Saturday, October 12, 2013

Cuba Makes Room for Private Initiative in Tourism Sector - Latin American Herald Tribune








Latin American Herald Tribune



Cuba Makes Room for Private Initiative in Tourism Sector

Latin American Herald Tribune

In like manner, tourist agencies and entities will be able to book the services of private individuals or the self-employed to organize excursions for groups of visitors such as rides on horseback, in carriages or in classic or antique automobiles that ...









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US monitors South American comms: Assange - The Australian








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US monitors South American comms: Assange

The Australian

"That permits the US to predict in some ways the behaviour of Latin American leaders and interests, and it also permits them to blackmail. Nearly every significant person in Latin America is blackmailable by the US," the Australian journalist and ...

Assange: 'Snowden safe but journalists dealing with him at risk' (FULL VIDEO)









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Weekly Address: Let’s Get Back to the Work of the American People

In this week’s address, President Obama discussed his meetings with members of Congress of both parties and the ongoing effort to reopen the government and remove the danger of default from our economy. The President urged Congress to pass a budget, put people back to work, and end this shutdown. In his message, the President also called for paying our bills to prevent an economic shutdown.



via President Obama's Weekly Address http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2013/10/12/weekly-address-let-s-get-back-work-american-people

Nazi war criminal dies at 100

Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, who was serving a life sentence for his role in the massacre of hundreds at Italy's Ardeatine Caves in 1944, has died, his lawyer said Friday.



via CNN.com - Latin America http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/11/world/europe/italy-nazi-criminal-death/index.html

Robin Hood tenía razón

Robin Hood tenía razón. Lo que más ansía la humanidad es el compartir los bienes de la Tierra y los frutos del trabajo humano. O sea una verdadera comunión. Mientras tanto la riqueza y el poder, que casi siempre van asociados, ciegan a quienes los poseen, y los vuelve incapaces de colocarse en el lugar del otro, de aquel que sufre o padece la exclusión social. Y para que la ceguera no sea acusada de indiferencia criminal e inhumana, se inventan teorías económicas e ideologías que justifiquen y legitimen la aberración como algo natural.



via Cubadebate http://www.cubadebate.cu/opinion/2013/10/12/robin-hood-tenia-razon/

Gobernanza de Internet: ¿Llegó la hora del multilateralismo?

¿Habrá llegado la hora al multilateralismo en la gobernanza global de Internet. Creo que es muy temprano para echar las campanas al vuelo. Pero definitivamente la situación actual presenta una oportunidad única en los últimos años para lograr una verdadera democratización de la gobernanza global de Internet.



via Cubadebate http://www.cubadebate.cu/opinion/2013/10/12/gobernanza-de-internet-llego-la-hora-del-multilateralismo/

Friday, October 11, 2013

Venezuelan authorities investigate forex fraud in sale of plane tickets - El Universal








El Universal



Venezuelan authorities investigate forex fraud in sale of plane tickets

El Universal

Minister of Tourism Andrés Izarra has stated that foreign exchange fraud is committed in Venezuela in connection with the sales of airplane tickets to travel abroad. "Some travel agents and tourism operators are cashing in on the exchange differential ...









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