Mexicos tourism sector goes up

Latin America News.Net - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Economic activity associated with tourism grew 4 percent in 2012 compared with the year before, Mexico's INEGI statistics service said. Spending by foreign and domestic tourists increased by 4.7 percent last year. In the fourth quarter of 2012, tourism activity topped the same period in 2011 by 4 percent, INEGI said Monday. By segments, spending by domestic tourists rose 4.8 percent, while ...

Paraguay becomes South Americas used car paradise

Latin America News.Net - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Paraguay has become the main destination in South America for used cars from Japan, the US and other countries, thanks to new regulations aimed at making it easier to import automobiles so low-income consumers can purchase vehicles. Used cars are all the rage in Paraguay, where vehicles that have been shipped from thousands of kilometers away are put to use as soon as they are repaired and made ...

Teen Dies of Cancer After Touching Millions With Song

Latin America News.Net - Monday 20th May, 2013

Zach Sobiech, an 18-year-old whose battle with cancer became a global story, has died. The Minnesota native became famous when his song "Clouds,rdquo; which is about facing death, became a viral sensation on YouTube, topping 3 million views. The song was originally released in December of last year. The video was so popular that a group of celebrities were inspired to create a ...

Past Differences Hamper US-Russian Efforts to Help Syria

Latin America News.Net - Monday 20th May, 2013

Public diplomacy experts say a difference in perceptions dating back to the Cold War era could hamper U.S. and Russian efforts to deal with the ongoing civil war in Syria. Heritage Foundation senior fellow Helle Dale said there is a "love-hate" relationship between the United States and Russia that is "quite complicated." On VOA's Encounter program, Dale said she agrees with an ...

Obama Praises Burma Reforms Calls For End to Attacks on Muslims

Latin America News.Net - Monday 20th May, 2013

U.S. President Barack Obama praised Burma's president on Monday for his leadership in pushing through political reforms, while warning that ethnic and communal violence targeting minority Muslims in Burma must stop. Mr. Obama spoke Monday at the White House, alongside Burmese President Thien Sein, the former general who in 2011 became president after Burma's first democratic polls in more ...

Sharif Calls for Peace Talks With Pakistani Taliban

Latin America News.Net - Monday 20th May, 2013

ISLAMABAD Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif, who is set to become prime minister for a third time after his party won recent parliamentary elections, on Monday called for peace talks with domestic Taliban extremists, saying "this is the best optionrdquo; to fight militancy. Addressing newly elected federal and provincial lawmakers of his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party in Lahore, Sharif ...

President Obama To Visit Senegal South Africa Tanzania

Latin America News.Net - Monday 20th May, 2013

The White House says U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Africa this summer, visiting three countries. In a statement Monday, the White House says President Obama along with his wife, Michelle, will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in late June and early July. The administration says Obama will meet with government officials as well as leaders from business, ...

Iran Bars Election Candidacies of Rafsanjani Ahmadinejad Aide

VOA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Iran says a conservative body has barred two prominent figures from competing in next month's presidential election - moderate former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and a leading conservative allied to current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian interior ministry said Tuesday the Guardian Council of clerics and jurists excluded the two politicians from a final list of eight ...

Iconic Clubs Team Up to Grow US Soccer League

VOA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Major League Baseball's New York Yankees and English Premier League football club Manchester City are joining together to enter an expansion team in U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS). The new team will be named New York City Football Club and expects to begin play in 2015 as MLS's 20th franchise. MLS Commissioner Don Garber said "this is a transformational development that will ...

Kerry Visits Oman Seeking Syria Peace Consensus

VOA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has held talks in Oman on his latest stop in a campaign to help arrange an internationally-sponsored Syrian peace ...

UN Works to Contain Disease Epidemics in Two African Countries

VOA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

A child from the Central African Republic receives a measles vaccine in a refugee camp set up by the UNHCR in Nangungue, eastern Cameroon, April 12, ...

Liberace Film Spotlights Gay Rights at Cannes

VOA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

CANNES -- The relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover dazzled at the Cannes film festival on Tuesday and threw the spotlight on gay rights at the movie industry's largest annual gathering. Director Steven Soderbergh said he struggled five years ago to secure funding for "Behind the Candelabra" because some financiers thought the film would only ...

Oklahoma Tornado Victims Share Stories of Survival

VOA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The deadly tornado that ripped through the midwestern state of Oklahoma on Monday left entire neighborhoods flattened, homes, businesses and schools destroyed. As emergency workers sift through the wreckage Tuesday, survivors are sharing their experiences. Among the countless buildings struck by the three-kilometer-wide tornado were two elementary schools - hit just as students were about to ...

Jordan Army Turns Back Syrian Refugees at Border

VOA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

A girl wears a headband in the colors of the Syrian revolutionary flag and painted her face with hearts during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, May 17, ...

Former Texas Marine kidnapped in Mexico

New York Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Armando Torres, 27 A former Marine from Texas who served for seven years has been kidnapped by armed men in Mexico, his family said.Armando Torres, 27, crossed the Los Indios Bridge in Brownsville, Texas on Tuesday night to visit his dad and was supposed to return Wednesday morning.Torres' uncle, Eduardo Torres, says he's worried and claims he and two other family members from Mexico ...

Condor Blanco Mines to update drill results from Carachapampa in Chile

MENAFN - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Condor Blanco Mines (ASX: CDB) has been granted a trading halt by the ASX, with its shares placed in pre-open, pending an announcement regarding drilling results from the Carachapampa gold-silver project located in Northern Chile.The current drilling program at the project has been using two diamond drill rigs, with double shifts on both rigs ...

Arena Pernambuco the sixth Brazil 2014 stadium to be handed over

FIFA - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Arena Pernambuco was unveiled this Monday 20 May with a game of football between some of the workers who helped in its construction, thus making it the sixth 2014 FIFA World Cup™ stadium to be handed ...

Xis Latin American tour to enhance co-op

China Daily - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Latin America n nations to further increase political trust and consolidate friendship with them, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday. Hong Lei's comments at a press briefing came after Qin Gang, also a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, announced earlier Tuesday that Xi will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6. Hong said ...

More Idaho wheat sold for feed exports to Mexico drop

Capital Press - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

SEAN ELLIS Capital PressBOISE -- After increasing significantly in 2012, Idaho wheat exports to Mexico dropped considerably during the first quarter of 2013. The drop was caused by very high corn prices last year that resulted in a lot of Idaho wheat being sent through feed channels, according to industry experts. "Because of the price of corn, we had millions of bushels of wheat go to ...

Violin welcomes new grand master flash flogger

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Flash array startup Violin Memory has hired Steven Rose to head up both the EMEA and Latin America operations.Rose's appointment was announced on 16 May, and he will, Violin said, "lead regional market awareness [and] go-to-market ...

D.C. organizing biz trade missions to Colombia South Africa Toronto

Business Journal - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Interested in globe hopping for the sake of your business? Now's your chance, with ExportDC. The District's Department of Small and Local Business Development on Tuesday released its calendar of upcoming trade missions to the membership of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Between June and September, they'll hit four continents, a pair of Caribbean islands and, for those wanting to stay ...

Cuba lifts import ban on domestic appliances

The Guardian - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Cuba has authorised individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 amid a wave of energy shortages and blackouts.Islanders can now bring up to two such appliances per person into the country for noncommercial purposes. The list of approved items includes air conditioners with a capacity of less than one ton, ovens that ...