TNW Latin America Startup Awards: In search of LATAM's hottest startups The Next Web Last year we organized our very first TNW conference outside of Europe and chose the continent of Latin America as the place to make it happen. To celebrate this flourishing tech scene, it's entrepreneurs and startups we decided to organize the TNW ... |
CBC.ca | Snowden Aftermath: Why Is Obama Fixated on the "Switzerland of Latin America"? Huffington Post For many in the United States, Costa Rica is a land of exotic beauty and natural rainforests. The small Central American nation has long promoted its eco-tourism industry and foreigners flock here in search of native wildlife such as sloths and jaguar. Informal gold miners a "serious threat" to Costa Rica national park - press |
And eventually, perhaps, in one currency, as the tempo of reform accelerates The Economist Income inequality is rising sharply as more Cubans obtain CUCs, either as remittances from relatives abroad or because they work in tourism or the growing private sector. And since scarce foreign ... Pavel Vidal, a former official at Cuba's Central ... |
Snowden Aftermath: Why Is Obama Fixated on the "Switzerland of Latin America"? Huffington Post The small Central American nation has long promoted its eco-tourism industry and foreigners flock here in search of native wildlife such as sloths and jaguar. Unlike other countries in the region, Costa Rica has seen little civil strife over the years ... |
The Jay Z and Beyonce Bill Restricts Travel to Cuba The Source Jose Serrano, a member of the House Appropriations Committee who is in opposition. Serrano, a Democrat from New York wants to see an increase of Americana tourism in Cuba, without a doubt believes it is a “response to the trip by Beyonce and Jay Z.”. |
ABOUT 40% of the world’s Roman Catholics live in Latin America and 123m of them in Brazil, more than in any other country. So it is doubly fitting that Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, should make his debut as a foreign traveller by spending a week in Brazil from July 22nd. The trip, to mark the church’s World Youth Day, was scheduled before the elevation of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, to the papacy. But it is likely to set the tone of his tenure in the Vatican.Unlike Pope Benedict, who spent most of his last visit to Brazil with bishops, Francis is due to meet young people, visit a hospital, attend two events on Copacabana beach and visit a favela in Rio de Janeiro that was until recently controlled by a drug gang. The new pope’s identification with ordinary people and shunning of Vatican luxury is likely to go down well in Brazil, which has recently seen big marches against political corruption and for better public services.
North Korean Ship Puts US-Cuban Relations On Ice, Experts Say Fox News Latino North Korea and Cuba have had steady diplomatic ties for decades, but these relations picked up steam in 2001 when a Cuban delegation visited the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. Cuba is also one of the few countries globally to maintain close ties to ... |
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Send Yoenis Cespedes Back to Cuba Businessweek In a report Thursday on NPR about how Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) father shaped his vision on immigration, his father, Rafael Bienvenido Cruz, an immigrant from Cuba, said that while he “came to this country legally,” he basically bribed an official to get ... |
Cuba admits 'obsolete' weapons were on board North Korean ship seized in ... The Independent Cuba said the weapons were being sent back to North Korea for repair and included two anti-aircraft missile batteries, nine disassembled rockets, two MiG-21 fighter jets, and 15 MiG-21 engines, all Soviet-era military weaponry built in the middle of ... |
