CAPA - Centre for Aviation | Air New Zealand reviews options for Latin America. Can new partner Singapore ... CAPA - Centre for Aviation Air New Zealand is reviewing options for covering Latin America, which remains the last white spot in the carrier's network after plugging all its other holes with its new Singapore Airlines (SIA) partnership. The forthcoming withdrawal from the South ... |
Monthly Archives: January 2014 Communication's Unit Of The St. Kitts Prime Minister These efforts include scenes of the recently inaugurated Solar Farm at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport as well as the Agro-Tourism Demonstration Farm at Sir Giles, St. Anne's. Finally, there are commemorative stamps that capture the ... Dr ... |
Tours Changing American Views of Cuba, US Policy ABC News When President Barack Obama reinstated "people-to-people" travel to Cuba in 2011, the idea was that visiting Americans would act as cultural ambassadors for a U.S. constantly demonized in the island's official media. Two and a half years later, a ... |
Cuba Saw a Slight Increase in Tourism Arrivals in 2013 Caribbean Journal Cuba saw a 0.5 percent increase in tourism arrivals in 2013, according to recently-released data from the country's National Statistical Office. Cuba received a total of 2,852,572 foreign arrivals in 2013, up 0.5 percent from its total of 2,838,607 in ... |
Tours changing American views of Cuba, US policy Charlotte Observer In this Jan. 23, 2014 photo, tourists traveling in the "people-to-people" program watch a Cuban dance demonstration in Havana, Cuba. Tour operators insist they're supporting local organic farmers, performers, artists, musicians and entrepreneurs who ... |
The Guardian | The US war on drugs and its legacy in Latin America The Guardian The legacy of the US-funded war on drugs in Latin America is profound even as its impact has been temporary and geographically limited. Since the 1970s, the US has spent more than a trillion dollars attempting to dismantle drug cartels in Latin America. |
The Morning Ledger: Risks Grow for US Companies in Latin America Wall Street Journal (blog) U.S. companies are spending a lot more time explaining how they're navigating the financial turmoil in Latin America. During 3M's conference call with analysts last week, Venezuela proved to be a bigger talking point than China, even though the company ... |
Cuba Saw a Slight Increase in Tourism Arrivals in 2013 Caribbean Journal Cuba saw the biggest jump from Chilean tourists, who saw their numbers swell by 30.5 percent in 2013, rising to 35,952 from 27,551. Tourists from Venezuela were the next-largest group, with an increase to 45,943 from 36,373, a 26.3 percent jump ... |
$1 Billion Annual Loss to Florida Tourism Anticipated Because of Venezuelan ... Sunshine State News Luis Ramirez, president of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce of the United States, said the new credit card and spending limits are another attempt by the Venezuelan government to curb the capital flight out of the South American country. |
Washington Post | Sugar tycoon Alfonso Fanjul now open to investing in Cuba under 'right ... Washington Post He was so taken by the nostalgia and excitement of returning to the familiar streets of his youth, a travel companion recalled, that Fanjul enthusiastically chatted up random people of all ages as he walked around. He also met with Cuba's foreign ... |
Art exhibition held to mark 55th anniversary of Cuban Revolution The Star Online Paret, who is the charge d'Affaires of the Cuban Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, said she missed the big celebrations at home. “We would celebrate it with family and the Culture Ministry would host a concert featuring various artists which would draw big crowds. |
San Francisco Chronicle | Tours changing American views of Cuba, US policy San Francisco Chronicle Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American Republican from Florida. "But it's not surprising to hear that's the case with these tourist trips to Cuba, since they are specifically designed to expose people only to what the regime wants them to see." "It's clear ... |
AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America U-T San Diego Ban Ki-moon as well as leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean are arrived in Havana to participate in the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC summit. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) The Associated Press. Share Photo. |
53 years later, Bay of Pigs fiasco goes on Boston Globe I am in a village on the south coast of Cuba, a rustic area where wild pigs once ran in such abundance as to prompt passing merchant vessels and pirate ships to drop anchor and send hunting parties ashore. They called the place the Bay of Pigs ... |
NM governor could derail Amtrak partnership Pueblo Chieftain While her office did not respond to questions Friday seeking comment, Martinez has said in recent months that Amtrak is funded by Congress and any agreement should not leave New Mexico taxpayers with a large bill. “According to the New Mexico ... |
OZY | Is Cuba Going Capitalist? OZY After spending years in a state-run firm, electrical engineer Enrique Guerra got himself assigned to accompany a medical mission in Venezuela, a transfer which enabled him to save enough to open his own electronic appliance repair shop. His biggest ... |
Monthly Archives: November 2006 Communication's Unit Of The St. Kitts Prime Minister “Under the great leadership of Prime Minister Douglas, St. Kitts and Nevis has been transformed into a modern nation among Caribbean countries and has great tourism potential,” said Minister Huang, who pointed out that “some of Prime Minister Douglas ... |
Haaretz | Israeli high-techies set their lenses on Cuba's Jews Haaretz A little more than a year ago, a group of eight Israeli amateur photographers set out on a journey to Cuba. Their mission was not only to capture on camera the complexity of Jewish life in this last outpost of Soviet-style communism, but also to lend a ... |
