NorthJersey.com | Online poker is North Jersey's latest tourism draw NorthJersey.com Kerstetter, who estimates that 5 percent of poker players are women, returned to New Jersey late last year after a two-year stint in Mexico, where, as in most countries, online gambling is legal. Officials at Caesars, which operates four of Atlantic ... |
Focus: 4 years after Deepwater Horizon, science offers few answers on long ... Fall River Herald News Since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion dumped millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico four years ago — starting on April 20, 2010 until the leak was finally plugged that July — teams of scientists have been working diligently ... |
Garcia Marquez's hometown ponders how to claim writer's legacy Sacramento Bee The world will bid farewell to Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Monday in a star-studded event in Mexico City's Palace of Fine Arts. Literary luminaries from around the world and heads of state will attend. In Aracata - his birthplace and the ... |
CTV News | Canadians increasingly visiting Haiti CTV News Canadians formed a significant portion of the 420,000 visitors who came to Haiti from around the world in 2013. In comparison, the Dominican Republic and Cuba attracted 4.7 million and 2.9 million tourists respectively last year. Minister of Tourism ... Canadian tourists head back to Haiti |
Nobel laureate Garcia Márquez's Colombian hometown hopes to make magic ... MiamiHerald.com ARACATACA, Colombia -- The world will bid farewell to Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez on Monday in a star-studded event in the marbled halls of Mexico City's Palace of Fine Arts. Literary luminaries from around the globe and heads of state will ... |
MiamiHerald.com | Cuban Reps Want Answers About Maryland's Alan Gross Patch.com Representatives from the Cuban Interests Section said last week that until the Obama administration fully addresses Maryland resident Alan Gross' intentions in Cuba, relations between the two countries will not improve. Gross, a contractor for the U.S ... Venezuela Joins ALBA Condemnation of USAID's Cuban Social Media Network US has a history of encouraging free expression |
PAMM's 'Caribbean: Crossroads of the World' exhibit is tumultuous, thought ... MiamiHerald.com Poetry and grace return in Yeni y Nan's video, in which the pioneering performance artists immersed their nude bodies in the shoreline salt deposits of Venezuela. Dramatic conflict is ... Another complex theme, Counterpoints, “deals with the economy ... |
White Sox, Furthering Legacy, Provide Warm Home for Cubans Amid Chill New York Times The lineup sheet offered warmth — on the inside, anyway. For the second time this season, it included four players from Cuba: Ramirez at shortstop, Dayan Viciedo in right field, Adrian Nieto catching and Jose Abreu, who signed for six years and $68 ... |
Latin American sambas and tangos set for Music at Messiah concert The Birmingham News - al.com Classical guitarist Phil Weaver and flutist Rosa Vidro Richardson will perform a wide range of Latin America music as part of the Music at Messiah concert series April 27. Messiah concert.jpg. The duo, who call themselves "Toot and Twang", will focus ... |
Economic Times | Hero MotoCorp plans Latin America base in global push Economic Times Colombia is one of the fastest growing two-wheeler markets in Latin America, selling around 7 lakh units a year with sales expanding in the double digits. Bangladesh is the third largest market for two-wheelers in South Asia, with annual sales of 3 ... |
Yahoo!7 News | Chinese foreign minister starts Latin America tour Yahoo!7 News Havana (AFP) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Cuba Sunday, the first stop on a tour of four Latin America countries. The purpose of the stop in Havana was to pave the way later this year for a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping. "We are ... Wang Yi's visit to Latin America begins this weekend Cuban FM Thanks China''s Support against US Blockade |
Canadian tourists head back to Haiti durhamregion.com The country remains well behind the region's tourism leaders such as Dominican Republic, which welcomed 4.7 million visitors last year, and Cuba, which welcomed 2.9 million. Villedrouin said Haiti isn't trying to directly compete with those countries ... |
Latin American countries and the US have their own ways to celebrate Easter or ... Reflejos Some Latin American immigrants have adopted this type of celebration, and encourage their children to participate in the Easter egg hunt. Others seek to continue on with their Latin American traditions, while other take the traditions from their native ... |
Canadian tourists head back to Haiti Surrey Leader The country remains well behind the region's tourism leaders such as Dominican Republic, which welcomed 4.7 million visitors last year, and Cuba, which welcomed 2.9 million. Villedrouin said Haiti isn't trying to directly compete with those countries ... |
Bradenton Herald | Manatee River powerboat race tweaks schedule, asking for tourism dollars Bradenton Herald mendation from the Tourism Development Council to fund a $175,000 advertising sponsorship for the event, said Elliott Falcione, executive director of the CVB. The money will advertise the Bradenton area as a destination and also create a landing page ... |
International Business Times | As Mexico Cracks Down, Vigilantes Are On The Rise In Latin America International Business Times “Justicia popular,” or mob justice, is on the rise throughout Latin America, whether it be as armed vigilantes like in Mexico, or lynching attacks, like in Argentina and Bolivia. “[Mob justice] is a reflection of a society that is totally fed up with ... |
Canadian visits to Haiti on rise as country continues tourism push Hamilton Spectator The country remains well behind the region's tourism leaders such as Dominican Republic, which welcomed 4.7 million visitors last year, and Cuba, which welcomed 2.9 million. Villedrouin said Haiti isn't trying to directly compete with those countries ... |
THIS IS THE BUSINESS: Cuban medicine not a tonic for SA BDlive In Cuba, medicine is treated as an industry vital, for example, to the nation's balance of payments. There is a high degree of medical tourism and the island “exports” 50,000 doctors a year — including 30,000 to Venezuela — in return for almost R40bn ... |
Sounds of Latin America just what doctor ordered (with video) Livingston Daily Dr. Alberto Nacif has been inspired by Latin jazz since the time of his birth in Oaxaca, Mexico, to his Mexican mother and Lebanese father. Nacif gravitated to the congas at a young age and would later perform with the some of the genre's best ... |
THIS IS THE BUSINESS: Cuban medicine not a tonic for SA BDlive There is a high degree of medical tourism and the island “exports” 50,000 doctors a year — including 30,000 to Venezuela — in return for almost R40bn in oil, according to Granma, the state newspaper. We pay for the children we send there. Limpopo ... |
Latin Post | Digital English Learning Products to Surge in Latin America, Worth $260.9 ... Latin Post For the demand-side analysis, the spending forecasts by 2018 are detailed for 15 Latin American countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru ... |
Dusty home town remembers Garcia Marquez with plenty of rum GlobalPost ... glancing at the picket fence across the street that encloses the leafy patio of the Garcia Marquez family home. Garcia Marquez, whose "magical realism" told epic stories of love, family and dictatorship in Latin America, died Thursday aged 87 in ... |
Professor Mervyn Morris named Jamaica's poet laureate Jamaica Observer The current Poet Laureate of Jamaica programme was a joint initiative of the National Library of Jamaica and the Entertainment Advisory Board within the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, through nomination forms available on the National Library ... |
Boston Globe | Cuba, US are warily, slowly improving relations Boston Globe But a recent visit to this island just 90 miles from Florida, and interviews with Cuban and American officials, revealed a slow but unmistakable thaw on both sides of the Florida Straits. They are realistic about the snail's pace of change, while ... |
NPR | Offshore drilling's dangers Charleston Post Courier Four years ago today, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and unleashed an underwater geyser of oil that took 87 days to contain. The oil harmed ocean fisheries and contaminated beaches along the Gulf ... 4 years after BP spill, many still wait for compensation Hard lessons cited on Deepwater Horizon oil disaster anniversary Focus: 4 years after Deepwater Horizon, science offers few answers on long ... |
Manatee River powerboat race tweaks schedule, asking for tourism dollars Bradenton Herald mendation from the Tourism Development Council to fund a $175,000 advertising sponsorship for the event, said Elliott Falcione, executive director of the CVB. The money will advertise the Bradenton area as a destination and also create a landing page ... |
Picachos is Mexico's newest hot bass lake Tyler Morning Telegraph Like other western Mexican lakes, commercial netters are allowed on Piscachos to net talapia, but their nets were gone by April 1 instead of the state mandated May 1 with an eye on tourism. The local fishing co-operative also falls under the mayor's ... |
Slowing down in Mexico's Loreto The Seattle Times In a renewed effort two years ago, Mexico's tourism agency gave Loreto its “Magic Town” moniker, a label to promote places notable for natural beauty, cultural riches or historical relevance. Still, the international airport here welcomed only about 40 ... |
since 1986 Ukraine nuclear disaster The Militant The most striking fact is not the scope of the disaster, but the selfless response of revolutionary Cuba, which continues to this day. For anyone familiar with Cuba's internationalist foreign policy since the 1959 revolution, this is no surprise ... |
Officials might get cause to push for lifting drill ban Lehigh Acres News Star WASHINGTON – Florida officials might soon have more incentive to push for lifting an offshore drilling ban in the Gulf of Mexico. Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, of Louisiana, is renewing her call to pass ... Of course, even trying to eliminate that ban ... |
MiamiHerald.com | Focus: 4 years after Deepwater Horizon, science offers few answers on long ... Wicked Local Berkley Since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion dumped millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico four years ago — starting on April 20, 2010 until the leak was finally plugged that July — teams of scientists have been working diligently ... Four years ago Sunday, the BP oil spill shocked a nation and frightened the Keys Four years after oil spill, projects just beginning |
Local hotel owners await BP settlement The News Herald PANAMA CITY BEACH — Brothers-in-law Harry and Chase Patel are business partners with five hotels in Bay County — two of them within a mile of the Gulf of Mexico . They also have a Super 8 and a Red Roof Inn on U.S. 231, miles from Panama City Beach ... |
Marc Murrell: Luring lurking lunkers Topeka Capital Journal Kansas bass anglers often travel throughout the Midwest and to locals as far south as Texas and even Mexico in search of big bass. But those anglers on a road trip that far south may want to stop along the way as ... According to the Kansas Department ... |
International Business Times | Women Who Undergo Plastic Surgery In Korea Denied Access To Their Home ... International Business Times Onbao reported that visits to South Korea on medical tourism visas have increased tenfold, with 25,176 tourists in 2013 up from just 2,545 in 2011. According to International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery data, South Korea has the ... A plastic ... |
Florida Keys Keynoter | Four years ago Sunday, the BP oil spill shocked a nation and frightened the Keys Florida Keys Keynoter Sunday marks the fourth anniversary of the explosion on the BP-operated drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which killed 11 workers about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico and set off the nation's worst offshore oil disaster. No oil ... Four years after oil spill, projects just beginning Focus: 4 years after Deepwater Horizon, science offers few answers on long ... Letter: Rebound is encouraging in aftermath of Gulf of Mexico oil spill |
New York Daily News | From Cuba to the majors: Yasiel Puig's harrowing story MiamiHerald.com Yasiel Puig's tangled trail from Cuba to Los Angeles entailed a stealth speed boat ride from the island, weeks holed up in a Mexican motel and shady smugglers haggling over a lucrative payout for the future baseball star. The story, outlined in a ... As explosive reports on Dodgers' Yasiel Puig illustrate, making move from Cuba ... Right on Q: Cuban baseball, where every man is an island. Baseball tells the pain of Cuba |
