 Washington Post (blog) | Robert A. Pastor, Latin America specialist in diplomacy and academia, dies at 66 Washington Post (blog) Robert A. Pastor, a Latin America specialist who was a top U.S. negotiator of the 1977 Panama Canal treaties, and who through scholarship and diplomacy sought to strengthen U.S. relations with countries to the south, died Jan. 8 at his home in Washington. Robert Pastor, former ex-official, Latin American specialist dies at age 66 Robert Pastor: ex-US official, Americas expert |
Latin American cultural catering at Cafe La Pena Daily Californian In Berkeley, La Pena Cultural Center and Cafe La Pena are cultural hubs for showcasing art and cuisine with a strong emphasis on Latin American countries. The cultural center has strong historical ties and was started in 1975 as a response to the ... |
 NBC 6 South Florida | Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of Cuba, Felt in Key West NBC 6 South Florida An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck just off the coast of Cuba, 14 miles north of Corralillo, at 3:57 p.m. Thursday. The tremor could be felt as far as the lower Keys. NBC 6 Meteorologist John Morales has the latest. Earthquake ... |
Cuba, US hold 'respectful' talks in Havana on migration and fighting people ... Calgary Herald Havana reiterated its stance that to ensure legal and orderly migration, the U.S. must do away with the Cuban Adjustment Act, which makes Cubans eligible for permanent residency after being in the States for one year, and the "wet-foot, dry-foot ... |
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 10/1 VietNamNet Bridge Vietnam and Algeria will soon implement cooperation projects in oil&gas, investment, trade, health care, education, agriculture, information technology, tourism, and housing. These areas of cooperation were discussed at the 10th meeting of the Vietnam ... |
rinceton native involved in licensing travel to Cuba Princeton Union Eagle Princeton High School graduate Jeff Braunger says he has no interest in traveling to Cuba, one of the last Communist strongholds, but also a country where many would like to visit for its warm climate, sandy beaches, music, dancing and foods. Braunger ... |
University of Tampa baseball team will travel to Cuba Tbo.com The team is scheduled to arrive in Cuba on Sunday and remain there until Jan. 19. It will tour local attractions and sample Cuban cuisine, as well as participate in community service projects, officials said. The Spartans are scheduled to play at least ... University of Tampa baseball team to play exhibition games in Cuba |
US launches initiative to increase exports to Latin America Los Angeles Times Days after the 20th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement's implementation, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker unveiled a new initiative aimed at increasing business with trade partners in Latin America. The “Look South ... U.S. Department of Commerce : Secretary Pritzker Announces 'Look South ... |
Latin American steel demand to grow up to 5% in 2014 - Alacero Business News Americas Unfair trade practices, particularly by China, were highlighted as a key threat to Latin America's steel sector, with steelmakers forced to compete "not with similar companies in other countries by with the Chinese state," Moreno added. Reforms by ... |
 NBC 6 South Florida | Earthquake off the coast of Cuba rattles Florida Keys MiamiHerald.com Residents of Key West and as far north as Marathon felt the brief impact of a 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit about 112 miles east of Havana, Cuba just before 3:58 p.m. Thursday. Data from the U.S. Geological Survey indicates an epicenter 24 miles ... Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of Cuba, Felt in Key West Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake Hits Just North Of Cuba Earthquake rattles Cuba, South Florida |
University of Tampa baseball team to play exhibition games in Cuba Tampabay.com TAMPA — The University of Tampa's defending national champion baseball team heads to Cuba Sunday to play up to four exhibition games in that baseball-crazy country. UT athletic officials announced Thursday that the Spartans will be in Cuba until Jan. |
 eTurboNews | Cuban Tourism Increased in 2013 Radio Cadena Agramonet Important operations were carried out to increase direct flights from various parts of the world, among them Canada, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, Russia, Venezuela and Haiti. Tourist offers diversified with the modality ... Record year for Cuba's tourism |
 CTV News | Cuba, United States meet on migration in latest sign of thawing ties Reuters Cuba relaxed its own restrictions on travel in January, increasing the number of Cubans able to travel legally to the United States and allowing prominent dissidents to travel abroad freely since then. The United States recently began issuing five-year ... Cuba, United States meet on migration in latest sign of a thaw Cuba, US hold migration talks in Havana |
Cuban Tourism Increased in 2013 Radio Cadena Agramonet Havana, Cuba, Jan 9.- Cuba ended 2013 with a record of arrivals of tourists, thanks to actions carried out by the Tourism Ministry (Mintur) to increase quality of competitiveness. Over two million 850,000 travelers arrived on the island, the highest ... |
CTV News | US, Cuba to hold migration talks in Havana Fox News HAVANA – Cuban and U.S. representatives are set to meet in Havana for a new round of restarted migration talks on Thursday, a signal of the longtime Cold War foes' recent willingness to engage in areas of mutual interest but unlikely to be a harbinger ... State Department confirms US-Cuba migration talks Cuba, United States meet on migration in latest sign of thawing ties Cars for sale: Cuba becomes land of the $250000 family sedan |
 Havana Times | Public and Private Information in Cuba Havana Times A friend, who was writing a piece on the Internet in Cuba, visited the company web-page. The site, which hadn't been updated, only mentioned the number of locales that were initially opened, not the total number, after additional locales were opened. |
 News.Az | 'UNESCO purposely introduces world with Azerbaijani intangible heritage' News.Az The guest of honour at the session was former UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura. The session was chaired by Azerbaijani Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev. In general, as pointed ... At that session, the Representative List of ... |
 The Guardian | Venezuela: beauty queen and Briton killed in world's fourth deadliest nation The Guardian She was a Venezuelan actor, former beauty queen and campaigner for greater awareness of Asperger's syndrome. He was an idealistic Englishman who loved the outdoors and wanted to contribute to his adopted country by starting an eco-tourism business. Beauty queen's slaying a 'blow' to Venezuelans, leader declares |
CTV News | Cuba, United States meet on migration in latest sign of thawing ties KFGO Gross' arrest in late 2009 and sentencing in March 2011 stalled a brief period of detente in U.S.-Cuba relations after Obama took office early in 2009 and quickly loosened restrictions on travel and remittances to the island for Cuban Americans with ... Cuba, US resume migration talks - diplomat US, Cuba to hold migration talks in Havana |
 The Guardian | Cuba's Fidel Castro makes first public appearance in nine months The Guardian The former Cuban president Fidel Castro made his first public appearance in nine months, attending the opening of an art studio in the capital, Havana. Official newspapers and websites on Thursday carried a photo showing a seated, gray-haired Castro ... Cuba's Fidel Castro appears in public for first time since April Fidel Castro has 1st public appearance in 9 months Castro: 'Oswald Could Not Have Been the One Who Killed Kennedy' |
 The Guardian | State Department confirms US-Cuba migration talks MiamiHerald.com Obama administration officials have said the talks do not represent a change in U.S. policy toward Cuba and are consistent with Washington's efforts to ensure safe migration between the two nations. Nearly 25,000 Cuban migrants received U.S. visas in ... US, Cuba to Hold Migration Talks in Havana US and Cuba to hold fresh round of diplomatic talks in Havana |
WHEN the Cuban government said in December that it intended to let the population buy modern cars without requiring permits, many suspected there would be a catch. They were right.The cars, which can only be bought through state-owned suppliers, cost a fortune. A 2013 Peugeot 508, marketed in Europe as an affordable saloon car costing around $30,000, has a price tag of more than a quarter of a million dollars at a rundown showroom in Havana. A Chinese Geely, with more than 80,000 kilometres (50,000 miles) on the clock, is on sale for around $30,000. The average salary in Cuba is less than $20 a month. “What do they think they are selling? Aeroplanes?” jokes Erik, a handyman, as he looks at the price-list. “They don’t want to sell any cars. It’s all a show,” agrees Ernesto, a mechanic.The prices certainly seem designed to deter purchasers. Some even wondered whether there had been a clerical error and prices had been listed in Cuban pesos, Cuba’s local currency, which is worth 24 times less than the dollar-pegged convertible peso (CUC). Another theory is that the high prices are a preview of a widely predicted devaluation of the CUC as part of the government’s commitment to unify the island’s two currencies.A further explanation may lie in the immediate effect of the reform: the elimination of a thriving black-market trade in the permits to buy new cars. For decades these...
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We got our own numbers wrong when we reported estimates for Argentina’s maize harvest in billions of tonnes ("Still lying after all these years!", December 21st 2013). The units should have been in millions. Sorry.
Cars for sale: Cuba becomes land of the $250000 family sedan VOXXI A car dealership worker, right, and a boy clean a used Chinese Geely for sale at a government-run dealership in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. This car once was for sale for $5,000 dollars, but the price has risen to as much as $30,000, after a ... |
 Montreal Gazette | What if Obama wanted to transfer Miami to Cuba so as to lower percentage of ... Mondoweiss As Alex Kane noted yesterday, high Israeli officials are pushing a scheme in which it would “transfer” communities containing 300,000 Palestinian citizens to Palestinian sovereignty under any proposed peace plan so as to bolster the Jewish majority in ... Lead by example: Restore America's global luster |
 Daily Mail | EXCLUSIVE: Miss Venezuela and her British ex were about to get back together ... Daily Mail Ms Spear and Berry were shot dead alongside each other after they were ambushed by thieves when their car broke down on the Puerto-Cabello to Valencia highway in Venezuela's Carabobo state. Their five-year-old daughter Maya survived the shooting after ... Former Miss Venezuela shot dead in attempted robbery |
