By pure chance I stumbled on Caracas’s “Parque del Este”, which now takes its name from Francisco de Miranda, the Venezuelan revolutionary of 200 years ago. I knew of its existence, but didn’t imagine how alluring it would turn out to be for me, fed up with the hustle and bustle of the city.
Read MoreIn a move seen as a sign that gender will be important in her government, Brazil’s president-elect Dilma Rousseff is preparing a Cabinet that is one-third women.
Read MoreFidel Castro lectured Cuban university students on Wednesday. The former president and still leader of the Cuban Communist Party supported the economic measures being taken by the government of his brother President Raul Castro. He also continued to warn on the international front of the need to eliminate nuclear weapons, the challenges posed by world population growth and what he called the United States attempts “to ruin China.”
Read MoreTwo initiatives of the administration of President Mauricio Funes in El Salvador, aimed at increasing competition in the pharmaceutical industry in order to bring down the cost of medicines, are being fought by the opposition in Congress.
Read MoreFor many, Costa Rica embodies the notion of a country committed to taking care of its natural environment. But Costa Rican activists beg to differ, and have a list of the actions that contradict the country’s green “for-export” image.
Read MorePeople are talking about the upcoming 32nd Havana Film Festival at bus stops, in lines at markets and in cinemas box offices. The word is now circulating in the street: there’s only a little time left before the beginning of the Dec. 2-12 event.
Read MoreThe ability of most Cubans to buy building materials at market prices and whether the government stores can meet demand are two of the big questions posed by the wage earning population.
Read MoreCuba “deserves the backing of Latin America and of the entire region so that by respecting its culture, its political system, its people can move forward,” Juan Carlos Varela, vice president and foreign minister of Panama, affirmed in statements to the press at the start of the talks with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez. Varela travelled to the island to strengthen bilateral cooperation and explore possibilities in areas such as tourism, health and the hotel and pharmaceutical industries.
Read MoreCuban agricultural authorities are creating farms throughout the island to recover the production of fruit, a crop that has been depressed for many years due to neglect, lack of incentives for producers and lack of seed banks.
Read MoreRussia’s Gazprom Neft Oil Company acquired 30 per cent of a project operated by Malaysia’s Petronas Oil Company for the exploration in four blocks of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico, announced Alexander Dyukov, director of that state-run entity.
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