Tropical Storm Karen forms between Cuba, Mexico CNN (CNN) -- A hurricane watch is in effect for parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast after Tropical Storm Karen formed in the southeastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday. Track the storm. The watch covers the area from ... |
Possible tropical storm spinning between Cuba and Yucatan Peninsula Magnoliareporter After that, strong upper-level winds are likely to limit development as the system approaches the northern Gulf of Mexico by the weekend. Locally heavy rains could affect the Cayman Islands, portions of Cuba and portions of the Yucatan Peninsula during ... |
Voice of America | Conflict Brews in Cuba Over Sales Ban of Imported Goods Voice of America Three years ago the government of President Raul Castro, who replaced his brother Fidel in 2008, opened up retail services to “self employment” in the form of 200 licensed activities from clowns, seamstresses, food vendors, taxis and the building ... |
The Castros let athletes play abroad The Economist AMONG Fidel Castro's first reforms in Cuba was to nationalise baseball, his favourite sport. He insisted it should be played for love of the game alone, which meant that players until recently have been earning the same $20 a month as everyone else ... |
Gambia: 10 things you never knew Telegraph.co.uk 7) A friend of the late Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and the late Colonel Gaddafi of Libya, Mr Jammeh has a strong record in speaking out against imperialism. The British, he says, did nothing for Gambia during colonial times except "to tell us how to sing ... |
San Francisco Chronicle | Tropical Storm Karen forms between Cuba, Mexico CNN (CNN) -- A hurricane watch is in effect for parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast after Tropical Storm Karen formed in the southeastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday. A hurricane watch covers the area from Grand Isle ... Possible tropical storm spinning between Cuba and Yucatan Peninsula |
IsramWorld Cuba trips target LGBT Jewish travelers Travel Weekly The operator recently secured its one-year license from the U.S. Treasury Department to offer three nine-day itineraries targeted at specific niche markets: general travelers, the LGBT community and those interested in Jewish heritage and history in Cuba. |
Daily Mail | Being British really does open doors! UK passport holders can visit 173 ... Daily Mail Other countries improving their scores this year are St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Zimbabwe and India. Not so good: Afghanistan is bottom of the table, with only 28 countries available for entry without a ... |
Customer Service 'Guru' in Dar for Tips On Business Management, Hospitality AllAfrica.com The seminar is organized by the Tanzania Society of Travel Agents (TASOTA) and Amadeus Technology, a local affiliate of the world's leading supplier of IT solutions in the travel and tourism industry. ... Mexico, which is the largest Coca- Cola bottler ... |
Anarchy at Yellowstone: 'Road Closed' sign knocked over, thrown aside Daily Caller “Park budgets have seen drastic cuts over the last three years. And shutting the park gates is really bad for American tourism and family vacations and all the businesses that depend on our parks staying open to spur the local economies,” said Theresa ... |
Why tourists to Mexico aren't scared off by the drug wars News-Herald.com Mexico's oceanside resorts and Mayan ruins are luring more visitors from abroad even as drug violence plagues parts of the country. The resurgence is spurring a wave of new investment by the hotel industry. Hyatt Hotels is opening two resorts in Mexico ... |
Clear Channel Outdoor growing its market in Latin America San Antonio Business Journal (blog) Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings has increased its inventory of digital billboards in Latin America by 50 percent this past year, according to Digital Signage Today. The outdoor advertising giant currently owns and operates 45 digital panels in South ... |
Capricia Marshall joins Atlantic Council's Latin America Center Washington Post (blog) Good timing, because the former chief of protocol and longtime Hillaryland insider just landed a job as ambassador-in-residence at the Atlantic Council's new Latin American Center. The first-generation American (half Mexican, half Croatian) will focus ... |
Jamaica, Cuba Working to Renew Security Agreements Caribbean Journal As transnational crime continues to plague the Caribbean region, Jamaica said this week that it is looking to renew its security agreements with Cuba. Jamaican National Security Minister Peter Bunting recently traveled to Cuba for a three-day working ... The Government is seeking to renew its regional security agreements with Cuba ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | As Gambia leaves Commonwealth, its people live under a cult of witchcraft and ... Telegraph.co.uk Tourism has also boomed, with a peculiar niche for elderly British women seeking Shirley Valentine-style romances with young male Gambians, known locally as "gigolos". Such unions have even created a small British expatriate ... Friendships with the ... |
Guillermo Martinez: Cuba's attempt to control professionals is failing Sun-Sentinel The Cuban government's decision to allow its top baseball players to play for professional teams is much like the story of the little Dutch boy who wanted to plug a leak in a dam by putting his finger in it. It shows how desperate Cuba is when it sees ... |
