By RICH GRANT Everyone knows George Washington was first in war and first in peace … but first in picking Caribbean vacations? George only left the continental United States once in his lifetime, and that was to sail to the Caribbean island of Barbados. The then-19-year-old George went with his ailing half-brother Lawrence in the hopes that the warm
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PUBLIFIX BOGOTA, Colombia — Between Sunday, April 24, and Wednesday, April 27, the nonprofit Latimpacto is slated to host its first international conference in Cartagena, Colombia, to explore ways to jumpstart fresh investment in Latin America and the Caribbean. The multinational forum is aimed at bringing together the most relevant actors in impact generation, including corporations, investment funds, grantmaking foundations,
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XINHUA Researchers specializing in sea resources at Mexico’s Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute have recently launched a project to restore fish biodiversity in the country’s Caribbean coral reefs. Jesús Ernesto Arias González, a researcher at the center, said:, “We realize this (restoration project) by using various techniques. One way is catching fish before they
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XINHUA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Saturday, July 14, called for “a new coexistence” of all the countries of the Americas to replace the Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS). Speaking before a summit of the 33-member Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) at Chapultepec Castle, the president went on to state the OAS model
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XINHUA There are growing concerns over the detection of three new variants of covid-19 in 20 countries in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Wednesday, Feb. 3. These variants “are raising questions about a possible increase” in the transmissibility of the virus, said Carissa F. Etienne, the director of PAHO. During a virtual press conference, Etienne asked
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XINHUA Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday, Jan. 29, announced new measures against covid-19, including the suspension of Canadian flights to all Caribbean destinations and Mexico. “With the challenges we currently face with covid-19, both here at home and abroad, we all agree that now is just not the time to be flying,” Trudeau said at a press conference
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Air Canada Vacations has become the first major airline in the Americas to offer covid-19 protection to its clients, the Montreal-based company announced this week. In order to offer its customers a greater sense of safety and confidence during their travels, Air Canada Vacations launched its Covid-19 Coverage and Assistance Plan, designed to cover
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Photo: Google By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administration will donate much-needed Made-in-Mexico ventilators to eight financially strapped Caribbean nations to treat covid-19 patients, Foreign Relations (SRE) Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced on Wednesday, Aug. 26. The newly minted VSZ-20-2 ventilators — produced through the government’s Juntos por la Salud (Together for Health) program, with
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By LARRY ANTHONY PANNELL The Panama Canal — which transverses two oceans through the deep tropical jungles of Central America — is one of the world’s most incredible feats of modern engineering, and the only way to truly appreciate its grandeur is on a cruise ship. The Panama Canal system is considered to be one of the manmade wonders of
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My ‘Excelente’ Adventures in Punta Cana By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Well, it is finally Day Seven of my Dominican odyssey, and I am out of the hospital and inside the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Punta Cana, at the fareastern end of the Dominican Republic. And everything here, I am told, is “excelente.” Except it is not. I cannot say
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