mexico relationship continues to grow, and we look forward to working together to deepen the political, economic, social and people-to-people ties between our two nations.

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Last Updated: 15 January 2021

 

 Pride in London 2026 – Diplomats for Equality Joint Statement

 

July 3, 2026

 

We, the undersigned Heads of Diplomatic Missions in the United Kingdom, come together once again to support Pride in London and to reaffirm our continued commitment to defending the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and other diverse persons (LGBTIQ+) in the United Kingdom and around the world.

We highlight the vital importance of solidarity, resilience, and collective action in advancing LGBTIQ+ rights. Throughout history, LGBTIQ+ communities have been at the forefront of confronting injustice, and their strength remains essential in today’s global context.

At the core of democracy, it is essential to recognise that no society can be complete without equality, dignity, and the full inclusion of LGBTIQ+ persons. This principle also celebrates the contributions of human rights defenders, civil society organisations, and the millions of allies who continue to support equality and diversity across the world.

Despite significant progress, LGBTIQ+ persons continue to face multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, violence, and legal persecution worldwide. We are particularly concerned by the ongoing criminalisation of consensual same-sex relations, restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly, and limited access to gender-affirming healthcare and sexual and reproductive rights. Decriminalisation and the protection of inclusive rights are crucial steps toward ensuring dignity, liberty, and equality for all.

We urge countries to introduce or amend legislation, policies, and practices to remove structural barriers and protect LGBTIQ+ persons from all multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, in full accordance with international human rights law.

In this context, we reaffirm our commitment to promoting human rights through multilateral cooperation, international institutions, and strong partnerships with civil society. The Equal Rights Coalition, established in 2016, continues to be a key platform for coordinating these efforts and advancing a shared vision of global equality.

At a time of rising challenges worldwide, it is essential that we uphold and strengthen our commitments to gender equality and the full realisation of human rights for all. Protecting these rights is not only a matter of justice but also fundamental to democracy, social cohesion, and sustainable development.

Inclusive societies that respect and protect diversity are stronger, more equal, more peaceful, and more resilient. We pledge our ongoing support to all who defend these values, and to ensuring that no one is marginalised or criminalised for their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics.

Today, as we celebrate Pride in London, we reaffirm that LGBTIQ+ rights are human rights, and stand united in our determination to build a freer, fairer, and more compassionate world for all.

 

SIGNATORIES (in alphabetical order):

 

Australia                   H.E. Jay Weatherill

Austria                      H.E. Bernhard Wrabetz

Belgium                    H.E. Jeroen Cooreman

Canada                     H.E. William Blair

Colombia                  H.E. Laura Sarabia

Chile                          Francisco Bartolucci (Chargé d'affaires ad interim)

Cyprus                       H.E. Dr. Kyriacos Kouros

Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom H.E. Pedro Serrano

Denmark                   H.E. Kristina Miskowiak Beckvard

Estonia                      H.E. Sven Sakkov

Finland                      H.E. Teemu Turunen

France                       H.E. Hélène Duchêne

Iceland                      H.E. Sturla Sigurjónsson

Israel                         Mrs. Daniela Grudsky-Ekstein (Chargé d'affaires)

Luxembourg            H.E. Georges Friden

Malta                         H.E. Stephen Montefort

Mexico                      H.E. Alejandro Gertz Manero (Chair Diplomats for Equality)

Norway                     H. E. Tore Hattrem

Poland                        Rafał Wiśniewski (Chargé d'affaires ad interim, Ambassador Designated)

Portugal                    H. E. Nuno Brito

Slovenia                    H.E. Sanja Štiglic

Spain                          H.E. Emma Aparici Vázquez de Parga

Sweden                     H.E. Stefan Gullgren

The Netherlands       H. E. Paul Huijts

 

 

 

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Last Updated: 10 September 2026

 

London based photographer Adam Wiseman announces the mailing of his exhibition: ARQUITECTURA LIBRE . An exhibition delivered to your home.

 

 

Self-built houses, and particularly those financed with remittances (money sent home by Mexican workers in the United States), are an important reflection of contemporary Mexico. Arquitectura libre is a photographic artistic-documentary exploration that lends importance to an aspect of the built environment that could otherwise be discarded as a simple Mexican cultural eccentricity.

... I am interested in the socio-anthropological reading of a cultural symbiosis, but also a conceptual reading whereby a fantasy, almost impossible to create, manifests itself in a very concrete way.

Adam Wiseman, interview for Vice Magazine.

 

Adam Wiseman’s work is a refreshing view of complex constructions, a reaction to the banality of the current state of architecture. To quote Robert Venturi “I like elements which are hybrid rather than "pure,"… accommodating rather than excluding, redundant rather than simple, vestigial as well as innovating, inconsistent and equivocal rather than direct and clear. I am for messy vitality over obvious unity.”^[1] Adam’s work is proof that rural Mexico is currently serving as a contemporary architecture laboratory. The constructions display such creativity, expertise, and complexity that some architects actually believe there’s a secret architecture school somewhere in the State of Mexico.

Natalia Gálvez, Architect and professor at the Universidad Iberoamericano

 

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As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, the physical exhibitions for Arquitectura libre for 2020 have been postponed or cancelled. The artist has decided to opt out of a virtual experience and, committed to the materiality of construction and that of the printed image, he proposes to take the exhibition physically to your home.

 

HOW IT WORKS:

A limited edition of 100 portfolios containing the exhibit will be for sale.  A separate library edition will be printed  whereby anyone can request  a copy for free by registering at architecturalibre.mx . The physical portfolio exhibition will be sent to your home to exhibit and enjoy for two weeks on a first-come-first-served basis. At the end of that time the portfolio must be returned with a contribution from you which the work has inspired - a drawing, a poem, a discarded key, or any other flatish object. This will be part of the Arquitectura libre archive. The portfolio will then spend two weeks in quarantine, and travel on to another home.

 

CONTENTS:

31 casas, 2020

Grid of 31 houses 1106x1488mm

Collector's edition of 100 copies, plus 10 artist's proofs

Library edition depending on sponsorship* begins with 4 copies

Digital printing on Epson Single weight matt 120gsm paper

Printed by Richard Wills at Photofusion, Brixton, London

* Cultural foundations and individuals are encouraged to sponsor additional portfolios for a wider reach.

Catalogue with texts by:

Adam Wiseman, author of the project.

Mario de la Cruz, builder of 36 houses in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas.

Pablo Landa, PhD in Anthropology from Princeton University.

Annuska Angulo, writer and journalist author of El Mensaje está en el Tejido and Vidas sin Fronteras.

Natalia Gálvez, architect and professor of Architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana.

Portfolio:

Quilted foil fabric from  My Fabrics, Schenefeld, Germany.

Lined with Dutch / African wax textiles from Deptford High Street, London.

Embroidery by Gabriel Monade, at 1834.

Stitching by Teklehamanot Beraki.

 

RELEASE DATE: October 2020

Embassy of Mexico in the United Kingdom

The UNAM (Mexico's National Autonomous University) headquarters in London

Patricia Conde Gallery in Mexico City

Marcablanca.Press in Madrid

Indian Photo Festival 2020 in Hyderabad

 

Wiseman has traced an architectural geography that brings to the fore a landscape of the other: one whereby the dream of Mexican migrants living in the United States materializes. It shows the work of an artist interested in cultural processes and the geographical movement of people, the architectural transitions from one imaginary space to another, and the memories-urban collectivities in a process of readaptation.

Ivan Ruiz, Director of the Institute of Visual Arts UNAM / Curator of the exhibition Lo Que Sucede: Adam Wiseman 1998-2018.

 

This project was financed in part with the generous support of Mexico’s National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) through a grant from the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA)

 

 

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Last Updated: 15 January 2021