Gateway School’s cooking class lets teens prove their culinary mettle
Watch out, Jim Denevan. You may be the most famous chef in Santa Cruz now, but the next generation is already in the kitchen putting together a feast for the eyes and the taste buds.
Argentina News
Honduras prisoners surrender after violent clashes
Prisoners who took control of a jail in Honduras on Wednesday have surrendered after guards threatened to storm the compound in the city of San Pedro Sula. One person was killed and 11 injured in the clashes. Police said the violence began [...]
Repsol fails in first attempt to find oil off Cuba
Spanish oil company Repsol has announced a first attempt to find oil in Cuban waters has failed. Repsol spokesman Kristian Rix said an exploratory well it drilled some 50km (31 miles) off Cuba was unsuccessful and would be abandoned. But [...]
Rio hotels agree summit price cut
The Brazilian government reaches a deal with Rio de Janeiro hotel owners to cut spiralling room prices ahead of a major UN summit in the city.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Ibope, Repucom launch sports marketing research service in LatAm
MUMBAI: Ibope Media, a joint venture between Grupo Ibope and Kantar Media, has entered into an agreement with Repucom, a member of the RSMG Insights group, to launch a comprehensive sports marketing research service in Latin America, excluding [...]
Haiti deputies back PM’s policies
Haiti’s new Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe gets parliamentary backing for his policies, ending nearly three months of political stalemate.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia-US trade pact in force
A free trade agreement between the US and Colombia takes effect five years after being signed, with Colombian flowers the first goods to be sent.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Argentine VP targeted for illegal enrichment probe
In this April 25, 2012 file photo, Argentina’s Vice President and Senate President Amado Boudou attends the debate of an oil nationalization bill, proposed by Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez, at Congress in Buenos Aires, [...]
Nearly 50 bodies dumped in Mexico
Mexican authorities find 49 mutilated bodies dumped on a roadside near Monterrey – the latest massacre blamed on a feud between drugs gangs.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Venezuela crossword plot denied
A Venezuelan crossword writer is questioned by intelligence agents after being accused of hiding a coded assassination message in a puzzle.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
