Smuggler threats follow Dodgers star Puig from Cuba: affidavit CTV News Puig returned to the starting lineup in right field for Thursday's series finale against the Giants amid reports that smugglers who helped him defect from Cuba had threatened his life. "I'm only concentrating on the season and being the best teammate ... |
Why Won't Medicare Pay For Medical Tourism? – OpEd Eurasia Review In a working paper published by the Mercatus Institute at George Mason University, Marc D. Joffe notes that Aetna, Blue Shield, and HealthNet offer health insurance in California that gives beneficiaries access to Mexican providers. The U.S. insurers ... |
Ecuador: A country of orchids Winston-Salem Journal Both Colombia and Venezuela have Cattleyas as their national flower. ... In the capital, the Botanic Garden of Quito is building another orchid conservatory and extensive boat rides through the jungles are being designed to thrill orchid-minded tourists. |
BBC News | Letter: Rebound is encouraging in aftermath of Gulf of Mexico oil spill The Advocate Consider the tourism industry. Four years ago, a national newspaper reported that Gulf Coast tourism could suffer “up to $23 billion of losses” and take years to recover. Instead, data from 2011-2013 show that many areas — including Florida, the ... These are the Hidden Costs of Oil Spills BP points to 'significant progress' since the oil spill |
Group says jailed Cuban journalist should be freed MiamiHerald.com Cuban authorities should immediately free a journalist jailed for reporting on a case of alleged police abuse involving a man bitten by a police dog, the Paris-based Reporters Without Frontiers (RWF) said Thursday. Juliet Michelena Díaz, 32, was ... Reporters Without Borders urges Cuba to free jailed journalist Cuba - Journalist held for past ten days, charged with "terrorism" |
Economic Times | Parle Agro targets Rs 1000 cr sales from Cafe Cuba Economic Times NEW DELHI: FMCG firm Parle Agro is all set for a full fledged re-entry into the carbonated soft drinks market in India with its latest brand, Cafe Cuba from which it expects Rs 1,000 crore sales in the next 12-14 months. After test marketing the brand ... |
Jacobs looks to make impact on nation tourism board Business First of Buffalo Travel and tourism is big business in the U.S., with 69.8 million international visitors coming to the country last year and those tourists spending more than $180.7 billion. Canada led the way with 23.39 million visitors coming to the U.S. followed by ... |
KPRC Houston | BP points to 'significant progress' since the oil spill WNEM Saginaw BP says the Gulf of Mexico is undergoing a "robust recovery"in the four years since the oil spill. The company released a report this week outlining the progress that's been made since the Deepwater Horizon accident in 2010. That report looks at ... These are the Hidden Costs of Oil Spills |
Baja appoints medical tourism director IMTJ Dr. Alberto Aceves, a leading bariatric surgeon in Mexico, is optimistic, "We are hoping for government health agencies to regulate and provide proper validation and certification for every service related to medical tourism, so creating a trustworthy ... |
Latin America Has World's Highest Murder Rate: UN NBCNews.com Journalists protest the murder of their colleague Gregorio Jimenez on Feb. 23, 2014. He is the 12th journalist slain or gone missing since 2010 in Veracruz, Mexico. An April 2014 U.N. report found almost one in three of the world's murders took place ... Latin America crime |
Latin America projected to invest US$40bn in metro systems by 2025 Business News Americas ... countries are expected to invest some US$40bn in metro projects by 2025, according to a report from the IDB. "In total, they will build or expand more than US$40bn in 20 projects," stated the report entitled Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025 ... |
The Modern History of Venezuela and the Need for a Post-Oil Economy ... The Real News Network On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Lander says to strengthen democracy, develop food sovereignty and help save the planet, Venezuela must develop a plan to transition away from an extractive economy - 1 hour ago .... What type of tourism is possible? What ... |
THEMUSEUM lands major touring exhibition from Egypt Exchange Morning Post (press release) Kitchener - In partnership with the Egyptian Ministries of Antiquities and Tourism, the Grand Egyptian Museum set to open in 2015, THEMUSEUM announce Unwrapping Egypt on display May 15th, 2014 to January 4th, 2015. Unwrapping Egypt reveals the secrets ... |
President Obama, Put the Arctic Off-Limits to Big Oil Huffington Post Over the next 87 days, 210 million gallons of oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico. It fouled fishing grounds, ravaged the coastline, and shut down tourism. The world got an ugly look at some of the terrible hidden costs of fossil fuels. Spill-related ... |
Bournemouth Echo | Record number of Mexican students welcomed to Bournemouth for festival Bournemouth Echo A cultural tourism exhibition on April 19 and dancing contest on April 20, at the BIC, will be open to the general public. Steve said: “The same event in 2013 was attended by hundreds of local people and holidaymakers who were massively impressed with ... |
San Diego CityBEAT | Avenida Revolución's renaissance San Diego CityBEAT Plenty of the older touristy businesses remain, but, as the well-known story goes, the drug war in Mexico has seriously damaged Tijuana's reputation. While tourism in Mexico is making a comeback, according to reports by World Travel & Tourism Council ... |
NYS-made yogurt headed to Latin America Albany Times Union Columbus. Chobani's yogurt plant in Chenango County will supply part of the new exports of its flagship Greek-style yogurt to Latin America and the Caribbean, the company said Wednesday while remaining mum on whether more workers will be hired. Chobani begins exporting to Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean |
Cuba publishes full text of law that aims to attract badly needed foreign ... The Globe and Mail Cuba on Wednesday published the full language of a new law that seeks to make it more attractive for foreign investors to bring badly needed capital to the island, but provides less advantage for projects that are 100 per cent foreign-financed. The law ... |
Havana Times | French foreign minister meets Raul Castro on historic visit to Cuba APA Baku-APA. France's foreign minister met with Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday during the first visit to the island by such a high-ranking French official in 31 years and a sign of the quickening pace of improving ties between the European Union ... Good Friday Now An Official Holiday In Cuba Cuba Publishes Text of Foreign Investment Law Cuba publishes foreign investment law |
