MEXICO CITY, March 31 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – The government and businessmen in Mexico are working to locate part of their coffee exports in markets of the highest value in the world, industry sources said. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Mexican Association of Coffee Exporters coordinate the reactivation of the sector after several years of .
HAVANA, March 31 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Cuba’s famous Havana Club rum, which is among the world’s best ten and still the preference of consumers worldwide is to increase its presence in Chile and France, local authorities said. According to Havana Club Internacional S.A’s sales and marketing director Enrique Noste, Spain and Italy currently stand as .
HAVANA, March 31 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Cuban Vice President Ramiro Valdes called on Cubans to strengthen energy savings measures in the residential sector. Valdes, who is also Minister of Informatics and Communication said that the people through political and social organisations should be involved in that task. “We have to develop initiatives aimed at reducing .
PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 31 (NNN-UNNS) — Haiti’s human capital will play a crucial role in the country’s recovery following January’s catastrophic earthquake through food-for-work projects to stimulate the agricultural sector, as part of a new plan unveiled by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday. Working in concert with donors and the Haitian Government, WFP .
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, March 31 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Participants in the Latin American Indigenous Forum on Climate Change blamed the dominant global economic model for environmental degradation. The forum began yesterday in the Costa Rican capital and will last till late today. “All having to do with climate change is related to the economic .
BRASILIA, March 31 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Close to four million Brazilians between 4 and 17 years old are school dropouts, the National Conference on Education currently in session here disclosed. The Secretary of Primary Level of the Education Ministry, Maria del Pilar Lacerda said that the large number of minors and teenagers do not attend .
BRASILIA, March 31 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) -Uruguayan president Jose “Pepe” Mujica admitted that Mercosur – the Latin trade organisation or common market of the South – has its problems but it is also currently the market for Uruguayan exports. He said that “to the rest of the world we sell mostly commodities but to Mercosur the Uruguayan .
LA PAZ, March 31 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – A scientific study to save a fish in danger of extinction in the lake Titicaca will be undertaken, according to the Bolivian press. The plan will establish new restocked areas for the species and to carry out its breeding. A plan to impose fishing regulations in the La .
CARACAS, March 31 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Paraguay and Ecuador will host in April Latin American folk singers and composers in the Canto de Todos Festival sponsored by the ALBA Cultural Fund of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas. The region’s top troubadors will embrace an expression of cultural convergence and diversity which is one of .
BUENOS AIRES, March 31 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – President Cristina Fernandez highlighted the huge impact of Dakar Rally 2010 to be held for the second successive time at the beginning of next year between Argentina and Chile. Fernandez said it is an honour to all Argentineans to host the international prestigious motor rally. Fernandez highlighted the .
