Cuba: It's our weapons on NK ship CNN (blog) Hours after Panama said it would ask U.S. and British officials for help solving the puzzle, Cuba gave an answer Tuesday night. In addition to 10,000 tons of sugar, Cuba's Foreign Ministry said, the shipment contained "240 metric tons of obsolete ... |
Latin America, Caribbean remain a top priority for Conservatives, John Baird says Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA — The Conservative government is defending its commitment to Latin America and the Caribbean after eyebrows were raised during last week's cabinet shuffle, prompting talk the government's vaunted “Americas Strategy” has run its course. |
Freedom of Speech Continues to be Outlawed in Cuba for Cubans... Not for Others Huffington Post The language of diplomacy, although distant and calculated, gives us a glimpse of changing times. I remember that for years I could predict every word foreign presidents would utter once they arrived in Cuba. Never lacking, in the script of their ... |
Cuba to taste pro boxing in WSB Exhibition Match against Mexico PhilBoxing.com Lausanne, July 25, 2013 - For the first time since 1962, Cuba will officially allow its boxers to compete in a pro-style boxing event. The newly formed Cuban World Series of Boxing (WSB) Franchise will take on the Mexico Guerreros in Mexico City on 29 ... |
Canada.com | Latin America, Caribbean remain a top priority for Conservatives, John Baird says Canada.com OTTAWA — The Conservative government is defending its commitment to Latin America and the Caribbean after eyebrows were raised during last week's cabinet shuffle, prompting talk the government's vaunted “Americas Strategy” has run its course. |
Wausakee Composites, Cuba City's largest private employer, closing 77Square.com “You never want to lose a plant, but the silver lining is we saw it coming and we were able to prepare for it,” said Taylor Gronau, economic development director for the city on the eastern edge of Grant County. “I think Cuba City will fare well coming ... Wausaukee Composites closing Cuba City plant |
Precious metals company expands into Latin America Creamer Media's Mining Weekly Gold and precious minerals refiner Kaloti Group reports that construction has started on its first gold and precious metals refinery and bullion manufacturing plant, in Suriname, South America. The refinery, which has an operating funding allocation of ... |
HotelChatter | Gooooooal! Accor Upgrades Their WiFi in Latin America HotelChatter Accor Hotels is making good on their promises to deliver free WiFi to all their hotels around the world, by partnering up with Ruckus Wireless to standardize the free WiFi offerings at more than 100 Accor hotels in Latin America. Which is a smart move ... Roundup: Ruckus Wireless, TdP, Americatel |
Baird says he'll take the lead on Latin America after junior portfolio nixed iPolitics.ca (subscription) Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says he'll take the lead in Canada's relations with Latin America after the recent cabinet shuffle eliminated the portfolio for the region that usually went to a junior minister. Baird rebuffed critics and experts ... |
TravelersToday | Havana airport to get $10.2 million upgrade USA TODAY Some 2.7 million tourists visited the island in 2011, according to the most recent government figure available, up from 2.1 million in 2007. Authorities predict it will hit 3 million this year. Canada sends more travelers to Cuba than any other country ... Havana Airport is Getting an Upgrade to Improve Overcrowding Problem |
Gregorio Luke's outdoor slideshow on Latin American Art returns for three ... Long Beach Press-Telegram Luke is MOLAA's lecturer-in-residence and has developed a career as one of the world's great art lecturers, giving talks in Europe, Latin America and Asia, and at such institutions as the Library of Congress, Harvard University, the Smithsonian ... |
As waistlines grow, so does the fight against junk food The Economist Not all waistlines have met this barrage of sugar, salt and fat in the same way, but across much of Latin America and the Caribbean the trend stands out like a muffin top. The Food and Agricultural Organisation, a UN agency, says the region has become ... Peru: malnutrition and obesity side by side |
US, Canada and Mexico could share border security, envoy says Globe and Mail He says the visa requirement has significantly cut tourism to Canada from Mexico. “We think it has hindered part of the relationship. If you look at the number of tourists from Mexico that visit Canada. They have fallen from 200,000 Mexicans a year to ... |
Cuba to make professional boxing debut with Mexico friendly FRANCE 24 Cuba has created a team to take part in the professional World Series Boxing (WSB) tournament which is run by the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA). Fighters who take part in the WSB competition are paid but do not lose their amateur ... |
Cuba to taste pro boxing in WSB Exhibition Match against Mexico EastsideBoxing.com Lausanne, July 25, 2013 – For the first time since 1962, Cuba will officially allow its boxers to compete in a pro-style boxing event. The newly formed Cuban World Series of Boxing (WSB) Franchise will take on the Mexico Guerreros in Mexico City on 29 ... |
Out of gas THE annihilation of the Patriotic Union (UP), a small left-wing party created in 1985 as the political arm of the FARC guerrillas, was one of the darkest episodes in Colombia’s recent history. More than 3,000 members of the party, including two presidential candidates, were murdered during the 1980s and 90s by right-wing paramilitaries linked to the armed forces, as peace talks fell apart. The FARC have long cited the UP’s fate as a reason for their mistrust of democratic politics. Their opponents say that the FARC cynically used the peace talks and sacrificed the UP as a means of buying time to build up their guerrilla army—part of their strategy of “combining all forms of struggle”.The antecedent of the UP hangs over the promising new peace talks that the FARC and Colombia’s government have been conducting in Havana since November. One item on the agenda is the need to provide the FARC with guarantees that they can enter politics once they have laid down their arms. So it was helpful to both sides that a court ruled on July 4th that the UP could have its legal status as a party restored. The loss of that status, because of the party’s failure to win sufficient votes in past elections, was because of extenuating circumstances, the court ruled.Restoration was an “act of justice”, said Luciano MarÃn (also known by his nom de guerre, “Iván Márquez”),...
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Peru named one of Latin America's best environments for women entrepreneurs Peru this Week A new index released today by the Inter-American Development Bank's Multilateral Investment Fund, says that Peru is among the best environments for female entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean. In its first edition, the Multilateral ... |
KSDK | Pope Francis assails Latin American drug cartels, legalization KSDK RIO DE JANEIRO - Pope Francis assailed narcotics trafficking and criticized calls to legalize drugs in Latin America in remarks Wednesday while inaugurating a drug rehabilitation clinic. Taking on the powerful drug lords whose violence costs the lives ... |
Cruises to Cuba announced by US tour company San Jose Mercury News But requirements were tightened last year after criticism that many of the trips were masking recreational tourism to the Communist island. Cuban-American Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida criticized the government for approving licenses for ... |
Latin America Tops Mexico; East Falls To West Patch.com Mexico took an early lead but Latin America took the lead and held it after a double play sent two players across home plate. Latin America won 3-2. Mexico will play Canada on Thursday at 730pm. Latin America plays Canada at 4pm Friday. East fell to ... |
Casino spurred by Latin America to beat forecasts Financial Times Casino, the French retail group, beat analysts' forecasts despite tough conditions in France, helped by a strong performance in Latin America. The group said that trading profits during the first six months of the year were €969m, 52 per cent higher ... |
TheDC Morning: John Edwards is back … but this time is name is Anthony Weiner Daily Caller Like to laugh? Like to be informed? Then sign up for TheDC Morning email here. 1.) John Edwards is back … but this time his name is Anthony Weiner – It's hard to be shocked by anything Anthony Weiner does given what we know he did, but frankly it's ... |
Pope urges Catholic faithful to shun materialism Boston.com On his first full day of activities in Brazil, Francis traveled from one of the most important shrines in Latin America, Our Lady of Aparecida, to what he called a ''shrine of human suffering'' — a hospital in Rio de Janeiro that treats substance abusers. |
Jay-Z Boycotts Florida, But Cuba Is Okay? Fox Business You've got a number of entertainers who for example have gone to the state sponsor of terrorism island which is and Castro's Cuba. They've been there they've hobnobbing with the dictatorship they probably don't meet with the opposition that on me with ... |
