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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 “Why would I like to meet my neighbours in the Falkland Islands?” in a video.

The best 10 videos can be watched here:

Falklands Regional Student Competition 2023/2024 - YouTube

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 González González
  • Rose Nathalie Kennedy Godoy
  • Paula Thais Ojeda Dragotto
  • Alma María Paredes
  • Kevin Ruíz Díaz
  • 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 Asunción (Asunción and San Lorenzo), Universidad Columbia del Paraguay (Asunción), Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Asunción and Hernandarias), Universidad Politécnica Taiwán-Paraguay (Asunción), Universidad Americana (Asunción), and Universidad Nacional del Este (Ciudad del Este).

Published 2 October 2023