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Cayman Islands Football Association to host women’s USA University football friendlies The Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) will host the women’s football team from the University Of New Haven (UNH) in March for two friendly matches. The University of New…
Day of the Woman Entrepreneur: A movement in the making
Dane Stangler Dane Stangler , Contributor From Forbes By Alicia Robb, senior fellow, Kauffman Foundation Last month, I attended WeXchange in Miami, which is the first Latin American forum focused on connecting and empowering female entrepreneurs with high-growth businesses. Hosted…
Zany traditions from Latin America to ring in the New Year
By Sandra Guzman From NBC News To welcome the New Year, Peruvians place three potatoes under a sofa and choose one to forecast the year ahead—broke, average or bountiful. At midnight, for good fortune, many Latinos quickly munch on grapes…
Cable & Wireless Communications announces unique partnership with ‘over-the-top’ music streaming service Deezer
CWC Customers across 15 markets in Latin America and the Caribbean can now access more than 35 million songs via Deezer’s Music Streaming Service December 29th, 2014 — Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) today announced that it has signed a…
China-Latin America relations strengthened in 2014
By Pu Zhendong in Beijin From China Daily Latin America China-Latin America relations reached a “new height” last year as a more confident and proactive China laid out strategic cornerstones to prop up a “major-country diplomacy” that features stabilizing neighborhood,…
Nicaragua’s Grand Canal: The other side of the story
By Mark Burton and Chuck Kaufman from Liberation Nicaragua’s Grand Canal: The other side of the story Nicaragua is on the verge of beginning construction of a trans-isthmus canal, a dream that goes back to the colonial era. The canal…
Re-engagement with Cuba: The strategic calculus
By R. Evan Ellis From War on the Rocks Yesterday’s (17) decision by President Obama to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba will be highly controversial domestically, but popular internationally. The normalization of ties between these two foes has potential to…
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Cayman Islands businessman pleads guilty to distributing narcotics Cayman Islands businessman, Bryce Merren (47), has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute drugs. Merren appeared in a US court in Puerto Rico on Thursday (11 December) and agreed to a plea…
“Climate change impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean: Confronting the new climate normal”
By Jorge Familiar Washington, D.C., United States from The World Bank Climate change is a clear and dire threat to Latin America and the Caribbean. A threat in which the region has had little or no role in the making,…
CELAC coordinators prepare third summit in Costa Rica
San José, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) The National Coordinators of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) prepare the third summit of the regional bloc, scheduled for next January 28 and 29 in Costa Rica. Representatives of the…