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During her 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II of England visited the region nine times on state visits, the first in 1953 to Panama and the last to the United States in 2007.
The Voice of America collects in this gallery of images the moments captured in its stays in the region with dignitaries, children from assistance centers and crowds that acclaimed it.
1953 Panama
Panamanian authorities receive with honors Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip upon their arrival at the Panama Canal on November 29, 1953. It was the first visit of the nomarch to American territory. Officials and diplomats from the host country and the UK attended his arrival.
Gala party in honor of Queen Elizabeth II offered by the President of Panama, José Antonio Rendón (right), who received the monarch on the night of December 1, 1953.
1957 United States
Queen Elizabeth II is pictured leaving a church service at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington DC on October 20, 1957. She is accompanied by US government officials.
United States President Dwight Eisenhower (1890 – 1969) receives the British monarch at a gala party offered at the White House on October 19, 1957. Elizabeth II is accompanied by her husband, Philip, and her ambassador in Washington DC Along with the first lady of the United States.
Tour of Queen Elizabeth II through the town of Jamestown, Virginia, on October 16, 1957. That was the first settlement and the foundation of the British crown in the former Virginia Colony on the east coast of the United States.
1968 Brazil
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip present a trophy to soccer star Pelé during a visit to a stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 10, 1968, the monarch was on a state visit from 5 to 11 of that month.
Queen Elizabeth II paid a visit to the War Memorial in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 10, 1968, during her visit to the South American country.
1968 Chile
Queen Elizabeth II greets from the podium the crowd invited to the Plaza de la Constitución in the center of Chile, on November 11, 1968, for their reception; she on the spot she received the keys to the city.
During the stay of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Felipe in a hotel on the shore of Lake Pucón in southern Chile, the host offers the queen a 13-pound salmon, a culinary heritage of the region, an image captured on 15 November 1968.
1975 Mexico
A young woman in a mariachi costume greets Queen Elizabeth II during a Mexican festival in honor of the British sovereign during her visit to the Aztec country on February 25, 1975. The queen visited the Mexican territory for six days and was received with tributes.
Queen Elizabeth II tours the archaeological site of Monte Albán in Oaxaca, Mexico, on February 27, 1975, on a guided tour by authorities from the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
The President of Mexico, Luis Echeverría, receives Queen Elizabeth II at the National Palace in Mexico City, on February 25, 1975.
1983 United States
Queen Elizabeth II toasts her honor with President Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) at the White House during a state visit to Washington, DC, on March 3, 1983.
Queen Elizabeth II looks at the Apollo 14 capsule, sent to the moon in 1971, during her stay in the US capital on February 28, 1983. The piece is now part of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
1991 United States
Queen Elizabeth II and United States President George HW Bush (1924-2018) walk outside the White House during a state visit to Washington DC on May 15, 1991.
Queen Elizabeth II in plenary session of the United States Congress in a speech before the two chambers of the federal legislature in the Capitol in Washington DC, on May 16, 1991.
2007 the last visit to the USA and the Americas
United States President George W. Bush leads a ceremony in honor of Queen Elizabeth II on the White House lawn on May 7, 2007, it would be the monarch’s last visit to American soil.
During her stay in the United States -from May 3 to 8, 2007- Isabel II visited the colonial city of Williamsburg in Virginia, where she was received by the inhabitants, this city of the former colony hosts the first Law School in the United States, William and Mary.
On her last visit to the United States in May 2007, Queen Elizabeth II hosted receptions in her honor in Richmond. In the image (center) next to the current federal senator from Virginia, Tim Kaine, who was serving as governor of that state at the time.
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