 The Eleutheran | Sandals' Marina Welcomes Flotilla of Families The Eleutheran A Fleet of 22 boats pulled into Sandals' Marina at Emerald Bay last Tuesday to a rousing reception held in conjunction with the Ministry of Tourism (MOT). The flotilla's stop in Exuma was part of a 12-day tour of the Bahamas arranged by Patrick ... |
Edward Snowden Granted Temporary Asylum In Russia, Leaves Airport Mintpress News This image provided by Human Rights Watch shows NSA leaker, Edward Snowden, center, at a press conference at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport with Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks, left, Friday, July 12, 2013. (AP/Human Rights Watch, Tanya Lokshina). |
Workers Score Key Win On Push To Organize At Palermo's Pizza Mintpress News Protesters participate in an 18-mile march called a Slice of Justice for Palermo's Pizza Workers. (Photo/wisaflcio via Flickr). A year after 116 workers were fired from Palermo's Pizza for trying to form a union, eight were officially re-hired this ... |
Toxic Cuban 'rum' kills seven in Havana BBC News Seven people have died in Cuba after drinking illegal alcohol, the public heath ministry has said. At least 40 others have been admitted to hospital in the capital, Havana, and several remain in a serious condition. The toxic liquid was stolen from a ... |
Rocket Internet's Linio tests waters for mobile commerce in Latin America VentureBeat Rocket Internet-backed Linio released its first app today to capture Latin America's nascent market for mobile shopping, before the pool gets too crowded. Ericsson published a report last week which said that Latin America consumers are “ripe for ... |
 WPTV | Stand-Up Paddleboarder Embarks on Cuba To Florida Keys Voyage WBFS Friberg's Cuba-to-Key West paddleboarding venture is not his first long-distance trip. In June of 2012, he paddled 238 miles down the Yuckon River in Canada's Yukon Territory. He hopes to complete the trip in less than 24 hours, but unlike the Yukon ... Paddleboarder Benjamin Friberg heading from Cuba to Key West |
New Report Available: Travel and Tourism in Cuba SBWire (press release) Euromonitor International's Travel and Tourism in Cuba report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest market size data 2008-2012, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth ... |
Cuba's 1st solar farm a step toward renewables Houston Chronicle CANTARRANA, Cuba (AP) — It's like a vision of the space age, carved out of the jungle: Thousands of glassy panels surrounded by a lush canopy of green stretch as far as the eye can see, reflecting the few clouds that dot the sky on a scorching ... |
 RT (blog) | Bay of Pigs redux: Caracas claims CIA-linked Cuban exiles planned to kill ... RT (blog) Venezuelan officials warned of an alleged plot to assassinate the country's President and launch a paramilitary invasion of the country. A former CIA agent, Cuban exiles living in the US and Latin American leaders were fingered in the conspiracy ... |
All Eyes On Mozilla's Firefox OS As It Launches In Latin America TechCrunch There's little information available on the progress of Firefox OS' European debut, but Latin America is arguably the more important market in terms of proving whether or not Mozilla has any hope of gaining a foothold among the ruling giants of mobile. Firefox OS OneTouch Fire and ZTE Open now available in Latin America |
US eases Cuban travel restrictions Bradenton Herald The change for non-immigrant B-2 visas issued to Cubans for family visits, medical treatment, tourism or other personal travel takes effect Thursday and will allow Cubans who qualify for the visas to come and go. Now, eligible Cubans will be able to ... |
Mexico Live It to Believe It campaign to launch Travel Weekly CANCUN — The Mexico Tourism Board's chief marketing officer, Gerardo Llanes, unveiled the destination's new tourism slogan, “Mexico: Live It to Believe It,” to 40 tour wholesalers, heads of travel agent groups and association leaders attending the ... |
A traitor, say Humala’s former supporters Seven die in Cuba after drinking methanol NEWS.com.au Many Cubans - who earn an average of less than 20 dollars a month - buy food and drink of unknown origin on the black market because it is cheaper, making poisonings a grim reality of everyday life. Increase Text Size · Decrease Text Size · Print ... |
AFTER more than a year’s public deliberation and a 14-hour parliamentary debate, on July 31st Uruguay took a big step to becoming the first country in the world to legalise marijuana (cannabis). The lower house of Congress voted on party lines, by 50 to 46, to approve a bill from the left-wing Broad Front government to legalise and regulate the production and sale of the drug. This is now expected to be approved by the Senate, where the Broad Front has a larger majority. If so, Uruguayans will be able to consume marijuana by growing up to six plants at home, by joining a club or by buying up to 40 grams (1.4 ounces) a month from licensed pharmacies.The bill has faced fierce opposition: a poll last month found 63% against, and opponents claim that consumption will rise. But its supporters argue that drug prohibition has caused more problems—in the form of organised crime and the risks of clandestine consumption—than the drugs themselves.Uruguay’s vote follows the approval of marijuana legalisation in referendums in Colorado and Washington state in the United States last year. In June foreign ministers of the 34 countries of the Organisation of American States agreed “to encourage the consideration of new approaches” to the drug problem. Reformers hail these steps as breaking a taboo: in place of the straitjacket of universal prohibition imposed by the UN drugs conventions,...
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Latin American startups are ninja innovators The Next Web In Latin America, startups are the hope for the future. In Brazil alone, some 65 percent of young people say they plan to start their own businesses. Technology companies, entrepreneurs and investors alike are looking to Brazil as a place for future ... |
Saint Vincent to get its first international airport in 2014 Baltimore Post-Examiner Editor's Note: This is part of a series of stories on Caribbean tourism. Read the ... Financing for the $240 million airport is coming from an interesting mix of countries including Austria, Cuba, Iran, Mexico, Qatar, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago and ... |
Venezuela Arrests 2 Over Shooting Of US Officials In Caracas Strip Club Mintpress News Venezuelan authorities arrested on Tuesday two suspects accused of shooting U.S. embassy officials in a strip club in May. Prosecutors charged Carlos Mejias Blanco and Windy Fabiani Mejias with attempted murder after they allegedly got into a fight ... |
7 die, 41 hospitalized in Cuba after drinking methanol ABS CBN News HAVANA - Seven people died and 41 were hospitalized in Havana after drinking illegally sold lab alcohol, the Cuban Health Ministry said Wednesday. Six men and one woman have died, and eight hospitalized patients are in critical condition, the ... |
Forget Politics, Let's Dance: Why K-pop is a Latin American Smash TIME The export success of artists like Don Omar and Shakira in previous years may have given the Latin pop business a few global ambitions, but in Latin America itself the sound that's making waves right now is Pop Coreanos, or K-pop. Driven by South ... |
US Increases Duration of Non-Immigrant Visas for Cubans TIME (WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration announced Wednesday it is extending the duration of non-immigrant visas for Cuban travelers from six months to five years, two weeks after officials from the two countries resumed long-stalled migration talks. |
Cuba staying tight with Venezuela and its oil Voice of Russia ... Santiago de Cuba became the name of the Castro movement that eventually toppled the Batista government. Guerra also notes that Havana and Moscow have a more positive relationship today as exemplified by brisk Russian tourism to the island nation. |
