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Breaking News Sat, 19 May 2012
View from the corridor south to Punta Pacfica, in the photo you can see various buildings in construction.Construction boom in Panama City.
Culture   Holiday   Panama   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Panama  
 The Guardian 
Panama: a hot holiday destination?
| It tops lists of hot destinations for 2012 and is sold as the ideal introduction to Latin America, but does it live up to the hype? Tranquilo Bay ecolodge private jetty, Panama. Photographs: Gemma B... (photo: Creative Commons / Hollic)
Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Costarica   Golf   Photos   Tourism   Travel   Wikipedia: Costa Rica  
 The Examiner 
World Travel Awards: Costa Rica's Leading Golf Resorts
| Graham E. Cook established the World Travel Awards in 1993 to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in 1993 to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in all sectors of the travel and tourism industry.Â... (photo: Creative Commons / Mariordo)
Coffee bean -Kerala-India.  The Gleaner 
Coffee farmers get fertiliser to increase crop production
| Christopher Serju, Gleaner Writer | The Coffee Industry Board (CIB) is soon to begin distribution of fertiliser to between 5,000 and 6,000 registered farmers through licensed coffee dealers. This fo... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Agriculture   Coffee   Industry   Photos  
 In a common practice to buy and sell goods in tall apartment buildings, a woman lowers a basket on a rope to the street in Old Havana, Friday, July 27, 2007, next to a hanging photograph of Fidel Castro. Life has remained little changed in communist-run  BBC News 
Cuba's crumbling buildings mean Havana housing shortage
Havana is beguiling from a distance, especially its old colonial buildings bathed in tropical sunshine. But up close this city is crumbling. | Number 69 on the Malecon, the city's long seafront, ... (photo: AP/Rodrigo Abd)
Construction   Cuba   Economy   Photos   Wikipedia: Cuba  
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Wind turbines - wind farm - wind energy - renewable energy Reuters
Mexican wind energy boom plays out on gusty shores
| * Natural wind tunnel feeds electric grid | * 26-storey turbines blossom across region | By David Alire Garcia | LA VENTOSA, Mexico, May 14 (Reuters) - On an arid plain... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Energy   Mexico   Photos   Wikipedia: Mexico   Wind  
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gives a speech upon his arrival to Simon Bolivar international airport in Maiquetia near Caracas, Venezuela, late Friday, May 11, 2012. Deccan Chronicle
Chavez returns declaring success in fight against cancer
| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home from Havana on Saturday, declaring success in his fight against cancer after a week in which he received what was suppose... (photo: AP / Miraflores Press Office, Efrain Gonzalez)
Cancer   Health   Photos   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Hugo Chávez  
A farmer uses the conventional method of tending to his crops. A carabao helps with plowing the rice field. Newstrack India
Cuba to invest $450 mn to boost rice production
| Havana, May 12 (IANS/EFE) Cuba said it plans to invest up to $450 million over the next few years in a programme to increase domestic rice production, which remains ins... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Cuba   Havana   Investment   Photos   Wikipedia: Cuba  
Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gather for a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday March 10, 2012. BBC News
Hugo Chavez ends 'successful' Cuba cancer treatment
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned from Cuba, saying he has successfully completed his radiotherapy treatment for cancer. | TV images showed Mr Chavez hugging ... (photo: AP / Fernando Llano)
Chavez   Cuba   Photos   Treatment   Wikipedia: Hugo Chávez  
A view of the Classic Maya city of Palenque  which flourished in the sixth and seventh centuries, one of the many examples of the accomplishments of Mesoamerican civilization.() France24
Earliest Mayan calendar shows no hint of 'world end'
| AFP - The earliest known Mayan calendar has been found in an ancient house in Guatemala and it offers no hint that the world's end is imminent, researchers said Thursda... (photo: Creative Commons / Harenb01)
Ancient   Maya   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Maya calendar   World  
gazebo of Selva Negra Mountain Resort in Matagalpa.Every year about 60,000 U.S. citizens visit Nicaragua, primarily business people, tourists, and those visiting relatives. TravelDailyNews
Nicaragua Tourism website debuts new feature to streamline vacation planning
Nicaragua, one of Central America's hottest (and safest) tourist destination, has unveiled a website feature to make traveling to "the land of lakes and volcanoes&qu... (photo: Creative Commons / Serenityweb1)
America   Market   Nicaragua   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Nicaragua  
 Hotel Nacional de Cuba(sl1) Newstrack India
Cuba to increase hotel capacity
| Havana, May 10 (IANS/EFE) Cuba is intending to increase its hotel capacity on its offshore keys and islets to take advantage of the economic opportunities offered by to... (photo: Creative Commons )
Cuba   Hotel   Photos   Tourism   Travel   Wikipedia: Cuba  
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds up flowers thrown by supporters during his caravan from Miraflores presidential palace to the airport in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday Feb. 24, 2012. Chavez bid an emotional goodbye to soldiers and supporters and waved to crowded streets in Caracas on his way to Cuba for urgent surgery to remove a tumor he says is probably malignant. The Independent
Hugo Chavez tells Venezuela: I'm in charge
| "I'm fulfilling my duties as head of state – but in this unique situation which I will be out of in the next few days," he declared, sounding firm. "So... (photo: AP / Fernando Llano)
Chavez   Disease   Photos   Venezuela   Wikipedia: Hugo Chávez  
Fajardo, Puerto Rico The Examiner
Restaurant Week comes to Puerto Rico
| In a continuous effort to position Puerto Rico as the ultimate culinary destination of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico Restaurant Week comes to the Island from May 14 to 20,... (photo: Public Domain / Mtmelendez)
Caribbean   Photos   PuertoRico   Restaurant   Tourism   Wikipedia: Puerto Rico  
Business & Economy Sport
- Repsol: Exploratory oil well off Cuba comes up dry
- Prospectors ready to tap buried gold
- Mexico's Ortiz says Greece exit could be worse than Lehm
- Mexico's Ortiz says Greece exit could be worse than Lehm
View from the corridor south to Punta Pacfica, in the photo you can see various buildings in construction.Construction boom in Panama City.
Panama: a hot holiday destination?
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- Former York City player Andre Boucaud expected to miss out o
- Russians Thrash Thais at Volleyball Qualifer
- St. Louis' Rafael Furcal says Dee Gordon will be fine
- Pitt athletes’ mission: Haiti
Tamarindo, Costa Rica
World Travel Awards: Costa Rica's Leading Golf Resorts
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Political Issues Global Trade
- Sean Penn says Haiti was 'abandoned' by the world
- Growing jihadist presence in Mexico causes alarm
- Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
- U.S. won't return child kidnapped from Guatemala
Pinochet's supporters gather outside the Military Academy as they try to see the casket with the remains of former military ruler Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Santiago, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006. Pinochet, who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990 after a military coup, died Sunday from heart complications at the age of 91. Pinochet's casket was carried slowly atop a gun carriage to a waiting helicopter to be taken to an undisclosed cemetery for cremation.
Chile's hunt continues for Pinochet millions
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- Oil well in Cuba comes up dry, raises questions about future
- Negotiate exchange with Cuba
- Caribbean urged to seek trade links with Central America
- New York meets Cuba in art-fair chef exchange
CONSTANTINE PALACE, STRELNA. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at a plenary meeting of the Russia - EU Summit.
Silvio Berlusconi: girls performed bunga bunga 'in exchange for cash and apartments'
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Society & Culture Health
- Haiti attracts attention courtesy of sean penn
- Cannes guests bid up to $255,656 at Haiti auction
- Cannes guests bid up to $255,656 at Haiti auction
- Cannes guests bid up to $255,656 at Haiti auction
 In a common practice to buy and sell goods in tall apartment buildings, a woman lowers a basket on a rope to the street in Old Havana, Friday, July 27, 2007, next to a hanging photograph of Fidel Castro. Life has remained little changed in communist-run
Cuba's crumbling buildings mean Havana housing shortage
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- Police: Ohio tourist fatally run over in Jamaica
- Police: Ohio Tourist Fatally Run Over in Jamaica
- Cannes guests bid up to $255,656 at Haiti auction
- Aleppo, Syria: Syria's largest city sees biggest protest
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gives a speech upon his arrival to Simon Bolivar international airport in Maiquetia near Caracas, Venezuela, late Friday, May 11, 2012.
Chavez returns declaring success in fight against cancer
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Science & Technology Human Rights
- 200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf of Mexico
- 200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf of Mexico
- 200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf of Mexico
- 200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf of Mexico
A view of the Classic Maya city of Palenque  which flourished in the sixth and seventh centuries, one of the many examples of the accomplishments of Mesoamerican civilization.()
Earliest Mayan calendar shows no hint of 'world end'
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- Mexico Detains Third General Tied to Drug Cartel
- Mexico detains 3 generals believed tied to drug cartels
- Danny Glover: the good cop
- Journalist kidnapped and killed in northern Mexico
The heavy co$t of AIDS - With global funds to dry up, Jamaica in peril
The heavy co$t of AIDS - With global funds to dry up, Jamaica in peril
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