Breaking Bad's chemistry cooks up tourism in Albuquerque, New Mexico - StarPhoenix

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Breaking Bad's chemistry cooks up tourism in Albuquerque, New Mexico StarPhoenix And throughout the filming of AMC hit television series Breaking Bad in Albuquerque, interest in this Southwestern U.S. city from tourists has grown and local businesses have sought to cash in. A doughnut shop sells treats laced with blue “meth ...

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Mexico, US says they're working to jail drug lord - Boston.com

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Mexico, US says they're working to jail drug lord Boston.com MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican and U.S. officials say they're working to put a freed drug lord back behind bars although there is no sign the U.S. has taken formal legal steps to seize Rafael Caro Quintero. Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jose ... Latino Daily News

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Latin America's Youth Face Hurdles to Jobs and Safe Sex - Inter Press Service

Latin America's Youth Face Hurdles to Jobs and Safe Sex Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Aug 13 2013 (IPS) - Shortcomings in the educational system in Latin America and the Caribbean fuel inequalities that remain hurdles to access to the labour market and safe sex for a large part of the region's youth. Around half of the ...

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VenEconomy: A Culture with Less Liberties, More Controls - Latin American Herald Tribune

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VenEconomy: A Culture with Less Liberties, More Controls Latin American Herald Tribune This new stage of communist revolution in Venezuela, led by Nicolás Maduro, will also bring important changes to culture, which will enter the ring of centralization and control of the Government as has happened with everything else over the past 14 ...

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Inaugural flight of Haiti Aviation, Miami to Port-au-Prince - Defend Haiti

Inaugural flight of Haiti Aviation, Miami to Port-au-Prince Defend Haiti Taiwanese President took the opportunity to emphasize the possibility for the country to invest in the South of Haiti, particularly in the field of tourism. Overall, measures will be taken, the President announced Ying-Jeou, to promote Taiwanese ...

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Michael D. Yates Interviewed by Cedric Muhammad (for the Final Call) - Monthly Review

Michael D. Yates Interviewed by Cedric Muhammad (for the Final Call) Monthly Review With the help of Venezuela, Cuban doctors have restored vision to hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children in Latin America who were suffering from curable eye diseases but did not have the money to pay for surgery. Proof that Cuba has ...

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Carromero says Cuban officer forced him to change crash story - MiamiHerald.com

Carromero says Cuban officer forced him to change crash story MiamiHerald.com Carromero said he is now speaking at length about the crash and its aftermath to help Payá's relatives — he is eager to testify at any lawsuit they file against Cuba, he noted — and to mark the anniversary of the deaths on July 22. Cuba's version is ...

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Urrutia confirms defection of Cuban slugger Abreu - MLB.com

Urrutia confirms defection of Cuban slugger Abreu MLB.com PHOENIX -- If anyone can understand what Cuban slugger Jose Abreu is going through these days, it's Orioles outfielder Henry Urrutia, who defected from the island two years ago. That's part of the reason Abreu called Urrutia from an undisclosed ...

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Commercial Refrigeration Equipments Market - Latin America Industry Analysis ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Commercial Refrigeration Equipments Market - Latin America Industry Analysis ... PR Newswire (press release) Commercial refrigeration equipments market in Latin America is exhibiting healthy growth rate, with new equipments installation demand dominating the market. This report covers the Latin America commercial refrigeration equipments market with focus on ...

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Buckle up for the Latin American food revolution - Globe and Mail

Buckle up for the Latin American food revolution Globe and Mail As one of America's few pan-Latin fine dining experiences, Nao – housed behind a wood door massive enough to fortify the Alamo – is on the front lines of schooling diners like me in the next chapter of American cuisine, daring people in the Tex Mex ...

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UN probes North Korea arms shipment

UN officials have begun inspecting an arms shipment found on a North Korean ship, Panama's security minister says.



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Remarks With Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota After Their ... - US Department of State (press release)

Remarks With Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota After Their ... US Department of State (press release) ... the same time, there have been individual protests in Brazil and other countries in the region, as you all said, and on July 12th, a meeting by MERCOSUR adopted a decision which did instruct the countries – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela ...

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First English-Language Bookstore Opens in Cuba - PRI's The World

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First English-Language Bookstore Opens in Cuba PRI's The World “Cuba Libro” is Cuba's very first English language bookstore. It opened its door to customers last week. Conner Gorry, a New York City native living in Havana, first came up with the idea. She envisioned a comfortable place for book lovers to leaf ...

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Breaking Bad's chemistry cooks up tourism in Albuquerque - Calgary Herald

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Breaking Bad's chemistry cooks up tourism in Albuquerque Calgary Herald And throughout the filming of AMC hit television series Breaking Bad in Albuquerque, interest in this Southwestern U.S. city from tourists has grown and local businesses have sought to cash in. A doughnut shop sells treats laced with blue “meth ...

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Chile's Bachelet studies mining policy changes - Boston.com

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Chile's Bachelet studies mining policy changes Boston.com The South American country raised royalties on mining companies to help fund reconstruction efforts following a devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake in 2010 that cost the country $30 billion, or 18 percent of its annual gross domestic product. Bachelet for Promoting Internal LatAm Trade

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Millennial Media, Adsmovil Focus on Latin America - Analyst Blog - NASDAQ

Millennial Media, Adsmovil Focus on Latin America - Analyst Blog NASDAQ Mobile advertising and data provider Millennial Media Inc. ( MM ) recently forged a strategic partnership with Adsmovil, a premier mobile ad network in Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic markets, to foray into the media platform in South America ...

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Cuba Seeks to Bolster its Coconut Industry - Havana Times

Cuba Seeks to Bolster its Coconut Industry Havana Times HAVANA TIMES — Interested in recovering its declining coconut industry, the Cuban government is currently planning to enter into a partnership with one of the world's top producers of the fruit, the remote island of Sri Lanka. This past June, the ...

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Samsung faces labour law allegations

Prosecutors in Brazil have begun legal action against Samsung, alleging it forced employees to work in poor conditions at its plant in the Amazon region.



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Remembering Jaime Garzon

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U.N. inspectors to eye N. Korean ship

A month after Panamanian authorities intercepted a North Korean ship with military equipment hidden on board, U.N. inspectors were ready to take a look.



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Evernote inks deal with Telefonica to build presence in Latin America - ZDNet

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Evernote inks deal with Telefonica to build presence in Latin America ZDNet The team behind the popular note-taking service announced the news on its blog on Tuesday, affirming the "plan is to expand this relationship to reach the hundreds of millions of Telefonica mobile customers throughout Latin America and Europe ... 76M Vivo Subscribers in Brazil To Get Evernote Premium For Free

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Hero MotoCorp to set up factories in North and Latin America - Zigwheels.com

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Hero MotoCorp to set up factories in North and Latin America Zigwheels.com Hero MotoCorp is set to open factories in North and Latin America, the first instance of the Indian two-wheeler major looking at starting full-fledged manufacturing abroad. The company, controlled by the Munjal family, was earlier prohibited from ...

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Pope greets Argentine football team

Argentine footballers, including superstar Lionel Messi, meet fellow countryman Pope Francis along with the Italian national team.



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Peru: 2 women arrested for drug trafficking

Two young women arrested in Peru on suspicion of drug trafficking are in good condition and being well treated while in detention, a senior clergyman in Lima said Tuesday.



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Quake reported in waters near Colombia

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake was reported Tuesday morning in South America, the U.S. Geological Survey said.



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SP Ventures Prepares to Launch its Second Fund (em português)

(Valor Economico) After devoting itself to seed capital investments, SP Ventures, which manages investment funds…



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Wanderu Raises a $2.45 Million Series A Round Led by Alta Ventures Mexico

(Press Release) Bus and Train Travel Search Wanderu Raises $2.45 million round of funding led…



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BlackBerry Makes the BlackBerry 9720 Official in Asia, EMEA and Latin America - BerryReview

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BlackBerry Makes the BlackBerry 9720 Official in Asia, EMEA and Latin America BerryReview BlackBerry has finally made the last BlackBerry 7 device official. The new BlackBerry 9720 does not carry the Bold or Curve name but is intended for Asia, EMEA and Latin America. It is scheduled to come out in the “coming weeks” whatever that means. BlackBerry Releases The 9720, Runs BB 7 New BlackBerry 9720 gets official, won't be launched in the US and Canada

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Goodyear's Latin America business wins award - Tire Business

Goodyear's Latin America business wins award Tire Business "It is an honor for us at Goodyear to be recognized for our working relationship and the collaboration developed with our distributors throughout the region," said Jaime Szulc, president of Goodyear's Latin America region. "It will be a pleasure to ...

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Kerry says Israeli settlements won't derail Mideast talks - StarPhoenix

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Kerry says Israeli settlements won't derail Mideast talks StarPhoenix Kerry is visiting Colombia and Brazil this week in an attempt to build warmer relations with two U.S. allies in Latin America. But the visits may be hindered by resentment after reports about an American spy program that widely targeted data in emails ...

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Venezuela Promotes Actions to Develop Tourism - Prensa Latina

Venezuela Promotes Actions to Develop Tourism Prensa Latina 13 de agosto de 2013, 09:27Caracas, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan authorities promoted actions to expand tourism in the countryâ�Ös key destinations, in a strategy aimed at developing the sector in the short term, reported official sources on Tuesday.

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Unconfirmed Reports

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2013 “Year of the Dengue Plague” Says LatAm Health Officials

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The risk of doing business - The Economist (blog)

The risk of doing business The Economist (blog) I enjoyed reading about my misfortunes in the Economist, albeit many months after publication and in the company of fellow inmates in the Cuban high security prison, La Condesa. I would ask you to correct the impression that you give in the May 9th ...

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Kerry faces Latin American grilling over NSA spying - RT

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Kerry faces Latin American grilling over NSA spying RT Amid a chill in relations between Washington and Latin America, Brazil appears reluctant to go ahead with a planned $4 billion purchase of 36 US fighter jets, with sources close to the deal citing lack of trust as a reason, Reuters reported. Brazilian ... Kerry visits Brazil on two-day trip to South America to shore up relations US surveillance program casts shadow over Kerry Latin America trip Snowden leaks complicate Kerry trip to Latin America

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Daily Headlines: August 13, 2013

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Happy 87th Birthday Fidel!

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Cuba Libro is the first English-language bookstore opened in Cuba - VOXXI

Cuba Libro is the first English-language bookstore opened in Cuba VOXXI 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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Murders could follow maths law

A team in Brazil reports that a mathematical formula can help predict how many murders will occur as the population increases.



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VIDEO: Brazil prisoners escape after riot

Prisoners at a youth detention facility in Sao Paulo have staged a mass escape after a riot in which members of the centre's staff were taken hostage.



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Kerry visits Brazil on two-day trip to South America to shore up relations - Washington Post

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Kerry visits Brazil on two-day trip to South America to shore up relations Washington Post BRASILIA, Brazil — Secretary of State John Kerry will seek to allay the concerns of Brazil's top leaders about U.S. surveillance in their country while highlighting the expanding relationship the U.S. is nurturing with the economic powerhouse in Latin ... US surveillance program casts shadow over Kerry Latin America trip Snowden row casts shadow on Kerry's visit to Latin America John Kerry Defends NSA Surveillance Programs In Latin America

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New English-language bookstore a 1st in Havana - Las Vegas Sun

New English-language bookstore a 1st in Havana Las Vegas Sun 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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Al-Qaida Claims Eid Al-Fitr Bomb Attacks Across Iraq - Mintpress News

Al-Qaida Claims Eid Al-Fitr Bomb Attacks Across Iraq Mintpress News Ramadan this year was the deadliest since 2007, with over 670 people dead, mainly from suicide bombings and car bombs. By Alexander Besant | August 12, 2013. Share this article! Tweet. An al-Qaida affiliate has claimed responsibility for attacks that ...

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USA Rallies For 5-1 Win Over Cuba - Cal Athletics

USA Rallies For 5-1 Win Over Cuba Cal Athletics Cuba put a run up early at the top of the first that the U.S. could not top until the fourth inning – more than seven hours after the game began due to rain – when Arioto drove in the team's first run at the bottom of the fourth. With Tennessee's ...

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How will Ecuador cope without Benitez?

BBC Sport's Tim Vickery looks at how Ecuador will cope following the sudden death of star striker Christian Benitez



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