Brazilian Tourists Flow to Cuba on the Rise Prensa Latina Buenos Aires, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) The flow of Brazilian visitors to Cuban tourist destinations showed an upward trend of over 100 percent in the first two months of this year. The situation is similar in the case of Uruguay, according to official ... |
Cuba's open for business -- sort of Savannah Morning News It would not be a stretch to imagine this to be an upscale suburb of Miami. One of the main sources of revenue is tourism — all of it state controlled. Some three million tourists come to Cuba every year, primarily to sun on its pristine Caribbean ... |
Cuba's open for business -- sort of Savannah Morning News EDITOR'S NOTE: Barry Ostrow is the retired director of university relations at Armstrong Atlantic State University. He is now a freelance writer and sometime-world traveler. His latest travels took him to Cuba with a people-to-people program in February. |
Montecito Village Travel was among those Invited to Join Exclusive Group ... Santa Barbara Independent Chris Weatherhead and Connie Miller from Montecito Village Travel at 3329 State Street were among a highly select group of only 50 travel advisors nationally who have just returned from an exclusive Globus Cuba Experience to Havana and beyond. |
Brown Political Review | Dos Monedas Brown Political Review The Cuban government tightly controls its equivalent of the dollar (the CUC) to better manage remittances, tourism and the little bit of capitalism allowed on the island. Only in the past few years have Cuban citizens been able to access the CUC ... |
Latin America Green News: Chile lags in climate legislation, Costa Rica ... Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) The report looks at climate legislation in 66 countries, and found that Chile “so far lacks comprehensive climate change legislation of the type found in some other Latin American countries.” (Santiago Times, 3/3/2014). Twenty-nine electric taxis will ... |
Inquirer.net | Beauties face great pressure to excel Inquirer.net The girls are vying for the chance to become the country's representatives to four tilts: Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Supranational and Miss Tourism Queen International. Last year's winners reaped honors. Mutya Johanna Datul, in Belarus ... |
MiamiHerald.com | Cuba allows phone access to some email MiamiHerald.com The Cuban government's telecommunications monopoly has approved smartphone access to the island's nauta.cu system, showing its intention to both expand and continue to control the flow of information in the communist-ruled nation. |
Loreto, Mexico, designated a “Magic Town” to promote tourism, remains a quiet ... Guelph Mercury LORETO, Mexico— Efforts to turn the seaside village of Loreto into a major destination have been going on for years. So far, though, the results have been limited, and that in itself makes it worth visiting. Loreto is already a gem, a historic town ... Loreto: quiet gem on Mexico's Baja Peninsula |
Latin American Film Spends the Month at the MFA WBUR Hailing from Central and South America, a fresh crop of critically acclaimed films currently showing at the Museum of Fine Arts offer something different with every title. Perhaps you're in the mood for suspense like the drama of the drug war-inspired ... |
Letter: Situation in Ukraine is like Cuba was for US Salt Lake Tribune But I am afraid now and should like to say a word or two about the U.S.-Russian situation in Ukraine. When the USSR was installing missiles in Cuba, President Kennedy declared, in effect, remove them, or we are talking war. Nikita Khrushchev realized ... |
Chinese President to Visit Latin America CRIENGLISH.com President Xi Jinping will visit Latin America this year, while China and Latin American countries are making efforts to launch a cooperation forum, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday. Xi will attend the BRICS Leaders Meeting in Brazil and ... |
Cuban cultural exchange in Key West draws ire from some exiles MiamiHerald.com Renowned contemporary Cuban artist Roberto Fabelo gazed at his painting of a large rooster with two nude women riding it like a horse. “The rooster has the splendor, color, vitality and a certain amount of machismo, but here are the two women ... |
