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/ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/FILM-LATAM: Impoverished Budgets, Wealth of Ideas
The advance of digital technology in filmmaking is a boon for filmmakers in the developing countries of Latin America, where the dearth of financial resources is a major obstacle that prevents their wide range of ideas for stories and images from reaching the big screen.ECONOMY-CUBA: Restrictions on Sales Fuel Growth of Black Market
New restrictions in Cuba on retail sales of computer parts, home appliances and construction materials have fuelled rapid growth of the black market.ENVIRONMENT-LATAM: Ecotourism’s Promises and Challenges
Ecotourism in Latin America promises a great deal, ranging from the creation of jobs in the local communities to attracting funds for protecting natural areas. But weak laws and the lack of official certification systems could turn this "green" industry into a mere illusion.
Promises and Challenges of Ecotourism
Just three to seven percent of the 680 million travelers worldwide are considered ecotourists, but this sector of tourism has great potential for growth.CUBA-US: Tolerance Marking Carter Visit Won’t Last, say Analysts
The newfound political tolerance seen in Cuba since former United States President Jimmy Carter's arrival recalls the climate surrounding the 1998 visit of Pope John Paul II. And just like on that occasion, it is likely to be merely a passing phenomenon this time around as well, say analysts.CUBA: Carter Visit Gives Dissidents a Boost
Former United States President Jimmy Carter's visit to Cuba this week brought an opening to the country's fragmented domestic opposition movement, although some dissident leaders are sceptical with respect to the real scope of the newfound tolerance.LABOUR-CUBA: Wages Increase, But Purchasing Power Shrinks
Average wages in Cuba grew in the last three years because the government granted raises to professionals and pegged salaries to productivity in some state enterprises, but the workers' purchasing power has not followed suit.LABOUR-CUBA: The Return of the Domestics
Domestic help began to reappear in Cuba during the economic crisis of the 1990s, after virtually disappearing for more than 30 years in what was considered a victory in this Caribbean island nation's socialist struggle for equality between men and women.LATAM-CARIBBEAN: FAO, NGOs Push for Global Efforts against Hunger
Government representatives from 31 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are working to build a global coalition to fight hunger, while non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from the region are focussing on making permanent access to healthy food a constitutional right.CUBA-MEXICO: Ties Face Toughest Test Ever
The diplomatic relations between Cuba and Mexico are facing their worst crisis ever, and the future of ties between the two countries depends on what Mexican President Vicente Fox decides to do.CUBA: Human Rights Debate Tangles Latin American Relations
Cuba's human rights record and the Fidel Castro government's reaction to criticism have led some Latin American countries to reconsider diplomatic ties with Havana and to hint at action within the United Nations, marking the continued deterioration of the island's relations in the region.ECONOMY-CUBA: In Pursuit of European Tourists
The Cuban government has authorised the circulation of the euro in the country's main tourist town, as it did long ago for the dollar, to attract European visitors in a bid to overcome the tourism industry crisis that began in the wake of the Sep 11 attacks in the United States./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/LITERATURE-CUBA: The Challenge of Author Leonardo Padura
Writing in Cuba implies risks and challenges that instead of being obstacles can turn into true stimuli for creativity, says Leonardo Padura, one of the most widely read local novelists in this socialist-run country.DEVELOPMENT-CUBA: Town Reborn from Wreckage of Hurricane Michelle
Before Hurricane Michelle swept through last November, the residents of the small Cuban town of La Pista lived in wooden shacks with dirt floors, no running water and no bathrooms. But the storm changed their lives forever.HEALTH-CUBA: Coral Used for Prosthetic Eye Implants
Not gold, not ceramics or glass are as effective as sea coral for replacing damaged human eyes, say Cuban scientists. The procedure is already being applied, benefiting thousands of eye-trauma victims./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE-CUBA: Picasso’s Afro-Caribbean Cousins
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso may have made a secret journey to Cuba in the 1950s in a failed attempt to find members of his extended family, descendants of his grandfather, who lived on this Caribbean island in the late 19th century.HEALTH-CUBA: Pigs Out of Havana, Orders Castro
A ban on keeping pigs in residential areas of the Cuban capital will be the new aim of a hygiene campaign that has been under way since January, President Fidel Castro announced Tuesday.
Coral Used for Eye Implants
Not gold, not ceramics or glass are as efficient as sea coral for replacing damaged human eyes, Cuban scientists tell Tierramérica. The procedure is already being applied and is known by its initials HAP-200.LABOUR-CUBA: Women Put to Test Every Day on the Job, at Home
More and more Cuban women hold executive and management posts in the workplace, but they have to prove every day that they can do the job better than any man, say women's groups and government officials.CUBA: Asylum-Seekers Invade Mexican Embassy, Spurred by Radio
Cuba's security forces maintained blockades Thursday on the streets around the Mexican Embassy here after 20 citizens crashed through the gates aboard a bus the evening before. The would-be émigrés were apparently motivated by broadcasts they heard on the U.S.-run Radio Martí.ENVIRONMENT-CUBA: Mountains of Garbage Breed Disease
More than 1.6 million cubic metres of solid waste have been collected from the Cuban capital's streets since a campaign was launched in January aimed at fighting the Aedes aegypti, the dengue-carrying mosquito.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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