Friday, August 16, 2013

Press Releases: Remarks With Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar ... - Newsroom America









Press Releases: Remarks With Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar ...

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... 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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Decade of Drought Threatens West - Wall Street Journal








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Decade of Drought Threatens West

Wall Street Journal

While other impacts in the short term are expected to be limited largely to tourism and recreation on Lake Mead, water managers across the Southwest said more serious disruptions could result by 2016—potentially putting a crimp in region's economy ...









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Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda. Photo: Getty Images - Sydney Morning Herald








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Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda. Photo: Getty Images

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Reputations die hard, and when many think of Colombia it's paired with images of Pablo Escobar, a violent drug trade and marauding militia. While pockets of danger do still exist, Colombia has largely opened up as a tourist destination in the past five ...









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Cuba Suffers 2% Drop in Number of Foreign Tourists - Latin American Herald Tribune








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Cuba Suffers 2% Drop in Number of Foreign Tourists

Latin American Herald Tribune

HAVANA – International tourism in Cuba dropped by 2 percent in the first six months of this year with a total of 1.5 million visitors, according to figures released Friday by the National Statistics Office, or ONE. Other indicators show that total ...









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Latin America gets short shrift in US election - Fort Worth Star Telegram









Latin America gets short shrift in US election

Fort Worth Star Telegram

There's a running joke in Latin America that the region should be allowed to vote for the U.S. president because the outcome matters so much here. But with less than two weeks to go before the election, the region is feeling left out of the race. With ...

Aircraft Financing Flowing in Latin America

Latin American downgrade ratio up on economic stress









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Opinion: Casting call for Aeroméxico ad again exposes Latin America's ugliest ... - NBC Latino









Opinion: Casting call for Aeroméxico ad again exposes Latin America's ugliest ...

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It is one of the most uncomfortable truths of Latin America, one that is ingrained into the cultural consciousness of all who live there or originate there and now call the United States home. When it comes to mass media and portrayals of people, white ...









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Bahamas deports 24 Cuban refugees

The government of the Bahamas deports back to Cuba 24 refugees who had applied for asylum in the US and other countries.



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Cuban players face great risks chasing dream - MLB.com









Cuban players face great risks chasing dream

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The Cuban baseball experience is a mixture of politics, passion and sport, where the level of success varies greatly, but the levels of risk are always the same: The escape from Cuba is fraught with peril and far from a certain path to a future in the ...









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Bolo's Restaurant fuses culinary spirits of Latin America - YNN, Your News Now








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Bolo's Restaurant fuses culinary spirits of Latin America

YNN, Your News Now

Every region of Latin America has a different spin on food, and one restaurant in San Antonio is celebrating each area's individuality. Bolo's Restaurant at the Omni San Antonio at the Colonnade fuses Latin American food from all over for a simple ...









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FP Passport: Lawton, Oklahoma: A Digit Away from Being Watched by the NSA - Foreign Policy (blog)









FP Passport: Lawton, Oklahoma: A Digit Away from Being Watched by the NSA

Foreign Policy (blog)

Consider this: There are 24 area codes in the United States, marked in the map above, that share their first two digits with the country codes for either China, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, or Venezuela. The following is just a sampling of towns and cities ...









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Gorilla Head Tattoo Not Likely To Attract Mates (PHOTO) - Huffington Post (satire)









Gorilla Head Tattoo Not Likely To Attract Mates (PHOTO)

Huffington Post (satire)

Crazy Tattoos!! Mary Jose Cristerna, known as The Vampire Woman, from Mexico, poses for a portrait as she attends Venezuela Expo Tattoo 2012 in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Jan. 28, 2012. (Ariana Cubillos, AP) .... to welcome visitors, at a giant rugby ...









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Cuba Gooding Jr. on 'Lee Daniels' The Butler' and How 'Superman' Inspired His ... - Moviefone








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Cuba Gooding Jr. on 'Lee Daniels' The Butler' and How 'Superman' Inspired His ...

Moviefone

Of course, a lot has happened to Cuba since then, both good and not-so-good -- from receiving poor critical reception in comedies like "Norbit" and "Snow Dogs" to starring in a George Lucas film about the Tuskegee Airmen to playing an energetic and ...

Cuba Gooding Jr. on Bringing Laughs to 'The Butler'

Lee Daniels and Cuba Gooding Jr. talk about 'Lee Daniels' The Butler'









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More cash for clones: 'OpenTable of Latin America' raises $13.3M - VentureBeat









More cash for clones: 'OpenTable of Latin America' raises $13.3M

VentureBeat

Restorando, the “OpenTable of Latin America” has raised $13.3 million to expand across the continent and deepen its presence in established cities. Restorando is currently active in Buenos Aires, Bogota, Chile, and six cities in Brazil. You choose ...

With $13.3M In New Funding, Restorando Aims To Be The OpenTable Of Latin ...

Restorando Books $13.3M to Help Restaurants Fill Tables in Latin America









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Digging Up Family Roots in Sicily - New York Times








New York Times



Digging Up Family Roots in Sicily

New York Times

Even if it wasn't focused, this trip had a purpose, which had little to do with standard-issue tourism. With such a base, we had the feeling of .... Most who left emigrated to three places: Venezuela, Canada and the United States. Of those who went to ...









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Cuba too strong for Taiwan, Japan blank the hosts - Taipei Times








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Cuba too strong for Taiwan, Japan blank the hosts

Taipei Times

Unable to contain a powerful Cuba attack, Taiwan dropped their first contest of the tournament 10-3 in this year's World Baseball Challenge at Citizen Field in Prince George, Canada, yesterday morning to even their record at 1-1. Unlike in the previous ...

Cuba opens with Victory at World Baseball Challenge









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CNN continues parroting Yankee propaganda about Cuba





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The smart link uniting Latin America and Asia - China Daily








China Daily



The smart link uniting Latin America and Asia

China Daily

Due to differences in culture and language, as well as geography, business opportunities between countries can be difficult to develop. But that is exactly the challenge Linka seeks and was created to face. Facilitating business between Latin America ...

Improving the flavour of the Chinese menu in the Caribbean









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US doctors see American jailed in Cuba - CNN









US doctors see American jailed in Cuba

CNN

Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Alan Gross, a U.S. State Department contractor jailed in Cuba, received his first visit by American doctors, Gross' attorney said Thursday. "A U.S. medical team did visit Alan in early July," Gross' attorney, Scott Gilbert, wrote ...









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Obama continues to pretend that what happened in Egypt was not a military coup d'etat





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While General El SIsi's thugs butcher the Egyptian people, the U.N. holds a meaningless debate





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Quartet of HR's by Cuba's Tigers defeat Chinese Taipei 10--3





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Mexico's President Wants You to Come Back to Mexico: Interview - Condé Nast Traveler








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Mexico's President Wants You to Come Back to Mexico: Interview

Condé Nast Traveler

The young President of Mexico is taking on hunger, poverty, and corruption in his country—and using tourism to help on all fronts. That's why we named him one of this year's Visionaries, a group of eight remarkable global citizens who are using their ...









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Ecuador's president abandons no-drilling plan - Boston.com








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Ecuador's president abandons no-drilling plan

Boston.com

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — President Rafael Correa said Thursday that he has abandoned a unique and ambitious plan to persuade rich countries to pay Ecuador not to drill for oil in a pristine Amazon rainforest preserve. Environmentalist had hailed the ...

Ecuador approves Yasuni park oil drilling in Amazon rainforest









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Daily Headlines: August 16, 2013





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Ecuador approves Amazon oil drilling

Ecuador abandons a scheme that would have paid the country not to drill for oil in pristine parts of Yasuni National Park in the Amazon rainforest.



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