Weekly Address: Time to Pass Bipartisan Legislation to Extend Emergency Unemployment Insurance

In this week’s address, President Obama says Congress should act to extend emergency unemployment insurance for more than one million Americans who have lost this vital economic lifeline while looking for a job.



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VIDEO: Spain enters Panama Canal row

The Spanish government is in talks with Panama to try to resolve a row over the expansion of the Panama Canal.



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Record-breaking tourism year in 2013 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Record-breaking tourism year in 2013 Sarasota Herald-Tribune ... 5:08 p.m.. Last Modified: Friday, January 3, 2014 at 5:08 p.m.. The year 2013 closed on a high note for hoteliers and others in the Southwest Florida tourism industry, logging a third consecutive year of record breaking growth and high expectations ...

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Cuba pierde a uno de sus fieles amantes

La presentación del libro Los orishas en Cuba a principios de los años noventa, en la UNEAC, devino una suerte de concentración frente a la Sala Rubén Martínez Villena. Había personas hasta en la calle 17. Yo estaba allí porque no le podía fallar a la autora, Natalia Bolívar, porque el libro ya yo lo tenía con una preciosa dedicatoria. Natalia con su batón largo y un montón de collares, de momento para mi asombro, sonrió y caminó hacia un sacerdote que se acercaba, vestido con larga sotana, y también con una sonrisa en los labios, era Monseñor Carlos Manuel de Céspedes.



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Falleció monseñor Carlos Manuel de Céspedes García-Menocal, destacado religioso e intelectual cubano (+ Video)

En la mañana de este viernes falleció en esta capital, Monseñor Carlos Manuel de Céspedes García-Menocal, vicario episcopal del Arzobispado de La Habana, quien dedicó su vida a la Iglesia Católica y a su país. Se desempeñó como rector del Seminario "San Carlos y San Ambrosio”, director del Secretariado General de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Cuba, canciller del Arzobispado. Destacado intelectual, escritor y profesor, fue Miembro de la Academia Cubana de la Lengua



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The Two Latin Americas - Wall Street Journal

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The Two Latin Americas Wall Street Journal "That is not the Latin America that I see in the future. I see the future in countries like Chile—which has been a good example of how to do things for a while—Colombia, Peru and Mexico." In 2014, the Pacific Alliance trade bloc (consisting of Mexico ... Our economy would benefit from sending students to study abroad

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Latin America and Caribbean economy to grow 3% in 2014: IDB - Amandala

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Latin America and Caribbean economy to grow 3% in 2014: IDB Amandala The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is forecasting that economic growth in the Latin America and Caribbean region, which includes Belize, will amount to 3% during 2014, according to a report released earlier this week. It said that during 2013 ... IDB: Caribbean/Latin American region economy shows growth in 2013 Latin American M&A volume drops 24% in 2013

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