Africa, Latin America have the highest local access prices, says TeleGeography FierceTelecom On the high end of the price scale are Africa and Latin America. In Johannesburg, the median price for an E1 is $669 per month; in Sao Paolo, it can reach $1,166 a month. On the high end, prices in these areas can scale to $1,300 and $2,700 per month. |
Washington Post | Alan Gross, former USAID contractor jailed in Cuba, appeals to Obama to ... Washington Post On the fourth anniversary of his imprisonment in Cuba, former U.S. government contractor Alan Gross said he fears his country has “abandoned” him and appealed to President Obama to personally intervene in his case. In a letter to the president, sent ... US calls for release of American jailed in Cuba Wickham: Obama thaws US-Cuba relations U.S. again urges Cuba to release long-held citizen |
US-Cuba money transactions could get more complicated MiamiHerald.com Cuba travel agency owner Vivian Mannerud says she tried for three years to find a bank that would hold an account for her money remittance business, which was fully licensed by the U.S. government. “Not one would do it. I tried several banks, and not ... |
Consortium News | How Terror War Hurts Cuba Policy Consortium News Last week the government of Cuba announced that it was ceasing nearly all of the consular services that it provides in the United States. The reason was that the sole U.S. bank that had been willing to handle an account for Cuba is no longer willing ... |
Washington Post | Alan Gross, former USAID contractor jailed in Cuba, appeals to Obama to ... Washington Post On the fourth anniversary of his imprisonment in Cuba, former U.S. government contractor Alan Gross said he fears his country has “abandoned” him and appealed to President Obama to personally intervene in his case. In a letter to the president, sent ... Wickham: Obama thaws US-Cuba relations US calls for release of American jailed in Cuba US again urges Cuba to release long-held citizen |
Washington Post | Wickham: Obama thaws US-Cuba relations USA TODAY In January, Cuba ended a decades-old requirement that its citizens needed to obtain a government-issued exit permit before they could travel abroad. In July, the Obama administration increased from six months to five years the duration of visas granted ... Alan Gross, former USAID contractor jailed in Cuba, appeals to Obama to ... |
Caribbean 2013 Tourist Arrivals by Country of Origin Bloomberg ... Cayman Islands Jan-Jul 277,630 6.6% 179,649 4.4% 14,935 -3.2% Cuba Jan-Sep 2,142,065 -1.3% n/a n/a 858,907 1.7% Curacao Jan-Aug 289,518 4.5% 45,017 n/a 6,954 1.3% Dominica Jan-Jul 45,247 -4.1% 11,466 -3.3% 1,825 -1.1% Dominican Rep. |
Culling vampire bats to stem rabies in Latin America can backfire Phys.Org Culling vampire bat colonies to stem the transmission of rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus and could even have the reverse effect, according to University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues. Vampire bats ... |
Havana Times | Wickham: Obama thaws US-Cuba relations USA TODAY In little noticed speeches given last month, President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry cryptically acknowledged the need for a new approach to Cuba, a country the U.S. has -- literally and figuratively -- waged war with for over a half-century. Curious Things about Cuba |
EFE | Recibe Raúl Castro a dirigente palestino Ahora Cuba raul-castro-palestina.jpg El presidente cubano, Raúl Castro, recibió este sábado al secretario general del Frente Democrático para la Liberación de Palestina (FDLP), Nayef Hawatmeh, quien visita la isla cumpliendo una invitación del Partido Comunista ... Hawatmeh agracede a Raúl Castro su apoyo al ingreso de Territorios Palestinos ... Recibió Raúl Castro a dirigente palestino ( VIDEO) Raúl Castro recibe a dirigente palestino |
Suspension of consular services not hurting Cuba travel yet Travel Weekly The suspension on Nov. 25 of the issuing of Cuban visas by the Cuban Interests Section in Washington has not yet affected companies that operate people-to-people tours to Cuba, because travelers on upcoming trips already have visas. "This will not ... |
Havana Times | Curious Things about Cuba Havana Times Some time ago, I found out there's an Internet site about Cuba where people upload photos of things we Cubans are very familiar with. I thought that, without being downright imitative, Havana Times could create a space where people can upload these ... |
Fire hits Brazil's Latin America Memorial KSDK SAO PAULO (AP) - The fire department of Brazil's biggest city says a fire swept through a large auditorium in Sao Paulo's Latin America Memorial, a political, cultural and leisure complex designed by famed architect Oscar Niemeyer. Fire officials tell ... |
Intereconomía | Berta Soler: 'Las reformillas del presidente Raúl Castro son una trampa' Intereconomía “Las reformillas de Raúl Castro no han surtido efecto, no benefician al pueblo y son una trampa: permite instalarse a los trabajadores por cuenta propia pero en la licencia no se especifica lo que uno puede vender y lo que no. Resultado: cuando ve que ... |
Havana Times | Cuba and the Dominican Left Havana Times Over one million Cubans have left their country over the last fifty years. Their departures have been traumatic, many a time involving reprisals from aggressive mobs, the loss of jobs, the expropriation of their modest personal belongings and the ... |
Cultural Options Increased at Main Beach Resort in Cuba Radio Cadena Agramonet Varadero, Cuba, Dec 2.- The Belle Vue Palma Real hotel has launched a cultural tourism initiative that will allow clients to know Cuban rhythms and get dance and percussion lessons. With this project, called Blue Bay Salsa Club, this hotel in Varadero ... |
Americans returning to Baja as crime dips Denver Post Homicides in the state fell sharply, from 1,528 in 2010 to 584 in 2012, according to the latest figures from Mexico's National Statistics and Geography Institute. But the biggest jump in foreign tourism came after the region's nouveau cuisine, called ... |
Cuba and the Sanctions Juggernaut The National Interest Online (blog) Last week the government of Cuba announced that it was ceasing nearly all of the consular services that it provides in the United States. The reason was that the sole U.S. bank that had been willing to handle an account for Cuba is no longer willing ... |
China: Beijing's Investment in Europe Reveals Long-Term Strategy Warsaw Business Journal Other proposals include joint projects in tourism and education, as well as expanding trade delegations between China and the region. Only time will tell ... From high-speed rail projects in Hungary, Serbia and Romania to cooperation on wind power and ... |
Voice of America | Cuban Doctors Tend to Brazil's Poor, Boost Rousseff's Popularity Voice of America The program to fill gaps in the national health system with foreign doctors, mainly from Cuba, could become a big vote-winner for President Dilma Rousseff as she eyes a second term in next year's election, despite fierce opposition from Brazil's ... |
SBS (blog) | The women smashing the political glass ceiling in Latin America The Conversation Michelle Bachelet, Chilean president between 2006 and 2010, is likely to return to that position at the second round of elections on December 15. Bachelet obtained almost 47% of the vote in the first round of elections last month as the head of Nueva ... Comment: Women smashing the political glass ceiling in Latin America |
Correction: Venezuela Opposition Protest story NewsOK.com CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Thousands of opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took to the streets on Saturday to express outrage over the country's deepening economic crisis, seeking to rebuild momentum sapped after a string of electoral ... |
eTurboNews | New Mexico Tourism Department wants increase in marketing budget eTurboNews A report from the New Mexico state's Tourism Department found that the State saw 2.6 percent more overnight and day visitors in 2012 than in 2011. There were 32 million overnight and day visitors in 2012. The previous high was in 2008, with 31.4 ... |
Plane headed to Cuba makes unexpected stop at ILM StarNewsOnline.com Jon Rosborough, the airport's director, said the Airbus 330 was flying from Montreal to Cuba when it landed here. The plane was carrying 335 passenger for Air Transat, an airline based in Montreal, Rosborough said. No other sick people had been reported. |
Plane headed to Cuba makes unexpected stop at ILM StarNewsOnline.com Jon Rosborough, the airport's director, said the Airbus 330 was flying from Montreal to Cuba when it landed here. The plane was carrying 335 passenger for Air Transat, an airline based in Montreal, Rosborough said. No other sick people had been reported. |
