Archive for the ‘Latin America’ Category
New Destination To Patagonia, South America
Patagonia is a region located in South America which mostly belongs to Argentina, but with a little part of it to Chile. Patagonia is a mountainous place. The Fueguinos Andes extend to the west and serve as a borderline with Chile. The winter is rather rough and snowy, but summers are appealing. On the eastern side, ...
Uruguay Sets BBQ World Record
Uruguay has set a new Guinness world record by grilling up 12 metric tonnes of beef overnight. It may sound strange or even funny, but more than thousand people took part in the BBQ party. A 1.6km-long grill was manned by 1,250 people grilling the beef, and more than 20,000 spectators. After all that, it's no ...
Mexico: Huatulco Tourism Development
Mexican president Felipe Calderon Hinojosa has announced that 54 million pesos (£2,577,386) will be invested in the development of tourism in Huatulco this year. The amount is five times more than the average since 2000. Huatulco is a coastal town located on the Pacific coast of the Oaxaca state. Huatulco has nine bays, 36 ...
Brazil Faces Dengue Outbreak
Brazil faced an outbreak of dengue this week. So far, dengue has killed 67 people in Brazil's state of Rio de Janeiro state. Less than half the deaths are children under 13. Dengue fever, the common form of this disease, is caused by some infected mosquitoes, mainly the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, also known as yellow fever ...
Carnaval De Oruro: Bolivia’s Biggest Cultural Event
The Carnaval de Oruro is the biggest annual cultural event in Bolivia, which has just recently been declared as one of Mankind's Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The Carnival honored to "Virgin of Socavon" is being celebrated in Oruro, the folklore capital of Bolivia and takes place for three days ...
Brazil Will Have A New Airline
JetBlue founder and Chairman David Neeleman is collaborating with Brazilian planemaker Embraer Frederico Curado to launch a new airline in Brazil. Establishing the yet unnamed airline will commence early next year and be complete by 2013. The new Brazilian airline will be based in the nation's business center of Sao Paulo and will offer its customers ...
Easter Island Statues Thief Arrested
Finnish tourist Marko Kulju has been arrested for attempting to steal parts of the Easter Island Statues. The tourist was spotted breaking one into 20-30 cm pieces. According to IOL, Easter Island's Moai statues were carved between 400 and 1000 years ago and are of historical value. Twenty-six-year-old Marko Kulju is in custody after his tattoos gave ...