Saturday, August 10, 2013

Bring it on Home: Cuba - STLtoday.com









Bring it on Home: Cuba

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Who and where • Alex Rodgriguez of Havana, Cuba (left), poses with Don Burgess of St. Charles in front of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana. Cuba is full of old Chevrolets and Fords from the 1940s and 1950s. The trip • Don and Debi Burgess traveled ...









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New English-language bookstore a first in Havana - MiamiHerald.com








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New English-language bookstore a first in Havana

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HAVANA -- Cuba's first English-language bookstore offers a selection that would just about stock the lobby of an average Vermont bed and breakfast. Next to what's available in English elsewhere in Havana, it might as well be the Library of Congress.

Cuba's First English-Language Bookstore

American Opens Cuba's First English-Language Bookstore

Cuba opens first English bookstore









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With lure of religious classes, Iran seeks to recruit Latin Americans - Washington Post









With lure of religious classes, Iran seeks to recruit Latin Americans

Washington Post

“There were 25 or 30 of us in my class, all from Latin America,” recalled the student, who was just 19 when he arrived at the small institute that styled itself an Iranian madrassa for Hispanics. “I met Colombians, Venezuelans, multiple Argentines ...

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In rural Maine, rise of the machines pushes out migrant pickers - Yahoo! News








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In rural Maine, rise of the machines pushes out migrant pickers

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Argueta said he can make as much as $1,000 per week here, with free housing, subsidized food and even health care provided, a deal that has long enticed migrants to Maine's blueberry fields from as far away as Mexico, Honduras and Haiti. The work is ...









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US may look at Latin American ties with Iran - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel









US may look at Latin American ties with Iran

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Judging from what I'm told by senior U.S. officials, the Obama administration will continue trying not to over-dramatize this issue, even if there is mounting pressure from Congress to take a more aggressive stand on Iran's activities in Latin America ...









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Colombia peace talks 'make progress'

Colombia's chief negotiator in peace talks with the main rebel group, the Farc, says negotiations have made unprecedented progress.



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In rural Maine, rise of the machines pushes out migrant pickers - KFGO









In rural Maine, rise of the machines pushes out migrant pickers

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Despite the perks, this year's trip will be Argueta's last to the far northeast of the United States, nearly 4,000 miles from the border with Mexico that is the focus of much of the nation's immigration debate. "The tractors are taking all the good ...









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Fight brews over private stake in a Mexican icon - Boston.com









Fight brews over private stake in a Mexican icon

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FILE - A truck drives past a refinery in Salamanca, Mexico, 170 miles ( The Associated Press FILE - A truck drives past a refinery in Salamanca, Mexico, 170 miles (280 kilometers) northwest of Mexico City on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002. President Enrique ...









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Sweet Fifteen in Cuba: A Dizzying Merry-Go-Round - Havana Times









Sweet Fifteen in Cuba: A Dizzying Merry-Go-Round

Havana Times

Irina1 HAVANA TIMES — Turning fifteen stirs up conflicting emotions in Cuban teenagers. Every young girl knows that her family will throw her a party no matter what the cost, even if this family, as is most often the case, doesn't have the financial ...









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Hurricane Sandy Raised Risk Awareness in Eastern Cuba - Reuters AlertNet









Hurricane Sandy Raised Risk Awareness in Eastern Cuba

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Experts say every city in this Caribbean island nation should take precautions against hurricanes, especially places like Santiago de Cuba, which is in mountainous terrain and has densely-populated residential buildings. "Education must be stepped up ...









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New English-language bookstore a 1st in Havana - Arizona Daily Star









New English-language bookstore a 1st in Havana

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The brainchild of a longtime U.S. expat, Cuba Libro launched Friday as a bookshop, cafe and literary salon that offers islanders and tourists alike a unique space to buy or borrow tomes in the language of Shakespeare. Cuba Libro also gives customers an ...









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Cuba's First English-Language Bookstore - Fox News Latino









Cuba's First English-Language Bookstore

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Anglophones, rejoice: Cuba's first English-language bookstore, cafe and literary salon opened in Havana on Friday, offering islanders and tourists alike a unique space to converse, thumb through magazines and buy or borrow tomes in the language of ...









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Sprinter Baptiste fails drugs test

Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste fails a drugs test and will not compete at the World Championships.



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Castro keeps the lid on Cuban 'capitalism' - MiamiHerald.com








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Castro keeps the lid on Cuban 'capitalism'

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Notwithstanding Raúl Castro's own statements that he was not elected to restore capitalism, these observers insist on their belief that economic reforms will be deepened and Cuba will march merrily into capitalism or at least a Chinese-style capitalism.









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Gophers Come Out In Calgary After Alberta Floods (PHOTO) - Huffington Post









Gophers Come Out In Calgary After Alberta Floods (PHOTO)

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... In Mexico. Two fishermen in northeastern Mexico claim they netted a dead great white shark estimated to be near 20-feet-long on April 15, 2012. .... Many are used in the tourism sector at special elephant parks or zoos, where they perform in shows ...









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Yoruban Motifs Art Book Launched in Cuba - Havana Times









Yoruban Motifs Art Book Launched in Cuba

Havana Times

HAVANA TIMES — Imna Arroyo, an artist and cultural activist of African descent born in Puerto Rico, has just launched a marvelous, limited-edition craft book “The Sacred Family” which brings together linoleum engravings of the Orishas, deities ...









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Hurricane Sandy Raised Risk Awareness in Eastern Cuba - Reuters AlertNet









Hurricane Sandy Raised Risk Awareness in Eastern Cuba

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Experts say every city in this Caribbean island nation should take precautions against hurricanes, especially places like Santiago de Cuba, which is in mountainous terrain and has densely-populated residential buildings. "Education must be stepped up ...









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Women held on drug charges in Peru

Two young women have been arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine out of Peru, local police say.



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Hurricane Sandy Raised Risk Awareness in Eastern Cuba - Inter Press Service









Hurricane Sandy Raised Risk Awareness in Eastern Cuba

Inter Press Service

Experts say every city in this Caribbean island nation should take precautions against hurricanes, especially places like Santiago de Cuba, which is in mountainous terrain and has densely-populated residential buildings. “Education must be stepped up ...









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5 Abilities You Need To Master After 50 - Huffington Post









5 Abilities You Need To Master After 50

Huffington Post

Certain cities in Mexico are not the safest, especially along the U.S.-Mexico border, but there are still parts of the southern country that are increasingly popular with retirees. ... other South American locales according to <em>U.S. News & World ...









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What Is Up With Latin American Censuses? Chile May Annul 2012 Survey After ... - International Business Times








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What Is Up With Latin American Censuses? Chile May Annul 2012 Survey After ...

International Business Times

It seems like Latin American countries cannot get their population numbers straight. After Bolivia announced miscounts in their 2012 census on Wednesday, admitting that it failed to account for 300,000 people, now it is Chile's turn to face the ...









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Yet another bad idea - Cyprus Mail









Yet another bad idea

Cyprus Mail

It could also be a recipe for an environmental disaster that would not only cost billions to clean up, but would simultaneously wreck what is left of our natural beauty; wound our shipping industry; kill our tourism industry; increase our carbon ...









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Cuba Libro, island's 1st English-language bookstore-cafe, brings diversity to ... - Fox News








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Cuba Libro, island's 1st English-language bookstore-cafe, brings diversity to ...

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HAVANA – Anglophones, rejoice: Cuba's first English-language bookstore, cafe and literary salon opened in Havana on Friday, offering islanders and tourists alike a unique space to converse, thumb through magazines and buy or borrow tomes in the ...

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US fury at Mexico drugs lord release

The US reacts angrily to the early release by a Mexico court of a drugs lord who served 28 years in prison for the kidnap and murder of a US agent.



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