GoLocalProv | Rob Horowitz: It's Time to End the Cuban Trade Embargo GoLocalProv Also, Cuba is slowly creating some space for a private sector with the recent ability for people to own their own businesses in certain parts of the economy, including the tourism industry. Since the end of the Cold War and the withdrawal of a large ... |
Cuba presses ahead on offshore oil drilling Sun-Sentinel Cuban officials are preparing to resume offshore oil drilling in deep waters as close as 50 miles from the Florida coast, posing a potential threat to the state's beaches and marine environment, former Gov. Bob Graham said on Monday after a trip to Havana. |
InSerbia News | Cuba Prepares for a Different Relationship with the European Union InSerbia News The EU is the largest investor in Cuba and its second largest trading partner after Venezuela, while hundreds of thousands of EU residents flock to Cuba's beaches every year, accounting for more than half of all visitors in the vital tourism sector ... |
InSerbia News | Cuba Prepares for a Different Relationship with the European Union InSerbia News The EU is the largest investor in Cuba and its second largest trading partner after Venezuela, while hundreds of thousands of EU residents flock to Cuba's beaches every year, accounting for more than half of all visitors in the vital tourism sector ... |
Workplace discrimination against women persists in Latin America Fox News Latino The greater incorporation of women into the working world in recent decades in Latin America has not gone hand in hand with a reduction in the gaps with men in terms of pay and opportunity, according to a U.N. study released Monday. "Gender ... |
The Walking Dead notebooks rise up in Latin America Licensing.biz In deals negotiated through AMC's Latin America agent, KOPA Grupo de Licencias, the Tai Heng collection features nine original covers with a mini poster attached to each, as well as an extra page of stickers featuring images and quotes from the show. |
Havana Times | Travelers from Cuba reaches record numbers St. George Daily Spectrum About 66,000 Cubans traveled to the U.S. during the period, a figure that apparently includes everyone from tourists to islanders with immigrant visas, from researchers on academic exchanges to dual Spanish-Cuban citizens who can enter the U.S. without ... Travelogue on Cuba at the Penfield Library Used Jeep sells for $90K in Cuba Technology leads way as change coming to Cuba |
McClatchy Washington Bureau | Mexican vigilantes say they'll keep weapons till cartel bosses are arrested McClatchy Washington Bureau “They catch a stray cat and put it up as a grand capo,” scoffed Gonzalo Zaragoza, the secretary of the local branch of the Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism of Mexico. “Perhaps they want the national and foreign media to see them as dealing ... |
The Argentina Independent | Latin America News Roundup: 20th January 2014 The Argentina Independent Latin America: International development charity Oxfam today released 'Working for Few', a report based on global inequality levels around the world. While levels of inequality are rising globally, Latin America is the only region in the world which ... Mexico objects to US execution of Mexican man |
Burden sharing The Economist (blog) IT IS a report with the driest of titles: “Revenue Statistics in Latin America 1990-2012”. The subject-matter doesn't sound hugely promising either: an analysis of regional tax takes. But the way in which governments raise revenues from citizens, and ... OECD notes improved Latin American tax collection TAX REVENUES CONTINUE TO RISE IN LATIN AMERICA, BUT ARE LOW AND ... Will water scarcity threaten the world's energy sector? |
Thinking allowed MiamiHerald.com The government's ideological barricades are slowly being breached by the efforts of dissidents, visits by Cuban exiles and more-frequent travel abroad by Cubans now that the government has dropped the requirement of an exit visa for nearly everyone on ... |
Tourism courting Indian, South American travelers Juneau Empire (subscription) In October, a tourism sales team visited São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Buenos Aires in Argentina. Future itineraries will likely extend to Santiago, Chile, and organizers also see growth potential in Central America, specifically Mexico ... |
Children are not tourist attractions Daily Life I immediately snorted with recognition, recalling my small collection of similar photographs from my own youthful backpacking odysseys in Mexico, Colombia and other non-English speaking countries. In fact, I've barely come across any holiday snapshots ... |
Christian Science Monitor | A young Mexican governor takes heat over nationwide publicity campaign Christian Science Monitor For the past year, Mr. Velasco, Mexico's youngest governor at 33, has been a staple in society magazines, partly because of his romance with Anahi Giovanna Puente Portilla, a soap opera star and singer who is universally known by just one name: Anahi ... |
Havana Times | The Needed Re-Formulation of Cuba's One Political Party (Part II) Havana Times HAVANA TIMES — The Cuban Communist Party (PCC) was not the architect of the Cuban revolution. The leaders of this triumphant revolution, rather, set down the foundational precepts of this one party, which rules the country today. Fidel Castro has ... |
International Business Times | The Top 5 Nations With Cheapest Gas Prices Investing.com ... Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., PDVSA, whose assets include Citgo and petroleum stakes in Sweden and Germany. The $0.05 rate reflects the Central Bank of Venezuela's exchange rate whereas the tourism exchange rate sets the price at $0.10. Gas Pump. How Much Do You Pay For Gas? Top 5 Countries With The Cheapest Gas Prices |
Caribbean governments warn of African virus outbreak chikungunya blues Tico Times SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – The first known outbreak of the chikungunya virus in the Western Hemisphere has Caribbean governments working to prevent the disease from spreading and damaging the region's tourism-dependent economies. About 280 cases of ... |
Fidel Castro, Bob Marley and Sandals — Carib's most powerful brands Jamaica Observer Yet, Sandals Resorts International (SRI) is infuriatingly shy about blowing its own trumpet, which is not the same as promoting itself to the millions of tourists who come to cavort in the warm blue waters caressing the Caribbean shores or to soak up ... |
Lima celebrates Latin American culture CCTV The Peruvian capital of Lima will be the center of a celebration of Latin American culture. It's an honour bestowed by the Spain-based Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities in recognition of Lima's commitment to promoting Latin culture and its rich ... |
