Rescuing educational quality in Latin America & the Caribbean
By Jorge Familiar Calderón From DaVibes If it hadn’t been for my sixth grade teacher, I probably would have never spelled correctly in Spanish. But when I quietly confessed to her one afternoon that I had never learned the rules…
China could help with Argentina’s $1.5B debt
By Chaka Phillips “A look at China’s impact on Latin America and the Caribbean Region” China and Latin America’s business arrangement seems to go as far back as 2000. Now China’s influence is growing not just in Latin American countries,…
Stronger minimum wage elusive in Caribbean – ECLAC forum told
From Guyana Times Work is the master key for advancing towards greater equality in Latin American and Caribbean countries, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Antonio Prado said last week at an…
Raul Castro addresses Meeting of leaders of China, Latin American and the Caribbean Brasilia
FromEurasia Review REMARKS OF RAUL CASTRO RUZ AT MEETING OF LEADERS OF CHINA, LATIN AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN BRASILIA By Raul Castro Ruz Her Excellency Mrs. Dilma Rousseff, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Esteemed comrade Xi Jinping, President…
Cuba-United States – Something is moving
By Ignacio Ramonet From Caribbean360 PARIS, France, Monday July 7, 2014, IPS – In ‘Hard Choices’, her new book about her experiences as Secretary of State during U.S. President Barack Obama’s first term (2008-2012), Hillary Clinton writes something of prime…
A tennis hawk/ICAP
Wimbledon hired a hawk to scare the pigeons away By Jason G. Goldman From Animals io9 Wimbledon Hired A Hawk To Scare The Pigeons The Wimbledon tennis championships started today, and if you pay close attention, you might notice an…
Take the Test, Take Control – Know your HIV Status
Free HIV testing will be available for all Cayman Islands residents during HIV Testing Week 2014 from Monday, 23 to Saturday, 28 June 2014. The Health Services Authority (HSA), the Cayman AIDS Foundation (CAF) and the Cayman Islands Red Cross…
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Cayman bomb hoaxer gets suspended sentence James Bernie Williams (53) was very lucky to get only a two year suspended sentence for carrying out a bomb hoax a week before Christmas at the Ritz Carlton and the Caribbean Club on…
NOAA, Inter-American Development Bank Sign MOU to Help Latin American, Caribbean Nations Prepare, Respond To Severe Weather
NOAA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Inter-American Development Bank to explore cooperation in promoting programs and projects that use NOAA satellite imagery to quickly mobilize resources to areas in Latin America and the Caribbean affected by life-threatening storms,…
Mexico to invest $A15B in tourism
From Perth Now MEXICO plans to invest 180 billion pesos ($A14.84 billion) in tourism infrastructure to turn the country into a global power in the industry, President Enrique Pe’a Nieto says. “Mexico has everything necessary to become a tourism power…
