By David Jessop
News Americas, LONDON, England, Weds. Feb. 22, 2012: When in the 1980s it became apparent that Europe’s preferential regimes for bananas and sugar were coming to an end, an impassioned debate began about a transition to other forms of economic activity.
For the most part the language...
News Americas, HOUSTON, Texas, Fri. Feb. 17, 2012: The former Sir R. Allen Stanford, the man U.S. federal prosecutors accuse of a $7 billion investor scam through certificates of deposit in an offshore bank, saw his adopted country of Antigua and Barbuda as a “crown jewel.”
The disclosure came from...
By Felicia Persaud
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Feb. 17, 2012: The term “Piranha” is defined as any of several tropical American freshwater fishes that are voraciously carnivorous and often attack and destroy living animals. The word came to mind this week as I sought for a description of...
News Americas, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Weds. Feb. 15, 2012: The Caribbean region saw a growth in last year in tourist arrivals to its shore, Statistical Specialist of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, Sean Smith, revealed today.
Smith said the region welcomed an estimated 23.8 million tourists in 2011,...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — In meeting with the President of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Desire Delano Bouterse and the Bureau of Heads of Government during CARICOM’s two-day mission to Haiti, Haiti’s Minister of the Interior, Thierry Mayard-Paul stressed...
News Americas, LOS ANGELES, CA, Tues. Feb. 14, 2012: Those fans watching Adele’s first post surgery performance at the Grammy’s Sunday night, may also have caught sight of her pianist, who accompanied her during her performance of “Rolling In The Deep.”
He is Miles Robertson, Adele’s musical...
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Dr. Ivonne Chirino-Klevans, program director for Walden University’s Center for International Programs, will speak at the opening of The Hispanic Educational Technology Services (HETS) Consortium Second Annual Best Practices Showcase, Feb. 16–17,...
Rihanna performs on the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 12 in Los Angeles (Photo: Lester Cohen/WireImage.com) News Americas, LOS ANGELES, CA, Mon. Feb. 13, 2012: Several Latin artists and two Caribbean singers last night walked away with Grammys from the 54th Grammy Award that was marked by somber...
By David Jessop
News Americas, LONDON, England, Mon. Feb. 13, 2012: Last March, Cuba’s Sixth Party Congress took what its leadership described as an irrevocable decision and adopt a large number of economic guidelines that will gradually reform, decentralize and liberalize aspects of the Cuban state....
