BBC News | Economy woes pile up for Latin America's leftists BBC News Since the start of the global economic crisis, left-leaning Latin American politicians and pundits have been foretelling the end of economic "neo-liberalism" in their part of the world. But now, five years after the collapse of US bank Lehman Brothers ... Venezuela government creates happiness agency |
29 Years Later, Cuba Hijacker Wants to Go Home ABC News So he returned to the United States and in 1984 he concealed a .25-caliber pistol in a plaster cast and hijacked a plane to Cuba, among the last in a flood of dozens of self-styled revolutionary hijackings. To Potts' surprise, Cuban authorities didn't ... |
Cuba sets up shop for investors in new duty-free port zone Yahoo!7 News Cuba is setting up shop for foreign investors interested in getting in on its upgraded port in Mariel and a surrounding duty-free zone. Oscar Perez, head of the government's office of business evaluations, said a new office will open November 1 to ... Foreign trade minister on global tour to pitch Mariel Zone Russia and Cuba Strengthen Cooperation on Customs, Outer Space |
Venezuelan Authorities Crack Down on Currency Fraud Venezuelanalysis.com New controls have been introduced in airports to avoid currency mafias taking part in a “currency tourism” scam where a single traveler uses several people's credit cards to receive multiple dollar allocations in cash abroad, to then be sold Venezuela ... |
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29 years later, Cuba hijacker wants to go home MiamiHerald.com HAVANA -- A black militant who hijacked a plane to Cuba in 1984 and spent more than 13 years in prison on the island says U.S. officials are processing his passport application and he's optimistic he can return home to be reunited with his family and ... |
This company is finally getting Latin Americans to make dinner reservations Quartz BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Latin Americans are not known for keeping to strict timetables or planning too far ahead. A two-year-old startup based here, Restorando, is trying to change that—at least when it comes to dining out. It's been an uphill battle ... Key facts about Argentina |
National Geographic | Purring Monkey? Flamboyant Lizard? New Amazonian Species Are Totally Wild National Geographic The Basin's life-brimming rain forest covers about 2.1 million square miles, mostly in Brazil but also in Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. It represents more than half of all the rain forest on Earth ... Hundreds of new species discovered in Amazon rainforest New to science |
US Invasion of Grenada: A 30-Year Retrospective Truth-Out There were ambitious programs in the development of the fishing industry, handicrafts, housing, tourism, the expansion of roads and transport systems and the upgrading of public utilities. What excited many in the American ... Relations were closest ... |
Isolux Corsán Awarded new Contracts in Latin America for USD 600 Million ... EIN News (press release) TECNA, a global technology, engineering, procurement and construction company owned by Grupo Isolux Corsán that is active in the oil and gas sector, has increased its presence in Latin America with the recent award of four new projects with a total ... |
Havana Times | Cuba Will Not Give In to Any Blockade Havana Times HAVANA TIMES — On October 29, the resolution titled “The Need to Put an End to the Economic, Commercial and Financial Blockade Imposed on Cuba by the United States of America” will be subjected to a voting process at the UN General Assembly. |
