Politics crippling Latin American universities MiamiHerald.com By Andres Oppenheimer The appointment of Venezuelan-born Rafael Reif as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last week raises an interesting question: why are so many Latin Americans excelling in the world's best universities, ... |
Tony Bennett brings Latin duets recording sessions to Broward County Sun-Sentinel By Doreen Hemlock, Sun Sentinel It's a novel way to lure Latin American tourists: Team up with singer Tony Bennett on his new duets album with Latin American stars and host them to record some songs and videos in Broward County. |
Latin fever sweeps Korea The Korea Herald A series of exhibitions, concerts, performances and lectures will be presented as part of the 2012 Latin American Cultural Festival under way across Seoul. Under the slogan “Latin fever, meets Korea,” the festival is a part of cross cultural exchange ... |
Travel the World for Free Fox News Michael Wigge left Berlin without a penny and traveled 25000 miles to Antarctica, hitchhiking, bartering and working his way by ship, plane, car and foot, from Europe to Canada and the US and then through Latin America. A series about his project, ... |
 Stuff.co.nz | 'Voice of Mexico' shaped the country's cultura life The Australian ONE of Latin America's most respected and famous writers, Carlos Fuentes wrote numerous novels, plays, essays and political articles. He was a well-known figure on the Left in Mexico, and was part of Latin America's literary movement, El Boom, ... Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dies American government critic dies |
Spain's Latin America Assets Threatened by Back-to-Back Seizures Bloomberg Grupo Ezentis (EZE) is a Spanish engineering company that builds and runs phone and power-cable networks in Spain and Latin America. “About two-thirds of the company's revenue comes from Latin America, and it keeps on growing,” said Chairman Manuel ... |
Chilean Peso Trims Biggest Weekly Slump in Latin America Bloomberg Chile's peso gained, trimming the steepest weekly decline among Latin American currencies, after copper rebounded and the central bank left the country's benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5 percent. The peso gained 0.2 percent to 503.66 per US ... |
Latin America Celebrates International Day Against Homophobia Fox News In 2005, after much campaigning and hard work by French university academic and civil rights activist Louis-George Tin, signatures from 24000 people worldwide, and international organizations like the World Congress of LGBT Jews, and the Coalition of ... |
 Hollywood Reporter | Cannes 2012: Latin American Film Sector Is on the Rise Hollywood Reporter It's a good time to be part of the Latin American film industry. With 600 million filmgoers and a number of countries showing significant GDP growth, the region's economic stability has provided a relative safeguard from the global financial crisis. |
 Toronto Star | Cubans denied US visas have record of engagement Boston.com "It's just bizarre," said Joy Olson, executive director of the Washington Office on Latin America, or WOLA, an independent think tank. "I have trouble believing that all of these people who have been up here working at the most prestigious universities ... Castro's daughter to visit US Daughter of Cuban leader Raul Castro to visit US Raul Castro daughter's expected at US university for a lecture on sexology |
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