Mr. Torres is on a routine visit to Samoa where he held talks with the Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi , and government representatives
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The Wellington - based Ambassador of Chile, His Excellency, Mr. Isauro Torres Negri, visited the Samoa Observer office yesterday.
Accompanied by Chile’s representative in Samoa, Maria Ines Kappenberger, he held discussions about his country with the paper’s Publisher, Muliaga Jean Ash Malifa, Editor, Mata’afa Keni Lesa, and Editor in Chief, Savea Sano Malifa.
Mr. Torres is on a routine visit to Samoa where he held talks with the Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, and government representatives.
Born in Santiago de Chile on August 23rd 1955, he is married to Maria Isabel Molina, and they have four children, two daughters and two sons. He has a Law Degree from the Universidad de Chile, he joined the Foreign Service Diplomatic Academy in March 1979, and was appointed Ambassador in December 2009.
From January 2009 up to January 2012, Ambassador Torres served as Director of the Division for North America, Central America and the Caribbean Affairs, MFA. In that capacity he was actively involved in the development of Special Partnerships with “like minded” countries and regions (Chile & California; Chile & Massachusetts).
Ambassador Torres has served three diplomatic terms at the Embassy of Chile in Washington DC (Minister Counsellor and Head of the Political Section from January 1 2007 to December, 2008; First Secretary and Congressional Liaison Officer between 1989 and 1993; and from 1982 to 1984, Second Secretary in charge of economic affairs).
From August 2003 to December 2006 he served as Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Chile to the U.K.
In 2001-2003, he served as Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) in charge of Cooperation (ECOTECH), Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador Torres has experience in neighbouring countries: 1996-2000 Counsellor to the Embassy of Chile in Peru.
Previously, between 1994- 1995, Head of the Department for International Security Affairs, MFA. Multilateral experience: 1985-1986 First Secretary to the Delegation of Chile before the UN International Organisations in Vienna, Austria (AEIA, UNIDO)
The economy of Chile is ranked as a high-income economy by the World Bank, and is considered one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations, leading Latin American nations in competitiveness, income per capita, globalization, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption. Although Chile has high economic inequality, as measured by the Gini index, it is close to the regional mean.
In 2006, Chile became the country with the highest nominal GDP per capita in Latin America. In May 2010 Chile became the first South American country to join the OECD. Tax revenues, all together 20.2 percent of GDP in 2013, were the second lowest among the 34 OECD countries, and the lowest in 2010. Chile has an inequalityadjusted human development index of 0.661, compared to 0.662, 0.680 and 0.542 for neighboring Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil, respectively. In 2008, only 2.7% of the population lived on less than US $2 a day.
The Global Competitiveness Report for 2009–2010 ranked Chile as being the 30th most competitive country in the world and the first in Latin America, well above Brazil (56th), Mexico (60th), and Argentina which ranks 85th; it has since fallen out of the top 30. The ease of doing business index, created by the World Bank, lists Chile as 34th in the world as of 2014. The privatized national pension system (AFP) has encouraged domestic investment and contributed to an estimated total domestic savings rate of approximately 21% of GDP.
Chile is today one of South America's most stable and prosperous nations.
It leads Latin American nations in rankings of human development, competitiveness, income per capita, globalization, state of peace, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption. It also ranks high regionally in sustainability of the state, and democratic development. Chile is a founding member of the United Nations, the Union of South American Nations and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
Source: Wikipedia.
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