BBC News | Cuba: Fury over 'disgusting' windscreen stickers BBC News An editorial in Granma, the Havana government's official newspaper, complains of "unimaginable" messages like "crazy girls have no masters," and "young girls and alcohol are my thing" emblazoned across the island's cars. Many of Cuba's taxis are ... |
BBC News | UN: Chile should solve land dispute with Mapuche Boston.com SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A United Nations investigator on Tuesday called on Chile's government to stop using an anti-terrorism law against Mapuche Indians who are fighting to recover their ancestral land. Violence from the Mapuche struggle escalated ... UN criticises Chile for using terror law on Mapuche |
SwimSwam | Day 3 Latin America Report: de Deus, Gomes Through to Final, Lima Out SwimSwam Some other notes from the third day… Kristel Kobrich came up short in her quest to become the first Chilean Worlds medalist ever, adding seven seconds from her preliminary time (15:54.30, the South American record) to finish in sixth, touching in 16 ... |
World Expeditions adds Dominica to Americas brochure e-Travel Blackboard (press release) Targeting growing tourism to the Caribbean, World Expeditions has become the first Australian tour operator to include Dominica's Waitukubuli National Trail in its new Americas brochure. Released this week, the brochure includes up to 70 holidays ... |
Seeking Better Public Image, Fracking Industry Adopts New Identity: Saudi ... Mintpress News ... Fracking Industry Adopts New Identity: Saudi Antagonist; As Detroit Inches Toward Bankruptcy, Nation Debates Who's To Blame — And How To Help; No Room For Marijuana At Beer-Soaked NASCAR Event, Ad-Sellers Say; Where Did The Good Jobs Go? |
How Safe Is Mexico: New Website Gains Popularity In The Midst Of Crimes And ... Latin Times There's a new website in town and it offers some interesting and useful information about Mexico's tourism and the safety in the country. Amidst the reports of crimes and political turmoil, the website, titled "How Safe Is Mexico?," offers potential ... |
AS/COA Online | 2013 Latin American Cities Conferences Santiago – Chile: Leading through Trade AS/COA Online Widely regarded as the first “Latin Tiger” for its robust, continuous growth and open economy, Chile stands as a model for progress in Latin America. In 2012, Chile became the second largest recipient of foreign direct investment in Latin America after ... |
Rush Limbaugh Still Controls A Major Political Party Raw Story Very few people bother to vote in primaries. This is true even in contentious presidential elections where there are ton of nominees to choose from, such as the Obama vs. Clinton stand-off in 2008 or the Romney vs. A Cast of Clowns stand-off in 2012. |
Raw Story | Cuba looks to medical tourism to entice international visitors Raw Story Football legend Diego Maradona blazed a path for Cuba to become a medical tourism destination when he traveled to the island for drug addiction treatment in 2000. Since then, thousands of other famous and not-so-famous faces have traveled here for help ... |
The Guardian | Tourism can help Haiti return to its halcyon days The Guardian Along with pre-revolutionary Cuba, Haiti was the tourist destination of choice in the 1950s, attracting jetsetters and wealthy travellers from the US and Europe. It was the place to see and be seen. Over the past 60 years the situation has deteriorated. |
Raw Story | Cuba looks to medical tourism to entice international visitors Raw Story Football legend Diego Maradona blazed a path for Cuba to become a medical tourism destination when he traveled to the island for drug addiction treatment in 2000. Since then, thousands of other famous and not-so-famous faces have traveled here for help ... |
How socially inclusive is Latin America? Christian Science Monitor For the second year, Americas Quarterly has ranked Latin American countries and the United States based on social inclusion, sifting through multiple data sets for 16 nations, including variables like access to education, housing, and employment, as ... |
ITG Starts Posit Alert Trading in Mexico in Latin America Bloomberg ITG's Posit Alert will provide fully electronic bulk trading in Mexico as the company expands the product into Latin America, according to a press release today. Known as a block crossing system, it will anonymously match large buy and sell orders ... |
Haitilibre.com | Haiti - Politic : Laurent Lamothe in Ecuador Haitilibre.com The Prime Minister will take the opportunity to discuss the strengthening of the cooperation with the members of the ALBA countries, within the framework of the adoption, at the 11th summit, "of the Special Plan" approved by Venezuela in favor of Haiti ... |
Yasiel Puig Fends Off Bad Spanish for Taste of Cuba TMZ.com L.A. Dodgers sensation Yasiel Puig went back to Cuba last night -- or as close as he's gonna get to it in Hollywood ... and a TMZ camera guy was there to roll out the bad Spanglish welcome mat. Puig hit up El Floridita restaurant in Hollywood last ... |
Cuba Criticizes US Embargo Fine for AmEx, Bank ABC News Cuba is objecting to the U.S. government's recent sanctions against companies for violating the 51-year-old economic and financial embargo against the island. A Foreign Ministry statement notes last week's settlement in which American Express Co ... |
Reforms crucial to Latin America oil sector growth Business News Americas Future private sector investment in Latin American offshore oil and gas reserves could hinge on government reforms to decentralize the industry, according to a BNamericas Intelligence Series report. Brazil and Mexico are identified as markets most in ... AACSB International Focuses on Enhancing Quality Improvement Services for ... Eclac reduces 2013 Latin America, Caribbean growth outlook to 3% Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Reach 3.0% in 2013 |
Want to Win $50000? The State Department Wants You to Team Up in Latin ... Businessweek She noted her excitement about one of the central elements of La Idea: a pitch competition calling for “ideas for new businesses that will create jobs and promote trade and investment” in Latin America. Similar to other entrepreneurship programs backed ... State Department Initiative La Idea Seeks Entrepreneurs with Business ... |
The Japan Times | Lionfish beyond reach of divers worry scientists The Japan Times Derby-style lionfish tournaments are held from Bermuda as far south as Curacao, a Dutch Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. ... In Bonaire, where the economy is dependent on reef diving tourism, volunteers are being licensed as “lionfish hunters. |
Cuba and the Problem of Information Havana Times dilla1 HAVANA TIMES — In a previous article, I referred to the insurmountable obstacles Cuba's leadership faces as it attempts to “modernize” a totalitarian and inefficient system of government, a system that will now give way to a Third-World ... |
RT (blog) | US wasted $24 million on flawed mission to jam Cuban TV RT (blog) Dubbed AeroMarti, the initiative has attempted to give Cubans an alternative to the government-controlled media for several years running. It first debuted nearly two decades ago and has cost taxpayers close to $25 million over the past six years alone. |
Car Safety Rules | SEAT Leon becomes Latin America's first five-star safety car Car Safety Rules For Latin American families who want to travel in safety, the car to buy is the SEAT Leon. Latin NCAP's latest round of crash tests included six cars with the SEAT Leon Nuevo becoming the first ever to achieve a five-star safety rating in the region ... |
Venezuelan, Ecuadorian Presidents Resume Regular Meetings Bernama The bilateral agenda was initially put together by Correa and Chavez in June 2011 who signed 12 agreements at their 9th Quarterly Presidential Meeting on trade, agribusiness, energy, tourism, science and others, to strength the bi-national alliance ... |
The Broken Cultural Script For Initiating Romance Raw Story So the internet got to have some fun this weekend debating what the hell is going on in the above video, which is exactly what it appears to be be: DJ Khaled proposing marriage to Nicki Minaj, who he does not seem to be dating, in what amounts to the ... |
Why the US's Cuban propaganda plane is a complete waste of money The Week Magazine For the past seven years, the United States has been funding a twin-engine plane that flies circle-eights over Cuba, broadcasting everything from baseball games to interviews with anti-Castro dissidents. Despite its cost to the U.S. government — more ... |
Egyptian coup: a page straight out of Latin America DAWN.com ... laureate and the new vice-president of the republic, and Justice Adli Mansour and, of course, Mr Obama, considering to consider this a coup or not a coup? I apologise for the rhetoric and let's come down to history. This coup is a page out of Latin ... |
Cuba looks to medical tourism as income source South China Morning Post Football legend Diego Maradona blazed a path for Cuba to become a medical tourism destination when he travelled to the island for drug addiction treatment in 2000. Since then, thousands of other famous and not-so-famous faces have traveled here for ... Gambling and the law: Cuba needs casinos CARDENAS: Beware of Raul the Reformer |
