Chamber worries about snapper season The News Herald “Red snapper fishing affects the state's tourism industry,” Bay Chamber President Carol Roberts said Thursday. “If they (tourists) can't ... The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will begin discussions Monday in Baton Rouge , La. Despite ... |
Starwoods Aggressive Latin American Plan Zacks.com With the opening of the 142-room hotel Aloft Guadalajara, in Avenida de las Americas — Mexico's cultural and technology hub — Starwood brought the total number of hotels operational in the country to 26. Further, the hotelier announced that it will ... |
Hotels and home swaps in Mexico The Australian Fast forward two decades and I am at the computer planning a trip to Mexico via the myriad websites that have mushroomed to meet our insatiable demand for click-and-book accommodation. Today the world's largest travel company, Expedia, is an online ... |
Mediaite | Dem Sen More Outraged over U.S. Effort to Democratize Cuba than Cuban ... Mediaite An Associated Press investigation revealed on Thursday that the United States government was behind a secret plot to establish a microblogging service inside communist Cuba. The effort to create a democratizing online platform not unlike Twitter in ... |
Daily Mail | The secret Twitter app that has swept communist Cuba... funded by Obama's ... Daily Mail But ZunZuneo's leaders planned to push Cuba 'out of a stalemate through tactical and temporary initiatives, and get the transition process going again toward democratic change,' according to a 1,000-page document obtained by Associated Press. |
Julius Baer CEO Seeks Deals to Tap Latin American Millionaires swissinfo.ch “Latin America represents for Julius Baer a core market in which we want to expand further,” Boris Collardi, chief executive officer of the Zurich-based firm, said in an e-mailed response to questions late yesterday, after a presentation to reporters ... |
ZunZuneo, USAID and How the US Lost the Confidence of the Cuban People Huffington Post (blog) In 2010 Raul Castro introduced new private enterprise laws that have helped to produce a healthy growth rate on small entrepreneurial ventures in Cuba. From tourism to restaurants to cinemas, Cubans have savored the advantages of freer business. |
The Province | A year into Cuba migration reform, islanders travelling in record numbers but ... The Province Reigosa was one of the first Cubans to take advantage of a travel reform that went into effect a year ago this week, when the government scrapped an exit visa requirement that for five decades had made it difficult for most islanders to go abroad. |
Fair Observer | Political Unrest in Thailand: The Crisis Explained Fair Observer While international media has recently focused on violent unrest in Ukraine and Venezuela, the fragile political situation in Thailand since November 2013 has also become increasingly violent. At least 24 people have ... As Southeast Asia's second ... |
ZunZuneo, USAID and How the US Lost the Confidence of the Cuban People Huffington Post (blog) Although the oil bonanza that Venezuela provides to the Castro government (estimated to be$9.4 billion per year) is still flowing, recent economic measures imposed by Nicolas Maduro, as well as political turmoil in the allied country can make the Cuban ... |
Public Radio International | Julia Cooke shows us a Cuba where a younger generation navigates through ... Public Radio International She's a journalist and writer, and her new book “The Other Side of Paradise,” chronicles her regular visits to Cuba. With a diverse cast of young characters, Cooke shares insights into what life is like for a new generation of Cubans. “Young people are ... |
Khaleej Times | Dubai completes purchase of 'significant' Kerzner stake Khaleej Times KIHL operates globally under the world-renowned One&Only and Atlantis brands, with international presence, significantly in Dubai with three resorts, two resorts in The Bahamas, and more in Mauritius, the Maldives, Mexico, South Africa and soon in ... Dubai firm buys stake in Kerzner's Atlantis hotels Dubai buys stake in luxury hotel manager Kerzner Dubai Sovereign Wealth Fund Takes Effective Control of Kerzner International ... |
Cuba hummingbird hovers over US psy-ops failure FT.com (blog) The Associated Press has just released a fascinating piece of investigative journalism about US psy-ops in Cuba, the plan being to use a Twitter-like service to foment social unrest and weaken Havana's communist regime. The story is a must-read that ... |
The Guardian | Healthy cities in Latin America: investing in mobility for all The Guardian Transport is a major issue in Latin American cities and seeking improvements is one of civil societies main asks. Public transport networks are, however, only part of what is needed to build a more sustainable city. According to Argentinian professor ... |
Report: US built secret 'Cuban Twitter' to spark dissent USA TODAY ZunZuneo, Cuban slang for a hummingbird's tweet, is the project that brought a Twitter-like text messaging network to Cuba. During its peak, it attracted tens of thousands of mobile followers. The "Cuban Twitter" was also controlled by the U.S ... |
Financial Express | This would be an especially good time for a change in America's relations with ... The Economist Younger Cuban-Americans do not feel as bitter about Fidel as their grandparents do. Despite loosening restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba in his first term, Mr Obama picked up almost 50% of the Cuban-American vote in his 2012 re-election. US secretly built 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest US government harassed Castro with a fake Twitter service US government developed 'Cuban Twitter' to create political unrest in Cuba |
As Cuba eases investment rules, many Cuban-Americans turn against the ... The Economist Alberto Ibargüen, a former publisher of the Miami Herald, says demographic trends that began decades ago have finally softened the mood towards Cuba (though “absolutely not” towards the Castro regime). If American restrictions on all tourism to the ... |
Property in Miami The Economist My answer was: Maduro, Kirchner and De Blasio,” chuckles Marc Sarnoff, a Miami city commissioner, referring to the leaders of the capitalist-bashing regimes in Venezuela, Argentina and New York. ... the three venues for its shows (“the Super Bowl of ... |
US government harassed Castro with a fake Twitter service The Verge The US government covertly created a Twitter-like text messaging service aimed at fueling political unrest in Cuba and evading the communist nation's strict internet filters, according to an investigative report published today by the Associated Press. |
The REAL TRUTH | The New Wild West Mexico's Escalating Drug War The REAL TRUTH The New York Times printed a cautionary tale about vigilantism titled “Colombia's Warning for Mexico” by writer Hector Abad, whose father was gunned down in Medellin, Colombia, by a vigilante-turned-criminal gang: “Mexico, like several Latin American ... |
Manzanilla Chef Benito Molina on Baja and the Evolution of Mexican Gastronomy Eater National Eater caught up with Molina at the picnic the next day for the following interview, in which he talks about the security-related drop in tourism to Baja, why a festival like Mesamérica is so important, and how "what's happening in Mexican gastronomy ... |
CTV News | Emirates will fly giant A380 to D/FW Airport starting Oct. 1 Dallas Business Journal “With the A380, we are not only bringing our flagship product to serve our leisure and business customers, but also demonstrating our commitment and confidence in the economic and tourism potential of the region,” said Hubert Frach, Emirates ... Emirates takes its A380 to Dallas |
US secretly finances social network in Cuba Local 10 An Associated Press report reveals that the U.S. secretly financed a social network in Cuba in an effort to stage a revolt in the communist nation. Show Transcript Hide Transcript. THE SHOOTER FIRED SHOTS INTO THE GROUND, AND NO ONE WAS HURT. |
Ars Technica | Anti-Cuban US Plan Corroborates Raul Castro's Denunciation Prensa Latina Havana, Apr 3 (Prensa Latina) President Raul Castro's denunciations of the United States government's attempts to destabilize Cuba were corroborated today through the revelation of a plan to push Cuban youth toward counter-revolution, with ... US Reportedly Built 'Cuban Twitter' to Undermine Castro Government US covertly built Twitter-like service to stir anti-Castro dissent Report: U.S. built secret 'Cuban Twitter' to spark dissent |
Street life: humanity's future depends on ability to negotiate and sustain ... The National ... to be systematically occupied by those who have made Madrid the target of their protests,” she explained, calling for political gatherings to be banned from “historical-artistic settings, areas with significant tourism presence and strategic ... |
India Movers: Ashok Leyland, Hindustan Motors, TRIL, Venus Remedies, Unitech 123Jump.com Venus Remedies received approval for infection treatment antibiotic in Venezuela. ... Ashok Leyland Limited slid 0.8% to Rs 23.30 after the company bagged a contract worth $50 million from the Ministry of Tourism, Zimbabwe to supply 670 vehicles. |
Scarcities help fuel riots in Venezuela WSMV Nashville (RNN) - The severe ongoing toilet paper shortage in Venezuela is the result of people eating too much and using the bathroom too often, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has told his people, according to Brian Fonseca, an expert on the region ... |
Cuba Gooding Jr. -- House Buyer Showed Me Tons of Money ... As in $10 Million!!! TMZ.com Cuba Gooding Jr. just made at least SIX figures unloading his Pacific Palisades home -- and the buyer must love hockey because the crib includes a freakin' rink. Gooding bought the contemporary English estate for $3.5 mil back in 2000 ... and sources ... |
