…; Juanita Samper, of Colombia’s El Tiempo ; Yolanda Vaccaro, of Peru’s El Comercio ; Spanish combat reporter Marc Marginedas and Spanish journalist Ana Vaca de Osma. Rosario Pons, EFE director of Communications acted as secretary. The King of Spain International Journalism Awards are meant to recognize Spanish and Portuguese language writers and communicators working in the countries that make up the Ibero-American Community, as well as in those…

…sseff” because of her “unethical” behavior, bought two Porsche Cayennes with money obtained in the Petrobras bribery scandal. One of the Porsches was for his wife, journalist Claudia Cruz. Cunha apparently laundered the dirty petro-cash for the cars through a shell company known as “Jesus.com” and bank accounts tied to his neo-Pentecostal church. The details of such offenses, backed by documents arriving from Switzerland, came out just as Cunha wa…

…ibí and will host nearly 200 people, some of whom will be directors of Human Resources due to the business audience it attracts. For its big debut, the company hired 15 people to work the establishments and provide service throughout the country through the company email info@bigbangcr.com and through its social media platforms like Facebook. “The garments that Big Bang offers are of excellent quality, use French seams that are proven to avoid str…

…Quito and Guayaquil, as well as culinary experiences dedicated entirely to cocoa,” Hamilton stressed. These dining experiences will be held on farms in the Amazon area, and it is hoped, will be “very beneficial to local communities.” The International Tourism Fair in London every year welcomes more than 5400 exhibitors and 45,000 professionals from 202 countries presenting the latest promotional campaigns in their main attractions….

…Magazine of Bogotá, reported that at the end of this past January, semana.com published images that showed the Sambaing River completely dried, as a result, supposedly, of El Niño. The website then explained that the drying up of the river had more to do with the mining along the banks than the droughts caused by El Niño. Then authorities announced the result of an operation from members of the Technical Investigations (CTI) of Cauca, the 29th Br…

…Chile is a very popular shopping destination amongst Argentines. Despegar.com has placed Miami and Rio de Janeiro as having the largest volume of travelers. In the first month of the year, Brazil registered an increment of 111% in flights, hotels and cars. Santiago de Chile followed with a rise of 87% while Miami only reported a 19% increase of travelers from last year. In February, Carnival gave the South American leader a 73% advantage, though…

…Animal Defenders International (ADI), the group proposing the relocation, commented in a press release that “these lions have endured hell on earth and now they’re ready to go home to paradise.” In order to secure the funds necessary for the operation, the ADI has initiated a donation campaign on the web at GreaterGood.com. The governments of Peru and Colombia both prohibited, in 2011 and 2013 respectively, the use of wild animals in circuses. AD…

…eviewing the issue in the judicial offices,” said Governor Cotes to Semana.com. She also asserted, “The department does not have the resources to carry out an intervention in the Ciénaga at this time.” The governor stated that there are 14 municipalities in the department of Magdalena that have been affected by the disaster. In the best-case scenario, all would be declared disaster areas, but only Concordia has done so and Sitio Nuevo is about to…

…rding to Caroline Piber, the Senior Director and General Manager of Hotels.com Latin American division, general fluctuations in the exchange rates of the region generated increased demand for resorts and other destinations in Mexico. Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism reported that the percentage of hotel occupancy in 70 major destinations rose to 60.6% in the first half of 2016, an increase from 59.7% during the same period in 2015. The town of Nuevo V…

…government of Israel would allow Honduras to balance their armed forces in comparison with other countries in the Central American region, which have surpassed the country in recent years by equipping themselves with powerful war tanks, helicopters, boats and powerful aircrafts. Last July, the Executive branch, by means of the National Congress, established an agreement with the government of Israel to refurbish more than 20 warplanes of the Hondu…