Daily Headlines: September 4, 2013

via The Latin Americanist http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/2013/09/daily-headlines-september-4-2013.html

Touring Cuba from two wheels - The Province

The Province

Touring Cuba from two wheels The Province The day started off well, as I was able to reassemble my bicycle — taken apart and put in a flat box for the flight — in under an hour in front of the Hotel Barcelo on the western side of the city. But I had little idea of the anxious moments that ...

via Travel Cuba - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH9iu-McS5-X8ify4eqvYjgoh63Ug&url=http://www.theprovince.com/travel/Touring%2BCuba%2Bfrom%2Bwheels/8864543/story.html

Mexican Senate backs education bill

Senators in Mexico vote in favour of a bill which introduces mandatory performance evaluations for teachers, a move opposed by some unions.



via BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23955920#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Luis Miguel Adds Extra Dates To His 2013 'The Hits Tour' - Latinos Post

Luis Miguel Adds Extra Dates To His 2013 'The Hits Tour' Latinos Post After 60 concerts both in North and South America in 2012, singer Luis Miguel has announced shows in ten more cities in the United States, as well as in Perú, Venezuela and Colombia, according to a statement published on his official Web site. The ...

via tourism in Venezuela - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNETXJRfJQfI_VMGmDzFTg3k6dyujw&url=http://www.latinospost.com/articles/26828/20130904/luis-miguel-adds-extra-dates-2013-hits-tour.htm

Peru's textile exports drop 16% in Jan-July'13 - Fibre2fashion.com

Peru's textile exports drop 16% in Jan-July'13 Fibre2fashion.com The exports of textiles and apparel from the South American country of Peru have declined by 16 percent year-on-year during the first seven months of 2013, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Magali Silva Velarde-Alvarez has said. During a ...

via tourism in Venezuela - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEGeVFNzgI4M90o7B0aWC5-Set3eA&url=http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textile-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id%3D151497

Latin America's Doc Deficit: Brazil, a Continental Giant, Still Needs to ... - TIME

Latin America's Doc Deficit: Brazil, a Continental Giant, Still Needs to ... TIME A Brazilian prosecutor is investigating whether President Dilma Rousseff's government violated federal labor laws by recruiting 4,000 Cuban physicians this month to work in remote areas like the Amazon. That's just the latest wrinkle in Brazil's ...

via Latin america - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFD70Kn6EpFiuy_So0Lk-0EMYdVVg&url=http://world.time.com/2013/09/04/latin-americas-doctor-woes-brazil-a-continental-giant-still-needs-to-import-cuban-medics/

Iran Aggressively Recruiting 'Invisible Army' of Latin American Converts to ... - TheBlaze.com

TheBlaze.com

Iran Aggressively Recruiting 'Invisible Army' of Latin American Converts to ... TheBlaze.com Iran is recruiting an “invisible army” of revolutionary sympathizers in Latin America to infiltrate the U.S. through the “soft belly” of the southern border, U.S. officials and national security experts told TheBlaze. And they're using one website in ...

via Latin america - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNG8IBsE5RRBHmIsOS4pCWq9uXNGZA&url=http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09/03/iran-aggressively-recruiting-invisible-army-of-latin-american-converts-to-infiltrate-u-s-through-southern-border/