 Yahoo News | Cuba accepts negotiations with EU Yahoo News Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez speaks during a press conference in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, March 6, 2014. Cuba officially accepted an invitation from the European Union to normalize its political dialogue between the two sides. |
 Tico Times | 30 percent of murders in the world happen in Latin America and the Caribbean Tico Times Despite having only 9 percent of the world's population, Latin America and the Caribbean register more than 30 percent of the world's homicides, according to a security expert at the World Bank. Rodrigo Serrano-Berthet, the World Bank's citizen ... |
What Is Happening in Venezuela? Truth-Out On February 12th, (Venezuelan Youth Day and the commemoration of the independence battle of La Victoria) some university students and traditional conservative opposition groups took to the streets in Venezuela. In Caracas students and others attacked a ... |
 The Maritime Executive | Cruise ship rescues 24 Cuban migrants in Caribbean MiamiHerald.com A passing Carnival cruise ship has rescued 24 Cubans stranded in a wooden boat for five days, part of an apparently increasing number of would-be migrants setting off from the southeastern end of Cuba and trying to reach the United States. Caymans-bound cruise ship plucks Cuban migrants from wooden boat |
Cuba accepts negotiations with EU New Zealand Herald The EU resumed low-level contacts with Cuba in 2008, two years after Raul Castro took over from his older brother Fidel and started granting Cubans more freedom, including the right to travel and buy property. EU officials announced last they would ... |
 Space News | Latin American Exchange Rates Take Toll on Hispasat's Earnings Space News PARIS — Fast-growing satellite fleet operator Hispasat of Spain on March 5 said it hit a plateau in 2013 as its increasing presence in Latin America — a plus given the region's growth profile — suffered from foreign-exchange effects. Madrid-based ... Hispasat increases income, LATAM gains importance |
Alan Gross, imprisoned by Cuba, left behind by Obama Daily Caller An American citizen has been unjustly imprisoned by the communist government of Cuba for over four years. He has lost over 100 lbs, according to his wife, and has pleaded for the U.S. government to come to his aid. He suffers depression as his days ... |
 Havana Times | Cuba agrees to open talks with EU on new political accord Reuters On February 10, the EU agreed to begin negotiations with Cuba to increase trade, investment and dialogue on human rights in its most significant diplomatic shift since Brussels lifted sanctions on the communist-ruled country in 2008. Cuban Foreign ... Cuba Accepts EU Offer for Negotiations Cuba accepts negotiations with EU Cuba accepts EU invitation to talk on improving ties, says open to discussing ... |
PLDT presents 2014 Bb. Pilipinas pageant Philippine Star The Miss Universe organizers are reportedly coming for the occasion, along with reigning Miss Universe Gabriela Isler (of Venezuela) who will crown the new Bb. Pilipinas-Universe. Three other Binibini titles are at stake: International, Supranational ... |
 AFP | Cuba agrees to open talks with EU on new political accord Reuters On February 10, the EU agreed to begin negotiations with Cuba to increase trade, investment and dialogue on human rights in its most significant diplomatic shift since Brussels lifted sanctions on the communist-ruled country in 2008. Rodriguez said ... Cuba agrees to negotiate with EU on normalizing ties |
Scotiabank's Porter Says Latin America Focus Trumps Asia Bloomberg Bank of Nova Scotia Chief Executive Officer Brian Porter said the lender sees the most potential for expansion in Mexico, Peru, Chile and Colombia, countries with economic stability and a rising middle class. His view puts Latin America back in the ... |
Encore une fois, Marois? “IT CAN’T be that every annual salary negotiation makes it a strain just to begin the school year,” said President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during a speech to Congress on March 1st. Yes it can.Strikes this week delayed the start of classes in 19 of Argentina’s 24 districts, after provincial unions and governments failed to reach agreements about wage rises. Negotiations between the national government and federal unions, which are meant to set a minimum benchmark for the provinces, also foundered. With some unions demanding more than 40% hikes, the national government and Buenos Aires’s provincial government, the most influential negotiators, offered increases of just 22% and 25.5% this year respectively. The unions called the proposals “a provocation”.Tension had been expected. The teachers’ unions want salary rises above Argentina’s galloping inflation rate. Since the start of the year the government has devalued the Argentine peso by over 20%, causing inflation expectations to spike. According to Eduardo Levy Yeyati of Elypsis, a consultancy, prices are expected to jump by 32% this year. And now that the government has started publishing more realistic data, it cannot simply pretend the problem of rising prices does not exist.The teachers’ unions have a strong hand. In December provincial police squeezed 35-100% pay increases out of their employers. Public-sector...
 Human Events | Opening up Cuba Human Events Freyre, who also is president of Foundation for Normalization of US-Cuba Relations, said she has seen “substantial changes” over the last year and a half and relations are “going smoothly” between the two countries. “We've been patient for the past 50 ... Steve Paul: Cuba's fine arts museum loses nearly 100 works to theft Opening up Cuba: Is it time to end the embargo? |
Experts: Cuba Contrives Its Healthcare Statistics Newsmax.com Harkin visited the communist country in January, telling reporters after his visit that while Cuba is poor, its "public health system is quite remarkable," and that it has a lower child mortality rate and a higher life expectancy than the United States ... |
Cuba's confusing dual currency system VOXXI It took me months to understand where and when it was appropriate to use one currency or the other, and I had more than my fair share of embarrassing moments trying to pay with the wrong one (luckily, my Cuban friends or relatives almost always caught ... |
 Economic Times | Latin America, Emerging Markets, Drive Shift in Tech Industry's Priorities Latin Post One of the only segments driving smartphone adoption in the future will be new markets in places like Latin America and Asia, though China's smartphone market - which is the biggest in the world - also looks like it is maturing and slowing down. Some ... Emerging markets will not drive global PC growth - IDC |
 Haaretz | LA mayor on trade, tourism mission in Mexico City says Obama should cut ... The Province MEXICO CITY - U.S. President Barack Obama should cut deportations of migrants and focus resources on the 2 million people in the U.S. who are eligible to become citizens, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday during a visit to Mexico's capital. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announces USC, Bank of Mexico fellowship ... |
 Breaking Travel News | The Finest Spa Resorts in Cuba Breaking Travel News There are many things that come to my mind when thinking of Cuba, from music, dancing and cigars to lavish architecture and streets filled with vintage cars. This list ... These are just a few of the many spa resorts that you can visit on this ... |
