Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:37 by GxMedia San Juan, Dec 8 (EFE).- A man wanted in Florida on suspicion of committing a sexual offense was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the U.S. Virgin Islands at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in St. Croix.The program director at the CBP’s San Juan Field Office, Brenda Padial, told ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:27 by GxMedia Bogota, Dec 8 (EFE).- The navy seized nearly 1,200 kilos of cocaine hidden around the mouth of the Mira River in Nariño, a province in southwestern Colombia, navy spokesmen told Efe. The cocaine belonged to the Daniel Aldana column of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, one of the rebel ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:25 by GxMedia By Javier Garcia.Barinas, Venezuela, Dec 8 (EFE).- Venezuela is seeking to improve its image and promote its great natural attractions to make tourism a major source of revenue, second only to oil, Tourism Minister Andres Izarra said.The goal is to increase tourism’s current 4 percent contribution to the gross domestic ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:21 by GxMedia Sydney, Dec 8 (EFE).- Bilateral trade between Australia and Latin American countries do not compete but complement each other, said in an interview with EFE Argentine economist Alexis Esposto, from the Swinburne University in Australia.“The average growth of import and export between Australia and Brazil is 8.3 percent, with Peru ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:16 by GxMedia Roseau, Dec 8 (EFE).- Dominicans go to the polls Monday to elect a new Parliament with the ruling Dominica Labor Party facing a formidable challenge from its main rival, the United Workers Party.The UWP, fighting its first election under the new leadership of Lennox Linton, is urging voters to oust ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:14 by GxMedia San Francisco, Dec 8 (EFE).- Ralph Baer, the engineer popularly known as the “father of video games,” died at home in the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, on the weekend, his family said. He was 92.Baer thought up the idea of designing a “box” that would allow Americans to play ...

Last Updated on Monday, 8 December 2014, 21:08 by GxMedia The 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) is proposing the building of a transportation system with Cuba to maximize trade across the region. The idea was placed on the table of the one-day summit of Cuban President Raoul Castro and his Caricom counterparts. The two sides are examining, among other issues how ...