Washington Post | LatAm foreign ministers kick off Cuba summit Washington Post The secretary-general of the Organization of American States, Jose Miguel Insulza, arrived later in the day after being invited to attend as an observer — an unusual encounter 52 years after Cuba was kicked out of the regional bloc. Insulza's chief of ... |
India West | Alaska Tourism Industry Courting Travelers from India India West Future itineraries will likely extend to Santiago, Chile, and organizers also see growth potential in Central America, specifically Mexico, said Tania Hancock, a tourism sales manager with Visit Anchorage who was present on the South America trips ... |
Latin America PPP to boost government transparency Public Finance International The Inter-American Development Bank has entered into a five-year public-private partnership with the technology firm Mastercard in order to boost financial transparency and accountability across Latin America and the Caribbean. The agreement, signed ... MasterCard and IDB sign agreement to promote economic inclusion in Latin ... MasterCard, IDB Sign Agreement to Promote Economic Inclusion in Latin America Mastercard, IDB ink agreement to promote financial inclusion, e-payments in ... |
Coast-to-coast Florida bike trail could cruise to approval this year Orlando Sentinel The trail, called the Coast to Coast Connector, would be 275 miles of unbroken bicycle path stretching from the Gulf of Mexico in St. Petersburg through Metro Orlando east to the Canaveral National Seashore on the Atlantic Ocean. The project ... "When ... |
Photo essay | European bullfighters turn to Latin America to make their mark Los Angeles Times LACHAQUI, Peru — His left knee to the ground, Nuno Casquinha theatrically tosses away his red cloth, muleta and sword and stares down the bleeding bull that is scratching the dirt with its hooves in a haze of rage. Casquinha pivots, rising to his feet ... |
Hotels.com says US travelers love London, Paris, Toronto best Los Angeles Times In the top 20, Mexico City climbed from 21st place in 2012 to 17th in 2013, maybe benefiting from the city tourism board's campaign to woo vacationers with culinary and cultural tours, the report says. Dubai edged out Madrid, Florence and Venice, Italy ... |
Travel and Tourism in Mexico to 2017 PR Newswire (press release) Despite a decline in 2009 due to the financial crisis, the Mexican travel and tourism sector performed well during the review period (2008–2012). Inbound trips to Mexico recovered to register a CAGR of 0.52%, and outbound tourist volumes posted a CAGR ... |
Controlling lion's share of lionfish Phys.Org Native to the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, lionfish invade and devour native fish in a wide swath of oceans—the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, the American western Atlantic coast, north to Bermuda and the North Carolina coast and south ... |
PHOTOS: Simpson Miller in Cuba Jamaica Observer The Prime Minister is in the Spanish-speaking country on a four-day official visit, where she is slated to participate in talks on a range of bilateral, regional and international issues with Cuban President, Raul Castro. The leaders are also slated to ... |
Indiantelevision.com | FremantleMedia Sells Across Latin America Variety LONDON – Underscoring Latin America's appetite for high-profile TV formats, driven in part by rapidly-expanding U.S. pay TV operators, FremantleMedia International has closed significant sales across the region on a wide-spread of prominent properties. Fremantlemedia international heads into natpe throughout latin america |
Cuba to host Latin American summit; US notably absent Reuters While the visiting heads of state and government are likely to express solidarity with Cuba and perhaps seek an audience with former Cuban President Fidel Castro, Cuban dissidents who advocate greater human rights on the communist-ruled island will ... LatAm summit in Cuba focus on poverty, inequality Cuba hosts first Latin American summit since death of Chavez |
Cuba's contribution to African liberation Party for Socialism and Liberation Cuba's epic contributions to the African liberation struggles are left out of most histories, but are widely known throughout Africa, especially by those who fought on the front lines against white supremacy. Just a year after being released from ... |
Worldcrunch | 1. Brazil Investing Vast Sums In Cuba Worldcrunch For Cuba, this help is more than welcome, especially since Venezuela is considering reducing its own aid to the country. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who is ... Chidchai Sakornbordee, chairman of the Thai Tourism Business Association, told the ... |
CP24 Toronto's Breaking News | Cuba hosts regional summit without US, Canada CP24 Toronto's Breaking News HAVANA, Cuba -- Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean began arriving in Cuba on Sunday to talk about poverty and inequality at a summit of a fledgling regional bloc formed as a force for integration and a counterbalance to the U.S.. |
Cuba Establishes Bank Law Against Terrorism, Money Laundering Huffington Post HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has enacted a law letting authorities freeze bank accounts found to belong to terrorists or entities linked to al-Qaida or the Taliban. The law says it targets money laundering, terror financing, arms proliferation and other illicit ... |
TTR Weekly | Airlines stop Venezuela ticket sales TTR Weekly But on Wednesday the government announced it would bump it to 11.30 bolivars per dollar, which effectively devaluated the bolivar but only in the tourism sector. The airlines say this has cut their local revenues in half and claim Caracas now owes them ... |
Bloomberg | Vail Favors Chinchilla Over Pot as Council Blocks Shops Bloomberg The decision by Vail's council last week to extend a moratorium on pot sales for six months points to the dilemma Colorado's world-renowned ski villages face as they try to balance tourists' expectations of a drug-free place for family recreation ... |
