Goodbye Edmundo Ros

The man responsible for popularizing Latin American music in the UK Edmundo Ros, the bandleader,  born in Trinidad on December 7, 1910 who made his career working in Britain, died peacefully of old age at his...

The Holy Grail of the Unconscious

The New York Times website has an extensive selection of fabulous close-up scans of the book, along with associated photos. " The Holy Grail of the Unconscious–By SARA CORBETT, New York Times, September 16, 2009 This is a story about a nearly 100-year-old book, bound in red...

Isolated Honduras hunkers down

   Honduras is an interesting situation. The elected president Zeyala was forced into exile by the army and threatened with arrest if he returns but congress voted to remove him and the supreme court ruled...

Cyber Or-19 Virtual Kehillah - Community

Once again Moshe Dror explores the cyber or of the new paradigm shift of participation in ritual. " By Rabbi, Dr. Moshe Dror When we think of the Synagogue, we often think of its Hebrew term- Bet Knesset. The word Synagogue is from the ancient Greek: meaning The House of...

CyberOr Sand and Light

" And the journey continues. Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror continues to unpack the secrets in the Biblical texts. The correlation of Abraham’s journey with our cyber journey goes much further and deeper. In the narrative...

Venezuela faces racing inflation, slowing growth

" Analysts predict Venezuela's economy is headed for a worse year than the government admits, as falling oil prices stall growth and inflation soars in the import-dependent country. Venezuela saw growth of 4.8 percent in 2008 - down nearly half from 8.4 percent in 2007 - as...

Russian Navy Deploys Ships to Venezuela

"A Russian Navy squadron set off for Venezuela Monday in a deployment of Russian military power to the Western Hemisphere unprecedented since the Cold War." What is going on? "Although the U.S. Navy is a powerful fighting force, it cannot be strong everywhere. The arrival of...

Russia's new presence in Latin America

"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit this week with Venezuela's leftist leader Hugo Chávez is the first ever for a Kremlin leader to this oil-rich nation. And the meeting – part of a Latin...

The "B" Word: Barack, Baruch, Benediction and Blessing

Some were sceptical when Barack Obama told Jewish voters that his first name had the same Semitic root as Hebrew "Baruch," meaning "A blessing." [1] Although further speculation (not by Obama) that Barack was...

Chavez: Russia to build N-reactor in Venezuela

As the expectation of a Russian State visit of Dmitry Medvedev to Caracas increased, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated Moscow would help his country build its first nuclear reactor. Venezuela and Russian...

Chavez: G20 summit a waste of time

"Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:40:35 GMT Hugo Chavez says that G-20 summit in Washington is a waste of time, because it excluded the poor and is hosted by the...

No oxygen in the IMF ventilator

"By Mosharraf ZaidiThe News InternationalBeing of Pakistani origin qualifies an IMF employee to be as much of a Pakistani economy expert, as being of Pakistani origin qualifies a child that eats a lot of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to be an expert in Pakistani child nutrition....

Cepal: Latin America’s exports keep on growing

Amid the global recession and recent drop in US consumer confidence, it comes as a encouraging sign that Latin American and Caribbean Exports keep growing. However, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin...

Latin America better girded for financial crisis

" Mexico City and Sao Paulo, Brazil - As leaders in Washington rushed to stem the growing financial crisis in the United States, Latin American leaders thought they'd be unscathed. Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio...

Latin America and the financial crisis (a Cuban perspective)

" Nidia Díaz THE eruption of the global financial crisis, unprecedented since the time of the Great Depression of the 1930s, has occurred in the very heart of the capitalist system, in the center of the U.S....

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