Sky News Australia | More U.S. travelers head to Cuba The Seattle Times “The data confirms, although the Cuban government does not recognize it publicly, that the United States, even with the effect of the embargo, is the second greatest source of tourists to Cuba after Canada,” Emilio Morales, the consulting group's ... France Wants Constructive Relations with Cuba, says Foreign Ministry |
Colorado Springs should be a sister city of Ancient Olympia by Tuesday Colorado Springs Gazette By Tuesday, Ancient Olympia and Colorado Springs could be sister cities. Two Greek delegates are in the area through Thursday intending to make the first step in a relationship that could benefit the area's colleges, the U.S. Olympic movement and ... |
US visitors to Cuba keep rising Inquirer.net MIAMI, Florida — A new study shows travel by U.S. visitors to Cuba continues to rise, even as the more than five-decade long embargo remains firmly in place. Within the first three months of 2014 alone, there were more U.S. tourists to the island than ... |
TheChronicleHerald.ca | US tourists visit Cuba in greater numbers, despite embargo TheChronicleHerald.ca MIAMI — The number of U.S. visitors to Cuba continues to rise, even as the more than five-decade long embargo remains firmly in place, according to study released Monday. Within the first three months of 2014 alone, there were more U.S. tourists to ... |
Radio/TV Marti defends funding for Cuba program MiamiHerald.com “The Piramideo system provides for a free flow of information in a country where the media is controlled by the government,” said Carlos Garcia-Perez, director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), which runs the Miami-based broadcasters. Cuba's ... Cuba denounces US for destabilization program |
Study: US travelers to Cuba continues to rise Businessweek In 2009, Obama lifted a limit put in place by former President George W. Bush allowing Cuban-Americans to travel to island country no more than once every three years to visit relatives. And in 2011, he reinstated the so-called "people-to-people" trips ... |
Aljazeera.com | Cuba slashes 109000 health service jobs Aljazeera.com Cuban authorities say they have eliminated more than 100,000 jobs in the nation's national health service, considered one of the pillars of the 1959 revolution. The cuts come as the president, Raul Castro, tries to streamline government as part of a ... Cuba Slashes More Than 100000 Health Care Jobs |
Cuba Slashes More Than 100000 Health Care Jobs ABC News Cuban authorities say they have eliminated more than 100,000 jobs in health care, considered one of the pillars of the 1959 revolution. The cuts come as President Raul Castro tries to streamline government as part of a broader economic reform package. |
LOS CABOS OPEN OF SURF RETURNS JUNE 16-22 Surfline.com Surf News The Association of Professional Surfing (ASP) has added a Women's 6-Star Qualification Series (QS) to this year's event making it the first of its kind to be held in Mexico. The event will take place along Costa Azul's ... "We are very excited for the ... |
Toronto Star | More than 200000 jobs will be created in GTA by end of 2017: BMO report Toronto Star BMO's report also noted tourism industries across the country will benefit as a rising number of Americans (and Canadians) choose to visit destinations north of the 49th parallel. Additionally, Kavcic said fears about ... “Dortec is one of our more ... |
Inter Press Service | Mercury Still Poisoning Latin America Inter Press Service MEXICO CITY, Apr 7 2014 (IPS) - Latin America is not taking the new global agreement to limit mercury emissions seriously: the hazardous metal is still widely used and smuggled in artisanal gold mining and is released by the fossil fuel industry. After ... |
Study: Number of US travelers to Cuba continues to rise, second only to Canada Minneapolis Star Tribune In 2009, Obama lifted a limit put in place by former President George W. Bush allowing Cuban-Americans to travel to island country no more than once every three years to visit relatives. And in 2011, he reinstated the so-called "people-to-people" trips ... |
Cuba: U.S. has been using SMS to 'spam' Cubans with propaganda VentureBeat As the Associated Press revealed last week, the U.S. government secretly built a social network called ZunZuneo in Cuba. The microblogging service was created specifically to destabilize the Cuban government and spread information several years ago. |
Cuba slashes more than 100000 health care jobs MiamiHerald.com HAVANA -- Cuban authorities say they have eliminated more than 100,000 jobs in health care, considered one of the "pillars" of the 1959 revolution. The cuts come as President Raul Castro tries to streamline government as part of a broader economic ... |
TheChronicleHerald.ca | Number Of US Visitors To Cuba Continues Rise CBS Local MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — New numbers released Monday show the number of U.S. visitors to Cuba continues to rise despite a more than five-decade long embargo that is still in place. Within the first three months of 2014 alone, there were more U.S ... Study: US travelers to Cuba continues to rise Study: Number of US travellers to Cuba continues to rise, second only to Canada |
Study: US travelers to Cuba continues to rise Sacramento Bee In 2009, Obama lifted a limit put in place by former President George W. Bush allowing Cuban-Americans to travel to island country no more than once every three years to visit relatives. And in 2011, he reinstated the so-called "people-to-people" trips ... |
PanAm Post | Tension over US Deportations Rises for Nationwide #Not1More Protest PanAm Post Every day, according to the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, “more than 1,000 people are deported.… [and by April 2014], 2 million people will have been deported by the Obama Administration.” Their members' discontent with a lack of ... |
Telemundo Exec to Oversee Programming for MTV Latin America Variety Viacom International Media Networks has tapped former Telemundo programming exec Maria Iregui to serve as brand manager and senior VP of programming and production for MTV Latin America, overseeing content and creative development. |
Latin America: Small share of phishing but high financial data theft Business News Americas Although accounting for only a small percentage of the global phishing attacks, Latin America has one of the highest rates of phishing aimed at stealing financial data, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab. BNamericas is a premium subscription ... |
Financial Express | Merged LafargeHolcim to boost presence in Latin America Business News Americas By Business News Americas staff reporter - Monday, April 7, 2014. When Lafarge and Holcim merge their operations to create the world's largest cement maker, they will enhance their presence in Latin America with aggregated sales of 3.6bn euros (US$5bn). Cement Giant LafargeHolcim to Have Extensive Latin America Interests Holcim, Lafarge agree merger to create cement giant UPDATE 4-Holcim, Lafarge agree merger to create cement giant |
Venezuela gives Cuba three aircraft to transport Raúl Castro El Universal The aircraft –two Dassault Falcon 50 and one Falcon 900– are worth some USD 100-110 million, and are regularly used for transporting ministers and even Cuban President Raúl Castro, sources said as reported by the Miami Herald reported. |. share. |
Brown Political Review | On USAID, Cuba and ZunZuneo Brown Political Review Coming at a time when Raul Castro is trying to slowly open up the Cuban economy and quietly solve small disputes with the US, the unveiling of this program could set back much of the recent progress made between the island and its neighbor to the north. A US plan to help Cubans communicate should be applauded 'Cuban Twitter' a new hurdle for Cuba's dissident bloggers, exiles |
My Hairdo Is Not Your Safari The Awl on a beach in Mexico while the sun was coming up, which sounds very creepy, but I assure you it was not. It was peaceful and relaxing, and he was super gracious and kind ... Then I just continue the conversation as though nothing happened, which ... |
Tourism continues to rise Cuba Standard.com Tourism continues to rise. Email This Post. CUBA STANDARD — Putting tourism on track to set a record this winter season, the number of travelers to Cuba grew 7.2% in the January-February period, according to data released by the National Statistics ... |
Back to Mali: A Country Suffers From the Single Story of Danger Pacific Standard Mali is not the only country with both tourist sites and travel warnings. Both Mexico and Israel are in that unenviable club. But Mexico's gross domestic product is $1.8 trillion and Israel's is $248.7 billion—a sharp contrast with that of Mali, at ... |
Medical Tourism (blog) | Surrogacy Mishaps Shift Medical Tourism Focus Toward Education Medical Tourism (blog) ... client services for Planet Hospital's services in Cancun, Mexico, told The Reporter. Planet Hospital no longer lists surrogacy among the services on its website, but continues to cite assistance for patients seeking international medical tourism ... |
Cuba Slashes More Than 100000 Health Care Jobs ABC News Cuban authorities say they have eliminated more than 100,000 jobs in health care, considered one of the "pillars" of the 1959 revolution. The cuts come as President Raul Castro tries to streamline government as part of a broader economic reform package. |
Study: US travelers to Cuba continues to rise Yahoo News In 2009, Obama lifted a limit put in place by former President George W. Bush allowing Cuban-Americans to travel to island country no more than once every three years to visit relatives. And in 2011, he reinstated the so-called "people-to-people" trips ... US visitors to Cuba keep rising |
Cuba's only union questions plan to slash state payrolls Fox News Latino The official weekly of Cuba's sole legal labor union criticized Monday the lack of "transparency and fairness" in the plan to slash state payrolls on the Communist-ruled island as part of a 3-year-old program of economic reforms. Among other complaints ... |
Study: US travelers to Cuba continues to rise Yahoo News MIAMI (AP) — A new study shows travel by U.S. visitors to Cuba continues to rise, even as the more than five-decade long embargo remains firmly in place. Within the first three months of 2014 alone, there were more U.S. tourists to the island than in ... Study: Number of US travellers to Cuba continues to rise, second only to Canada Study: Number of US travelers to Cuba continues to rise, second only to Canada |
Times of India | 'Cuban Twitter' a new hurdle for bloggers, exiles The Herald Bulletin ... apparent in Cuba's official media Friday. The state news agency Prensa Latina recalled a Jan. 1 speech in which President Raul Castro warned of "attempts to subtly introduce platforms for neoliberal thought and for the restoration of neocolonial ... 'Cuban Twitter' a new hurdle for Cuba's dissident bloggers, exiles |
Economic Times | Lok Sabha Polls 2014: Foreign tourists line up to witness festival of democracy Economic Times When asked how he hit upon the idea of 'election tourism', Sharma said, "In Mexico, I had found that tourists were taking interests in polls of 2007. I decided that election tourism can be introduced in India too". "People have visited pilgrimage spots ... |
BBC Sport | Champions League: Uefa signs Nissan as new sponsor BBC Sport It means that its first partnership event will be as part of the 2014 Super Cup, which is being played at Cardiff on 12 August. Other Nissan sports sponsorships include the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Olympic Teams GB and Mexico, and the African Cup of ... |
Why is SD a luxury spa mecca? U-T San Diego They come here for the same reasons millions of others do: for the climate, the setting, the attractions. But you won't find this select group of tourists traipsing through theme parks, camera in hand and tots in tow. The allure for an untold number of ... |
Washington Post | Astros Blast Angels ESPN "Any time we can put some runs up and then shut them out is huge moving forward," Castro said. "It keeps the momentum on our side. We were able to keep putting the pressure on the offense and he just kept doing his job coming out putting up zeroes.". Feldman, 5 HRs help Astros beat Angels 7-4 Feldman's pitching, 5 homers help Astros beat Angels 7-4 |
