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Alex Wirth: Traveling With UNESCO

2013-06-12T16:26:20Z

As a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO I am quite familiar with the organization, yet I did not expect the impact it would have on my trip. This led to a number of reflections.

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Jerry Nelson: U.S. Ignores South America: Introduction

2013-05-31T18:03:34Z

Secretary of State John Kerry got into a little political dust up recently when he referred to Latin America as the United States' "backyard."

Read more: Drug Trafficking, South America, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Columbia, World News

The Los Angeles Public Library: LOOK: A Treasure Trove Of Obscure Cookbooks At The Library

2013-05-29T14:15:05Z

The organization also recently purchased a large number of Scandinavian and historical California cookbooks. Scores of these donated books are extremely rare and to be found at no other library in North America.

Read more: Chile, Piranha, South America, Mezcal, Cooking, Scandinavia, Slidepollajax, Corn-Smut, Pisco, Los Angeles News

Jacada Travel: Finding The Perfect Honeymoon

2013-05-28T12:21:55Z

Wedding season is upon us and where there are nuptials, there are newlywed holidays to follow.

Read more: Wedding Planning, South America, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Argentina, Travel, Luxury Travel, Mozambique, Honeymoons, Zanzibar, South Africa, Seychelles, Honeymoon Travel, Kenya, Africa, Tanzania, Slidepollajax, Safari, Travel News

Daniel Wagner: Can Colombia and the FARC Make Peace?

2013-05-22T14:29:35Z

The nearly half century of war between the government of Colombia and the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) that left over half a million Colombians dead and three million displaced may finally be coming to an end.

Read more: Latin America, Central America, Washington, Farc, Havana, Giorgio Cafiero, Norway, South America, U.S., Colombia, Military Aid, Daniel Wagner, Bogota, Alvaro Uribe, President Santos, Cuba, Managing Country Risk, Armed Revoluationary Forces of Colombia, Country Risk Solutions, World News

Student Reporter: Ciudad Saludable -- Teaching the Business of Recycling

2013-05-08T16:16:59Z

Albina Ruiz has the drive and focused energy of the ones who have fought for their vision to come true.

Read more: Waste, South America, Urban Development, Peru, Recyling, Social Entrepreneurship, Waste Management, Albina Ruiz, Ciudad Saludable, Impact News

Jerry Nelson: Argentina on Brink of Largest Financial Collapse in History

2013-05-02T11:15:09Z

While Argentinians have historically been very supportive of the sitting government, the fact that people are protesting in numbers not heard of since the 2001 economic collapse is revealing.

Read more: South America, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Economic Collapse, Economics, Kirchner, Video, World News

Oyster: Luxury In South America

2013-05-01T14:48:50Z

South America is home to some of the world's most luxurious hotels. Whether you want to sit beachside in Rio De Janeiro or soak in views of the Andes ...

Read more: Chile, oyster.com, South America, Peru, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Argentina, Lima, Luxury Travel, South America Travel, Buenos Aires, Slidepollajax, International Travel, Santiago, Luxury Hotels, Travel News

Fiona Mackie: Déjà Vu? Paraguay and the Return of the Partido Colorado

2013-04-26T14:57:54Z

The millionaire businessman Horacio Cartes, who led the Colorados back to power, won easily. But Mr Cartes, a political novice who has never voted and joined the party just a few years ago, could find governing much harder.

Read more: Paraguay, South America, Paraguay Politics, Partido Colorado, Horacio Cartes, Paraguay Election, Latin America, World News

Pierpaolo Barbieri: For Argentina's Nationalized Oil 'Industry': A Year of Nothing

2013-04-24T18:57:21Z

Unlike true democracies, authoritarian leaders can never admit mistakes, lest they show their fallibility. That is why in spite of the facts, new commercials are being broadcast explaining the victories of YPF and its nationalization.

Read more: South America, Argentina, Cristina Fernández De Kirchner, Argentina Gas Production, South American Gas Production, Argentina Oil, South American Oil, Business News

Michael Feigelson: The Business of Play

2013-04-23T13:23:25Z

Today, the day before the World Economic Forum conference in Lima, a group of Peruvian kids and their adult allies will make a case for why a childhood free from violence and filled with playful learning is the key to the kind of innovation that can drive economic prosperity in this century.

Read more: Child Poverty, South America, Young Global Leaders, Child Abuse, Play, Urban Planning, Violence Prevention, Youth Violence Prevention, Reducing Violence, World Economic Forum, Reducing Youth Violence, Child Development, Youth Violence Reduction, Child Development Play, Play Child Development, Preventing Youth Violence, Impact News

Jerry Nelson: Argentina: The Next Egypt?

2013-04-15T20:23:46Z

While most of the world is distracted by events in Korea, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere, a revolution is forming in South America's second largest country.

Read more: Jerry Nelson, Nestor Kirchner, South America, Buenos Aires, Twitter, Egypt, Kirchner, Eva Peron Juan Peron, Youtube, Argentina, Facebook, Arab Spring, Tiananmen Square, China, Peronists, World News

Richard Bangs: The New, And Frankly Much Better, Braniff

2013-04-09T13:55:51Z

The next day I join the Carrs for tours of the Charles Darwin Research Station (a short walk from the Red Mangrove), to a lava tunnel the size of a subway, to a giant tortoise preserve, and the beach at El Garrapatero Parque Nacional for sunset.

Read more: Galapagos, Travel, South America, Braniff Airlines, LAN Airlines, Adventure Travel, Galapagos Islands, Video, Travel News

Nathan Gardels: The Populist Temptation: Will Latin America Escape Its Past?

2013-04-01T10:59:14Z

Though the interventionist role of the military has mostly disappeared across Latin America today, the temptation of populist politics remains. Indeed, today, the temptation is greater than ever as democracy joins with a politically active middle class.

Read more: Chile, South America, Venezuela, Populism, Latin America, Colombia, Populist, Brazil, Chavismo, Mexico, Argentina, World News

Margot Brandenburg: Not London, Not New York: Emerging Centers of Gravity for Impact Investing Are in the Global South

2013-03-22T09:22:25Z

India and South America house immense innovation that can, and should, be centers of gravity for impact investing -- and a source of socially impactful innovation for the rest of the world. We eagerly anticipate the leadership of these two regions on the global stage.

Read more: Social Impact Investing, Impact Investing, South America, Investing, India, Global Economy, Latin America, Impact News

Venezuela's Interim President: If I Were Gay, I'd 'Shout It To The Four Winds'

2013-03-15T11:56:04Z

If Venezuela's interim president were gay, he would "shout it to the four winds."

Nicolas Maduro, who took over as the nation's interim president ...

Read more: Venezuela Gay Rights, South America, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, Nicolas Maduro Venezuela, Gay Rights, Latin America, Nicolas Maduro Hugo Chavez, Global Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Venezuela Gays, Gay Voices News

Dan Rather: What Hugo Chavez Left Behind

2013-03-06T14:10:25Z

As long as the oil was flowing, it appeared Chavez would be able to hold onto power. But as he grew ill, it appeared that so did his country.

Read more: South America, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Dead, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Hugo Chavez Death, Hugo Chavez Cancer, World News

Joseph A. Palermo: President Hugo Chavez and America's "Backyard"

2013-03-06T09:07:15Z

Hugo Chavez defied this history of power relations in the hemisphere. And for that defiance elite voices will vilify him, but a far larger number of people will see him as a hero.

Read more: Hugo Chavez, Ronald Reagan, Cia, Latin America, Nicaraguan Contras, George Herbert Walker Bush, George W. Bush, Ari Fleischer, South America, Soviet Union, Condi Rice, Monroe Doctrine, El Salvador, President Hugo Chavez, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, SOA Watch, Venezuela, Fidel Castro, School of the Americas, Chavez, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Venezuelan People, Manuel Zelaya, Bay of Pigs, World News

PHOTOS: How To Get As Far Away As Possible

2013-02-07T07:00:00Z

If you want to get really, really off the grid, fly 5,991 miles from your home airport to Easter Island. You'll have to stop once, in Lima, but this w...

Read more: Chile, Unplugging, South America, Huffmag, International Destinations, Getting Away, South America Travel, Chile Travel, Easter Island Travel, Easter Island, Destinations, Why We Vacation, Travel News

PHOTOS: Carving An Easter Island Moai

2013-02-06T07:00:00Z

About 15 minutes into the statue carving competition in Hanga Roa, the only town on Easter Island, it became clear which of the craftsmen was going to...

Read more: Chile, South America, Tapati, Travel on the Road, Rapa Nui, Chile Travel, Moai, South America Travel, Easter Island Travel, Pacific Ocean, Tapati Festival, Rapanui, Easter Island, Travel News

Paul Brady: My Easter Island Super Bowl Party

2013-02-04T08:00:00Z

In the afternoon, I asked a couple other guides, sure that someone would know someone who'd have, at the very least, a pirate signal on which I could tap into the American psyche for a few blissful hours.

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PHOTOS: A Chocolate River In Wine Country

2013-02-01T08:47:02Z

The Mendoza River is a chocolate brown sluiceway punctuated by rapids that fall neatly in the range of fun but not terrifying. The river runs away fro...

Read more: South America, Rafting, White Water Rafting, International Destinations, Mendoza, Mendoza River, Argentina, South America Travel, Wine, Argentina Travel, Malbec, Destinations, Travel News

Mary Ellen Harte: Climate Change This Week: Carbon Bombers, Greenland Meltdown, and More!

2013-01-28T17:06:52Z

Making the U.S. a global clean energy leader will ensure a heck of a lot more jobs, and a clean, safe future.

Read more: UK, Wind Power, Australia, Congress, Fracking, Economy, Agriculture, Renewable Energy, South America, Colorado, Clean Energy, China, Business, Green Energy, Coal, England, Drought, Insurance, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change Solutions, Climate Change, Business News, Amazon, Global Warming, Solar Power, Kansas, Natural Gas, Voting, Energy, Heat Waves, Carbon Emissions, Crops, Weather, Energy Efficiency, Corporations, Water, Environment, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greenland, Extreme Weather, Green News

Anneli Rufus: A Bunch of Diners Just Got the Surprise of Their Lives

2013-01-24T03:17:05Z

They were screaming. They were hugging. They were jumping up and down in the aisles. It was weird watching faces turn from mild smiling complacency to staring pop-eyed shock. Someone near me shouted, "Oprah moment!"

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Patrick Pfeiffer: Eco-Friendly Luxury In Patagonia

2013-01-21T07:30:00Z

Patagonia experiences all four seasons on any given day at any time of the year.

Read more: Chile, Hiking, South America, Glaciers, Southern Hemisphere, Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Green, Argentina, Green Living, Ecotourism, El Calafate, Trekking, Vacation, Perito Moreno Glacier, Ecotravel, Wildlife, Ecocamp, Glamping, Travel News