Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Trade minister: Caricom-Canada pact likely by July - Trinidad Guardian









Trade minister: Caricom-Canada pact likely by July

Trinidad Guardian

On our books we have agreements with Venezuela, Costa Rica, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. We intend to continue negotiations with other countries in this part of the hemisphere to ... two countries were negotiating partial scope trade, investment ...









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Fidel viaja a Venezuela, en enero de 1959 (+ Video)

Cuando habían transcurrido solo 15 días de su llegada a La Habana desde la Sierra Maestra, al frente de la Caravana de la Libertad, el Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro hizo su primer viaje al exterior luego del triunfo revolucionario del primero de enero de 1959. El objetivo de su periplo por Venezuela era responder a una invitación oficial de ese gobierno a participar en los festejos por el primer aniversario del derrocamiento del dictador Marcos Pérez Jiménez.



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Gerardo Fulleda y Nicolás Dorr, Premios Nacionales de Teatro 2014

Nicolás Dorr y Gerardo Fulleda León recibieron hoy de forma compartida el Premio Nacional de Teatro 2014, en una ceremonia en el Centro Cultural Bertolt Brecht de La Habana, que celebró el Día del Teatro Cubano. Dos figuras imprescindibles de la escena contemporánea, Dorr y Fulleda León participaron ambos en el Seminario de Dramaturgia que en los años 60 impartió el argentino Osvaldo Dragún, quien favoreció una eclosión sin precedentes en la escritura para las tablas en el país.



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Masters helps create Latin America Amateur Championship - The Augusta Chronicle









Masters helps create Latin America Amateur Championship

The Augusta Chronicle

Golf's efforts to grow the game will extend a little further south of the United States beginning in 2015. The Latin America Amateur Championship will strive to promote the game throughout South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean.









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Rise of medical tourism shows impact on cosmetic surgery market - YottaFire









Rise of medical tourism shows impact on cosmetic surgery market

YottaFire

Would you consider traveling to Mexico or India for a less-expensive rhinoplasty or breast augmentation procedure? Many Americans are doing just that—and the trend is having an impact on the market for cosmetic plastic surgery, according to an article ...









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Argentine President Fernandez reappears

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is back on the grid after more than a month without making a public appearance.



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No se llega al acuerdo en el primer día de negociaciones de paz para Siria

La jornada inicial de la conferencia internacional sobre Siria evidenció hoy las agudas divergencias entre los bandos contendientes y el escabroso camino que deberá recorrerse para devolver la paz a una nación devastada por una guerra de casi tres años. Para varios analistas, las negociaciones serán complicadas debido a las posiciones antagónicas de las partes y los intentos de gobiernos de Occidente y Oriente Medio de desvirtuar los acuerdos de la primera reunión de Ginebra, el 30 de junio de 2012.



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Venezuela anuncia nuevo esquema cambiario (+ Principales medidas)

La estrategia económica del gobierno venezolano, dirigida a la transformacion del modelo social en el país, avanza hoy hacia un nuevo sistema cambiario sustentado en un esquema que prioriza la optimización en el empleo de divisas. Según el vicepresidente del Area Económica, Rafael Ramírez, el límite mínimo de ese mecanismo está en la tasa oficial de 6,3 bolívares por dólar, en tanto el valor máximo se vincula con la paridad definida mediante las subastas del SICAD.



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Bar/fly: Cuba - New Zealand Herald









Bar/fly: Cuba

New Zealand Herald

The effort has helped finance Cuba's socialist present by drawing tourists fascinated by its pre-socialist past, from colonial palaces of the 18th century to celebrity hangouts of the 1950s. "For the people of this city, I think it's very interesting ...









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Cristina Fernandez to Travel to Cuba for CELAC Summit - Escambray









Cristina Fernandez to Travel to Cuba for CELAC Summit

Escambray

Capitanich said the president, who is appearing at a public event tonight, will keep her international agenda and travel to Cuba to participate in the regional event next January 28th and 29th. According to the regional integration mechanism's statutes ...









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Latin America Amateur will give golfers from 27 countries a shot at the Masters - Golf.com









Latin America Amateur will give golfers from 27 countries a shot at the Masters

Golf.com

Three of golf's prominent golf organizations have created the Latin America Amateur Championship, giving amateurs from 27 countries a shot at playing in the Masters and qualifying for golf's two oldest championship. The inaugural Latin America Amateur ...









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Bar/fly: Cuba - New Zealand Herald









Bar/fly: Cuba

New Zealand Herald

The effort has helped finance Cuba's socialist present by drawing tourists fascinated by its pre-socialist past, from colonial palaces of the 18th century to celebrity hangouts of the 1950s. "For the people of this city, I think it's very interesting ...









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Bolivia 'to build nuclear reactor'

Bolivian President Evo Morales announces plans to build the country's first nuclear reactor, making it the fourth Latin American country to do so.



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UT, USF baseball coaches differ on merits of Cuba visit - Tbo.com









UT, USF baseball coaches differ on merits of Cuba visit

Tbo.com

Under President Barrack Obama's administration, travel to Cuba has been easier than under previous administrations. Cuban-Americans with family on the island have been granted unlimited trips there, where before the limit was one trip every three years.









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Justin Bieber Smokes a Cuban Cigar as Singer's Camp Says His Ego Is "Out of ... - E! Online








E! Online



Justin Bieber Smokes a Cuban Cigar as Singer's Camp Says His Ego Is "Out of ...

E! Online

While the 19-year-old pop star most recently captioned a photo of himself smoking a cigar, writing, "I'm in Cuba, I love Cubans," which led many to believe the pop star jetted to the Caribbean, it's unclear if the pop star is indeed presently in Cuba ...









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Argentine president breaks silence

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner makes her first public speech in six weeks, ending a speculation about her health after brain surgery.



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Venezuela: new forex system or stealth devaluation? - Financial Times (registration) (blog)









Venezuela: new forex system or stealth devaluation?

Financial Times (registration) (blog)

Ramírez said it will be strengthened, offering about $220m a week, and broadened to several sectors such as tourism, remittances and non-essential imports. It is believed that announcing a real devaluation in the open would be politically costly. For ...









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Caribbean region still stagnated by global economic downturn - SKNVibes.com








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Caribbean region still stagnated by global economic downturn

SKNVibes.com

However, the anticipated economic recovery in developed economies is expected to boost the tourism sector and have indirect spillover effects into other sectors, bringing the sub-region's GDP growth to 3.3 percent and 3.8 percent in 2014 and 2015 ...









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Crean dispositivo que genera energía eléctrica a través de los latidos del corazón

Un grupo de científicos ha desarrollado un dispositivo que se alimenta de la energía generada por los latidos del corazón, lo que abre el camino para que un día el propio organismo humano sea capaz de recargar aparatos implantados como el marcapasos. "En la actualidad estamos viendo más y más dispositivos electrónicos implantables. Habrá una creciente demanda de energía en el cuerpo humano", dijo John Rogers, profesor de la Universidad de Illinois y uno de los autores del trabajo publicado en la revista científica 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'.



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Lenin, en el 90º aniversario de su fallecimiento

Lenin, desde su exilio en Zúrich comprendió como nadie dos cosas. Primero, que en el marco de la revolución que había estallado en Febrero de 1917 el papel de los Soviets era fundamental y estaba llamado a eclipsar por un tiempo al partido. Segundo, la asombrosa precisión con la cual captó el estado de conciencia de las masas rusas



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Rusia garantiza respuesta en caso de ataque nuclear (+ Video)

Rusia tiene en su poder un dispositivo capaz de desatar el Armagedón. Se trata del mayor elemento de disuasión nuclear de Rusia, un sistema denominado 'Perímetr' que garantiza un ataque nuclear de respuesta, incluso en caso de la destrucción total de las líneas de mando y comunicación y muerte de personas clave. El sistema fue desarrollado en la URSS y puesto en servicio en 1985, a raíz de la aparición en EE.UU. de la 'Guerra Nuclear Limitada'.



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Cubans Embrace Travel Reform, US Welcomes the Change and Increases ... - Latin Post








Latin Post



Cubans Embrace Travel Reform, US Welcomes the Change and Increases ...

Latin Post

While the United States and Cuba have a complicated past and an unpredictable future, it seems like there is some 'progress' with records indicating that Cubans are taking advantage of a travel reform that went into effect last year around this time ...

Cuban travel in record numbers a year into reform









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Cross-Border Bullet Trains: Facilitating Trade or Trafficking? - Fox News Latino









Cross-Border Bullet Trains: Facilitating Trade or Trafficking?

Fox News Latino

Family visits and tourism could also significantly increase in and near the two cities, especially given the large Mexican-American community in Texas and the busy industrial and education mecca that is Monterrey. It should come as no surprise that ...









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New Latin America Amateur offers Masters reward - Golfweek.com









New Latin America Amateur offers Masters reward

Golfweek.com

On Wednesday, the Masters, U.S. Golf Association and R&A announced the creation of the Latin America Amateur Championship. The inaugural event will be held next year in Buenos Aires – Jan. 15-18 at Pilar Golf, near Argentina's capital. Pilar was the ...









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Little Risk, Big Reward with Latin America Amateur - Golf Channel








Golf Channel



Little Risk, Big Reward with Latin America Amateur

Golf Channel

Golfers ranked, say, just outside of the world's top 50. Or those who have won opposite-field PGA Tour events. Or those who haven't won, but own a handful of close calls in the past year. Any pro who doesn't have a Masters invitation now – or perhaps ...









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Amateur event launched to grow game in Latin America - GlobalPost









Amateur event launched to grow game in Latin America

GlobalPost

(Reuters) - In a bid to grow amateur golf in South and Central America, the sport's governing bodies and organizers of the Masters tournament have created a new event, the Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC), to be launched next year.









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Row over Texas execution of Mexican

The US state of Texas plans to execute a Mexican national convicted of murdering a policeman, over the objections of the US and Mexican governments.



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Venezuela tightens currency controls

The Venezuelan government announces changes to its foreign currency system, restricting the sale of dollars at the official rate for essential goods.



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Justin Bieber dice que ama a los cubanos

El cantante canadiense de Pop Justin Bieber ha publicado una foto desde su perfil personal de la red social Instagram, donde anuncia a sus cerca de 13 millones y medio de seguidores que ama a los cubanos. En la foto puede observarse a la estrella sosteniendo un habano, por el cual, de estar en suelo estadounidense, podría recibir una multa de 65.000 dólares, debido a la medida que prohíbe la compra y consumo de este producto cubano a causa del bloqueo.



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Amiri Baraka

El pasado 9 de enero falleció Amiri Baraka, en Newark, New Jersey, no lejos del lugar que lo había visto nacer 79 años atrás con el nombre de Everett LeRoi Jones. Quienes estaban cerca afirman que, en la sala de cuidados intensivos del hospital donde pasó su último mes, también la poesía lo acompañó hasta el final.



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Miércoles y jueves la política tributaria de 2014 en la Mesa Redonda

¿Cómo se comportó el pago de los tributos en el país en el 2013? ¿Qué tributos están vigentes en el 2014? ¿Qué orientaciones y sugerencias dan a los contribuyentes? Acerca de estos temas se tratará hoy en la Mesa Redonda, con la participación de directivos del Ministerio de Finanzas y Precios y la Oficina Nacional de Administración Tributaria.



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El precio del azúcar permanece casi estable

En medio de abundantes existencias globales del producto, los contratos de futuros de azúcar crudo permanecieron casi estables en Nueva York, sobre los 15 centavos de dólar la libra, dijeron operadores. El contrato del endulzante, para entregan en marzo, el de más próximo vencimiento, conservó la misma cotización pactada de 15,22 centavos por unidad. Sin embargo, los pedidos con fecha de suministro en mayo y julio avanzaron el martes 0,01 y 0,02 centavos, a 15,41 y 15,69 centavos la libra, respectivamente.



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Inmobiliarias podrán arrendar a cubanos residentes en el país

Se autorizó que inmobiliarias estatales, sociedades mercantiles de capital totalmente cubano dedicadas a ese negocio y otras entidades autorizadas arrenden viviendas, oficinas, locales comerciales y almacenes a "personas naturales cubanas residentes en el país". Hasta ahora ese servicio solo estaba permitido para empresas, entidades cubanas y extranjeras, y personas naturales extranjeras.



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Italia: la reforma de “Punto Fijo”

En medio de la incertidumbre política y económica que asola a Italia, luego de nueve años de incesantes protestas ciudadanas contra la actual ley electoral, formulada en 2005 por el entonces Ministro para las Reformas, hoy ha llegado en la Comisión de Asuntos Constitucionales de la Cámara de los Diputados un primer proyecto-base para la reforma de la misma y también para la eliminación del Senado de la República.



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Controlan fuego en El Incendio de Pinar del Río (+ Fotos)

Desde horas de la mañana de hoy, el cuerpo de Bomberos de Pinar del Río, de conjunto con las fuerzas del Ministerio del Interior en el territorio, se ocupan de apagar el fuego de una tienda cerrada por peligro de derrumbe, nombrada El Incendio, ubicada en la calle José Martí de la capital pinareña. El siniestro está controlado.



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Egypt seeks to strengthen ties in Latin America with visits to Honduras ... - Daily News Egypt









Egypt seeks to strengthen ties in Latin America with visits to Honduras ...

Daily News Egypt

Tomoum then travelled to Porto Orjas in the state of Bolivar to meet with the president of the Venezuelan Chamber of Tourism. There, Tomoum met with representatives from 14 travel agencies, handing out tourist pamphlets in Spanish and describing ...









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Risk Adjustments in ObamaCare

Most of the commentators on the exchange roll out caution against the “death spiral,” in which failing to attract the young and healthy raises overall premiums. This further deters low-cost people from enrolling, resulting in even higher premiums. This is absolutely true in a normal market. But a new report from the actuarial consulting firm […]



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Chile's 33 miners still haunted by their past

Chile's 33 rescued miners still struggling after underground ordeal



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Egypt seeks to strengthen ties in Latin America with visits to Honduras ... - Daily News Egypt









Egypt seeks to strengthen ties in Latin America with visits to Honduras ...

Daily News Egypt

Sosa stressed the importance of Egypt as an international player both in its region and globally, while expressing his desire to strengthen ties between the two countries by promoting trade and cooperation in the field of tourism. Sihy also met with ...









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BRICS women rise up

Despite recent wobbles in the BRICS economies, most economists agree that the majority of world economic growth in the coming years will come from emerging markets. The story of their rise to date has been one in which women have played a large and often unreported role. I believe that as the story unfolds, women's influence will rise further and emerging markets' path to gender equality may follow a very different route to that of most developed countries.



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Daily Headlines: January 22, 2014





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Saudi fuel at least half the cost of other GCC states - ArabianBusiness.com








ArabianBusiness.com



Saudi fuel at least half the cost of other GCC states

ArabianBusiness.com

According to Cost of Living Reports Middle East (CLR), fuel in the oil-rich Kingdom costs on average 13c/L – making it the second cheapest in the world behind only Venezuela where fuel is subsidised and sold at a fixed price. In Bahrain and Kuwait fuel ...









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Brazil to open Latin America's 1st gov't-run crash test site, called big step ... - Fox News








Washington Post



Brazil to open Latin America's 1st gov't-run crash test site, called big step ...

Fox News

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil is launching Latin America's first government-run auto crash test center in what experts say is an important step forward for car safety in a country where inferior production standards mean motorists die at far higher rates ...

Brazil moving on LatAm's 1st govt crash test site









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Cuba, Key West art exchange bridges strait - York Daily Record









Cuba, Key West art exchange bridges strait

York Daily Record

"One Race," which opened Friday, is part of an exchange between Havana and Key West under which several prominent Cuban artists will exhibit on the Florida island next month. "This exhibit is about the human race: old, young, black and white, all ...









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Briefing in review Part III - Jamaica Gleaner








Jamaica Gleaner



Briefing in review Part III

Jamaica Gleaner

Reggae Sumfest was highly anticipated and was expected to attract the usual thousands of foreigners, The Briefing discussed tourism and the resort capital of the island, Montego Bay. As we approached Emancipation and Independence at the beginning of ...









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Venezuelan State Finalizes Details for Caribbean Baseball Series - Prensa Latina









Venezuelan State Finalizes Details for Caribbean Baseball Series

Prensa Latina

According to the most recent predictions by the Tourism Corporation, arrival of around 40,000 visitors, attracted to the natural richness of the territory and the bonus of this sports event. With that purpose, additional transportation units were ...









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Venezuela's president shuffles economic team - York Daily Record








National Post



Venezuela's president shuffles economic team

York Daily Record

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 ...

David Paulin: Can a beauty queen's murder bring down Venezuela's socialism?









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Two more held over St Lucia murder

Two more men are arrested in connection with the murder of a British man on the Caribbean island of St Lucia, police say.



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