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However, cricket lost popularity during World War I, when British expatriates had to leave Mexico to fight. [13] Football clubs founded by Britons included the British Club, Rovers FC Mexico and Reforma Athletic Club. The most successful club founded by Britons is C.F. Pachuca.
After Mexico achieved its independence in September 1821, Britain was the first European great power to recognize Mexican sovereignty. Soon afterwards, Emperor Agustín de Iturbide sent a diplomatic envoy to London to establish diplomatic communications between the two nations and both nations formally established diplomatic relations on 26 December 1826 through the signing of the Treaty of ...
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Mexico is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the United Mexican States, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Mexico. Besides the embassy in Mexico City , the UK also maintains a consulate general in Cancun .
The British colonization of the Americas is the history of establishment of control, settlement, and colonization of the continents of the Americas by England, Scotland, and, after 1707, Great Britain. Colonization efforts began in the late 16th century with failed attempts by England to establish permanent colonies in the North.
British Latin Americans (Spanish: Latinoamericano británico; Portuguese: Latino-americano britânico) are Latin Americans of British ancestry. British immigration to Latin America occurred mostly in the 19th and 20th centuries and went primarily to Mexico , Chile , Brazil and Argentina .
According to Mexico's Migration Institute, in 2009 there were 3,761 British expatriates living in Mexico. [85] Cornish culture still survives in local architecture and food in the state of Hidalgo. The Scottish and Welsh have also made their mark in Mexico, especially in the states of Hidalgo, Jalisco, Aguascalientes, and Veracruz.
The British Chamber of Commerce was founded in Mexico City on the 24th of June 1921 when a Charter was signed by the following individuals: Joseph H. Hogarth, who became the first chairman of the Board
The second French intervention in Mexico (Spanish: segunda intervención francesa en México), also known as the Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867), [12] was a military invasion of the Republic of Mexico by the French Empire of Napoleon III, purportedly to force the collection of Mexican debts in conjunction with Great Britain and Spain.