The Hindu | Venezuela's president shuffles economic team New Zealand Herald He said the government would instead strengthen an alternative foreign exchange mechanism as a way to attract much-needed foreign investment in 11 vital areas ranging from tourism to the oil industry. Oil is responsible for 95 percent of the nation's ... Can a Beauty Queen's Murder Bring Down Socialism? |
AzerNews | Plans underway to boost economic infrastructures in Khachmaz region AzerNews "Given the potential of this region, which can be turned into a tourist center, it is advisable to build runway complex and organize air traffic here on unused area of 150 hectares owned by Azerbaijan Airlines JSC and," the statement reads. Moreover ... |
US collegians on baseball diplomacy tour in Cuba WNCN When a Cuban shortstop made a great diving grab on a line drive, the entire Tampa bench stood and erupted in applause for their rival's play. The trip is also about young men getting to know a country that's largely off limits to Americans, for whom ... |
Travel Weekly | Mayor of central Mexico city sees opportunities in honor Travel Weekly Such a lofty award, Trejo said, should encourage Mexico to promote its cultural gems and not just its coastal regions, where the majority of the country's tourism promotion budget (70%) goes, according to the San Miguel de Allende Tourism Board. San ... |
Cuba police searching for fugitive Wellsville Daily Reporter CUBA — Cuba police report the search continues tonight for a man who allegedly assaulted a female outside Cuba Town Court Tuesday. Cuba police released the following information: “On Tuesday, Jan. 14, at approximately 7:30 p.m. Giovanni J. On the run: Olean man wanted for allegedly assaulting court witness |
Cuba police searching for fugitive Wellsville Daily Reporter CUBA — Cuba police report the search continues tonight for a man who allegedly assaulted a female outside Cuba Town Court Tuesday. Cuba police released the following information: “On Tuesday, Jan. 14, at approximately 7:30 p.m. Giovanni J. |
Centre Daily Times | Venezuela's president shuffles economic team Centre Daily Times He said the government would instead strengthen an alternative foreign exchange mechanism as a way to attract much-needed foreign investment in 11 vital areas ranging from tourism to the oil industry. Oil is responsible for 95 percent of the nation's ... |
Commercial Relations between Cuba and the UK Progress Radio Cadena Agramonet Cuba and the United Kingdom of Great Britain progressed on Tuesday in this capital in the identification of new business and investment opportunities in sectors that are key for the two markets, like renewable energy, agribusiness, tourism and ... |
Financial Times (registration) (blog) | Castro's peso dilemma: Big Bang, or gradualism? Financial Times (registration) (blog) Monetary reform rarely gets the pulse racing. But on the colonial streets of old Havana, Cuba's pending monetary reform is one of the hottest topics around. “My parishioners talk about it all the time,” says one local priest. Even World Bank officials ... |
Sunwing passengers delayed in Cuba for almost 20 hours 680 News Nearly 200 weary travellers are finally back on Canadian soil after being stranded in a Cuban airport for hours without any food or water. “They just let us rot in a Cuban airport with no water eventually in the end, no food, in heat with babies that ... Vacationers leave Cuba, land in Windsor, take bus to Toronto |
US Collegians on Baseball Diplomacy Tour in Cuba ABC News When a Cuban shortstop made a great diving grab on a line drive, the entire Tampa bench stood and erupted in applause for their rival's play. The trip is also about young men getting to know a country that's largely off limits to Americans, for whom ... |
San Francisco Chronicle | University of Tampa team plays ball in Cuba MiamiHerald.com The Spartans aren't in Cuba in any official capacity, but rather are on a people-to-people exchange — a type of trip that allows Americans to travel to Cuba despite the U.S. embargo. President Barack Obama authorized such trips, which aren't supposed ... US collegians on baseball diplomacy tour in Cuba |
New York Times (blog) | A Revival of Key West-to-Cuba Travel New York Times (blog) For the first time in more than 50 years, a commercial passenger aircraft has flown from the island of Key West, Fla., to Havana, Cuba, reestablishing the direct connection the two cities shared in the early 1950s. On the morning of Dec. 30, United ... Cuba: One Year of Immigration And Travel Reform... What Changed? Cuba marks 1 year under more liberal migration regime Cuba's First Year Of Immigration Reform: 180000 People Leave The Country ... |
World Finance | BAF supports investment in Latin American agriculture | World Finance World Finance According to the World Bank, Latin America is set to be a key provider of food for the rest of the world over the next few decades. However, fluctuating exchange rates, stifling tax regimes and restrictive regulations mean many of these agriculture ... |
Mexico Peso Falls Most in Latin America on Fed Stimulus Outlook Bloomberg Mexico's peso dropped the most in Latin America as signs global growth is accelerating spurred speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve will move quickly to cut U.S. monetary stimulus. The currency fell 0.7 percent to 13.1752 per U.S. dollar at 10:02 ... |
US Collegians on Baseball Diplomacy Tour in Cuba ABC News Balls and strikes, not politics, ruled the day Wednesday at a baseball diamond in Havana, as last year's college championship team from the University of Tampa played an exhibition game against a Cuban youth squad. The visitors scraped out a hard ... University of Tampa team plays ball in Cuba |
Colorado Springs Independent (blog) | More from Art Spiegelman Colorado Springs Independent (blog) Even though it's changing a lot in Cuba, it still has this thing were, there's an assumed 'we're all in this together' quality to everything that happens. I'm not trying to make it an idealistic thing, but there's a kind of concern one with the other ... |
Venezuela's Banks Increased Development Loans by 50% in 2013 Venezuelanalysis.com Both public and private banks in Venezuela are required by law to set aside at least 10% of their lending portfolios to support development in areas including housing, manufacturing, agriculture, tourism and micro-enterprises. In January 2012 then ... |
The Guardian | Venezuelan windsurfing mecca blown off course as it becomes party zone The Guardian But despite his success, the author of the renowned pasko move – spinning 360 degrees on one's axis not once but twice – is worried about what lies in store for his community as it struggles to adapt to a shift in tourism. "It's become a party ... |
First American Paintings to Be Shown in Cuba in 50 Years TIME On Jan. 14, less than one month after the departure of the first commercial flight from Key West to Havana in more than 50 years, another kind of U.S.-Cuba exchange will begin: the first cross-cultural gallery exchange in just as many decades. In ... |
San Francisco Chronicle | Discovering Mexico in Los Cabos San Francisco Chronicle The foundation is the brainchild of the Bulnes family, one of the founders of the region's tourism and sportfishing industries. It's dedicated to the memory of Don Luis Bulnes Molleda, a true gentleman who arrived in Los Cabos with his wife Conchita in ... |
US Embassy: Pot legalization back home won't change Latin America drug policy Tico Times Not to kill your buzz, but it doesn't look like recent recreational marijuana legalization in some U.S. states will have an immediate impact on drug policy in Latin America. On Jan. 2, the United States Embassy in San José posted a story to its blog ... |
Latest Mexico travel warning excludes most tourism destinations Travel Weekly "Millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year. The Mexican government makes a considerable effort to protect U.S. citizens and other visitors to major tourist attractions, and there is no evidence that Transnational Criminal Organizations ... U.S. says Mexico still unsafe for travel |
