ElComercio.com reports that a bus owned by Esmeraldas Transportation crashed in the province of Manabi in the canton Tosagua. The bus driver was speeding and made a wrong move resulting in one casualty and 18 wounded passengers. Reportedly, the accident occurred at 5:30 this morning. The bus hit the guardrail and rolled several times, according to preliminary investigation.Read Article
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•Elpais.com.co reports that while on vacation near the lake Calima in Colombia, Swiss tourist Huggler Johannes Matthias died of an apparent cocaine overdose shortly after being transported to Hospital San Jorge de Calima El Darién. •Hidden on his person were found two plastic bags with what appeared to be the illegal substance. Read Article
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The amount of tourists traveling to Argentina for medical procedures has gone up 10% since 2009, and now constitutes about 1000 visitors a month, according to mensajeroweb.com.ar. The president of the Argentine Association of Travel and Tourism says Argentina is one of the most popular medical tourism destinations in the region because of the quality […]
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Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral Líneas Aéreas, Argentina’s domestic airline, have announced that all flights are canceled until further notice because of the ash cloud from the Puyehue volcano in Chile that began erupted over the weekend, per pagina12.com.ar. LAN has also cancelled flights, mostly those destined for Córdoba, Tucumán, Mendoza, Salta and Iguazu. Passengers whose […]
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In the early morning hours in Madrid, Spain, police stopped the vehicle going at a high velocity. The report from radiosantafe.com states that the driver was also driving while intoxicated, without a seatbelt or license, and while talking on a cellphone. The driver, a Colombian citizen, attempted to offer the police 150 euros to overlook […]
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A report released in May by the U.S. State Department shows that Argentina plays a prominent role in the trafficking of women and children for the sex slave industry, according to infobae.com. The report shows Argentina is still a popular destination for sex tourism, and a country of origin, transit and destination for human trafficking […]
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•Although there is a soldier every two kilometers, on Tuesday there will be a meeting between the minister of Defense, Rodrigo Rivera, and Ricardo Virviescas, the secretary general of the Asociación Colombiana de Camioneros (ACC), to discuss increased security on the highways. •Virviescas expresses worry that armed groups are operating in places in which there […]
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The Government intends to implement a national system of international airports and resorts with an investment of at least $ 144 million by 2015, said Sunday the Minister of Public Works, Walter Delgadillo. In an interview with state media, Delgadillo anticipated that this national system will consist of 8 and 6 international airports tourist airports. […]
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According to Univision.com a Japanese tourist died after falling into a ravine while cycling on the infamous “Highway of Death” in the Bolivian Andes winding road in the Bolivian Andes near La Paz, police reported Thursday. Read Article
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In Quito, the Zone Management Center, National and Metropolitan Police and Armed Forces are conducting joint security operations to improve public safety. Seventeen establishments were closed in May when four operations were performed. The operation aims to control land use, liquor sales, evaluate emergency situations, ventilation and sanitary conditions. Joint control was implemented in the […]
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18-year-old Argentine citizen, Jorge Luis Parsisi, has been detained in Baragas International Airport in Madrid for the past 2 days. Parsisi had just arrived in Spain at the time of his arrest and has a valid passport and a return ticket to Buenos Aires for June 13, but was detained at the airport because he […]
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North Americans, mainly from the United States, are flocking to South America, especially Argentina, in search of better health care and a better economy. Economic life in the United States has been difficult these past few years, and many have found life easier in Argentina. Some are drawn to the country because of the culture […]
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Due to the high volume of requests and procedures, a new Colombian consulate has opened in Newark New Jersey headed by ambassador María del Pilar Gómez Valderrama according to elespectador.com. This is a response to the 7,224 procedures carried out in the last 11 months in the Colombian consulate in New York, 5,753 of which […]
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•The Ministerio de Minas y Energía set higher prices for regular and diesel gasoline throughout Colombia due to the higher international prices and a 900 million peso deficit in the Price Stabilization Fund according to rcnradio.com. •On average, in Bogotá regular gas is 8,500 pesos per gallon and diesel fuel is 7,358 pesos per gallon. […]
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06-01-2011 UPDATE: ACCORDING TO ECUAVISA.COM TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ARRESTED OF THE BUS COMPANY REGARDING THE CRIME. THE MINOR BOY INVOLVED IN THE HEIST IS AGE 10 AND NOT AGE SIX AS ORIGINALLY REPORTED. ——————————————– In the middle of the night on Tuesday, bus number three of Cooperativa de Transportes Ecuador pulled out of it’s terminal […]
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A report from the Association of Argentine Prostitutes (Ammar), a member of the Headquarters of Argentine Workers, shows that there are 80 thousand sexual workers in the 5 most important provinces in the country: the Federal Capital, Buenos Aires province, Córdoba, Mendoza and Santa Fe. Sixty-thousand of those come from the poorest areas of the […]
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The indigenous Guaraní culture in Paraguay is kept alive today through music.
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Two German tourists, who suffered respiratory problems when climbing the mountains of Vilcanota, at the height of Mount Ausangate, located in the annex to Chicca, Combapata district, province of Canchis Cusco, were rescued by police that led them to a private clinic. Read Article
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The National Civil Defense Institute (Indeci) today recommended the use of warm clothing and waterproof thermal (sweaters, gloves, hat) and to protect children and the elderly to the frost from the night will be presented in Puno, forecast weather. INDECI indicated that, compared to abrupt changes in temperature, cover the head, face and mouth to […]
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The chairman of the Natural Resources Defense of the Southern Region, Walter Aduviri said the Aymara nation “will not lift the strike” The Defence Committee of Natural Resources of the Southern Region of Puno continue its indefinite strike last night even though the executive authorities agreed to suspend for one year highland mining concessions and […]
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Tourism to the islands of the Uros, located on Lake Titicaca shared by Peru and Bolivia, fell on Sunday by anti-mining strike heeded in the border region of Puno. Read Article Reports are indicating that tourists are not able to enter Puno or Lake Titicaca and there is no movement between Peru and Bolivia.
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In a written interview of 16 questions, which the newspaper El Universo made last week to 160 drivers, only 30% knew of the legislation. This means that 7 out of 10 drivers, seven ignorance of the law and its reform, as well as previous standards. Read Article
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A video posted by elespectador.com reports that the Colombian police have discovered buses that change their license plates in order to be authorized to transport children, buses without seat belts, and among other infractions, vehicles with broken taillights. So far in 2011, 109 accidents have occurred resulting in 16 children dead and 170 injured in […]
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•Elespectador.com reports that despite the winter weather conditions, Eldorado airport in Bogotá has maintained a rate of 70 flights a day. •However, the ATAC, Aerial Transportation Association in Colombia, will be collaborating with other organizations in order to improve technology of the airport as well as improving the air and land infrastructure of the terminal. […]
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A network that provides documentation for Chinese and Arab citizens on the Triple Border of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil is under investigation by the Antiterrorism Police. The investigation focuses on a series of seemingly fraudulent transactions starting in 2009 that relates to providing documentation to Chinese, Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi and Pakistani citizens. Interpol of Asunción […]
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Reporters from conexionbrando.com chronicle their search for the most bizarre food in Chinatown located in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is common for many Porteños to visit Chinatown for fresh fish and vegetables, herbal teas, spices and sushi, but not so common to them are sweets like Sanko-Seika’s puffed rice and peanuts featuring […]
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Reporters from conexionbrando.com share their experience after visiting a yerba and tea plantation in Corrientes called Las Marías. By following longtime grower and tea connoisseur, Néstor Galvalisi, they learn about the process of harvesting, drying, resting, testing and packaging tea and yerba. Galvalisi treats his crops with love during the harvesting process and sends the […]
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•On the road from Bosconia to El Copey, an accident involving a bus and a tractor truck occurred at 4:30 p.m. leaving 13 deaths and other injuries per semana.com. •According to Eduardo Molina, head of press of the Policeia de Carreteras, the bus crossed into the opposing lane, and all of the victims were passengers […]
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According to parquesnacionales.gov.co, 36 Parks in Colombia require proof of yellow fever vaccination: Parque Nacional Natural Alto Fragua – Indiwasi Amacayacu National Park Cahuinarí National Park Catatumbo National Park – Bari Fauna and Flora Sanctuary Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta Parque Nacional Natural Cordillera de Los Picachos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary The Corchal “El Mono […]
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The Policía Aeroportuaria del Servicio de Vigilancia del Ministerio de Seguridad Pública (MSP) at country’s international airports now do more than keep an eye on security, but can also now issue traffic tickets to drivers and detain illegals, among other duties of an immigration official. The special police body that is a permanent fixture at […]
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After ten months of police investigation led to Luis Venegas, accused of raping more than 20 women. Several complaints had reached the Police of Pichincha, but the capture of the man is because one of his victims was identified through an identikit. Read Article
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National Director of Health, Gilberto Ríos, says strengthening the borders is vital due to an outbreak of dengue cases in the region, especially in Paraguay and Brazil. The lower temperatures this season should reduce the amount of outbreaks. Ríos says citizens of Uruguay shouldn’t worry about cases in other countries like Argentina that shut down […]
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According to a report by the Instituto de Promoción Turística de Argentina, the country had 5 million tourists in 2010, 17.8% of which were members of the homosexual community, per finanzas.com. This data has triggered a signed agreement between the Instituto and the Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (Ccglar) to transform the country into a […]
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A heavy down pour cased a landslide by the River Samaná thus blocking the road between Bogotá and Medellín prolonging traffic up to three hours according to rcnradio.com. Those travelling hope that the road is cleared by noon this Thursday. Read Article
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Departmental Federation of Drivers of La Paz confirmed that require a hike in fares by up to 30 percent in the Social Summit of Public Transport, which is organized by the Mayor of La Paz. Read Article
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It is my second attempt to reach Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland, home to a staggering array of flora and fauna. Years ago, I skipped a night bus to Campo Grande, the region’s capital, in order to spend more time exploring the waterfalls down south in Iguazu. The bus, I later found out, had […]
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A psychiatrist arrested in Argentina on charges of falsely billing $1 million in health insurance claims in Hawaii was involved in similar fraud some 30 years ago in Colorado, according to documents obtained Wednesday. Read Article
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Noticias.univision.com reports that Jesús Ochoa, presumed member of the Sinaloa Cartel, attempted to hide the money in a carry on luggage when he was captured in Eldorado Airport in Bogotá, Colombia. The money is believed to be a partial payment from Mexican cartels for a cocaine shipment. Ochoa is to be processed for alleged money […]
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The security measures are heightened in the Alejandro Velasco Astete airport in Cusco after the discovery yesterday of a grenade and a stick of dynamite in one of the bathrooms at the airport, Gastón Rodríguez said Colonel Limo, police chief of the Cusco region. Read Article The article indicated there were flights cancelled and people […]
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According to eldiario.com.co, a tour vehicle hit and killed Carlos Andrés García Valencia at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday as he was crossing the Avenida Villajoyosa in Alicante, Spain. His family in Santa Rosa de Cabal is attempting to return his body to Colombia. Read Article
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Yesterday the president, along with a band of elite government officials, inaugurated the Bicentennial Museum with emotional remarks about the history and the future of Argentina, according to pagina12.com. The museum showcasing 201 years of national history is located behind the Casa Rosada in what was once ruins of the first Fort of Buenos Aires. […]
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The Department of National Tourism confirmed that construction will begin on June 1 for the first 6-star hotel in South America. The luxury hotel will be part of the Mansions of the World chain owned by the investment group Vedanta, who predicts the project will cost close to $75 million. According to tiempo.elargentino.com, the hotel […]
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SECOND HOME INVASION IN A WEEK Five gunmen assaulted the workers of a marriage that was celebrated last Sunday morning in the area of Punta Blanca on the route called Spondylus, police said. According to the police, the crime was perpetrated at 03:45 in a house located at the entrance to number 11. Read Article
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The Government announced yesterday that it will allocate 500 police, which will form a task force to ensure the safety of the five cities with higher crime rates in the country: Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, Manta and Esmeraldas. In total, 160 members of the elite National Police, together with the staff of the Urban Service Unit […]
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On Monday, a court sentenced 31 years in prison to the American William Trickett Smith II, accused of murdering his Peruvian wife and after having put the body in a suitcase, throw it into the sea 2007. The Criminal Division for prison inmates convicted Trickett, after he pleaded guilty on Thursday to qualify for the […]
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•According to the World Meterological Organization, La Niña does not show any signs of continuing through the second half of 2011 as revealed by caracol.com.co. •La Niña has caused the increased heavy rains in Colombia as well as extreme weather conditions in Australia, South Asia, and other parts of South America. •El Niño also displays […]
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A 59-year old Argentine woman was killed after being hit by a car in the Jureré Internacional Beach, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Yesterday, the woman, her daughter and a young man were crossing the Buzios Av. around 10 pm when a Space Fox car hit the three of them. Read Article
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Few regions on earth have a cultural richness to match the Maya World’s. In the lowlands of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and southern Mexico steamy rainforests, replete with wildlife, preserve thousands of soil-covered ruined cities built by an ancient Maya Empire that rose with the Romans and slowly declined in Europe’s Middle Ages. Read […]
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Power, corruption, violence and a bizarre tattoo. A Corbett family says it’s all woven into their son’s murder case, which is at last going to trial thousands of miles from home. John Chamberlin and his wife, Ellen, are preparing to fly to Ecuador next week to watch the trial of the man suspected of killing […]
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The Marginal Pinheiros is the route where most crimes occur in Sao Paulo. It reveals that the survey done by the military police and obtained exclusively by G1 . The study shows the 40 runners in the capital city reported that more thefts of various kinds in the first three months of this year. (See […]
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Three Dutch tourists were arrested in Copacabana last Tuesday because they were naked on the beach. A good tip for the Europeans planning to go to Brazil is not to get carried away with the feeling of “freedom”. Brazilian law is very strict when dealing with nudity and unless you’re wearing something (no matter how […]
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What was a downward trend of diseases such as dengue and malaria has been altered by new reports of the National Malaria Eradication (NCME) in Esmeraldas. Only in May so far there have been 34 cases of dengue fever were confirmed, while the second condition and there are 64 patients. Read Article
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A TAM plane made an emergency landing at Luis Eduardo Magalhaes airport after a passenger threatened to blow up the aircraft late on Friday (20). The man said he was with a bomb and the commander of the flight 3603 signaled a clear threat to the control tower in Salvador. The 129 passengers were evacuated […]
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Manaus – A new line of research will point out if there was human error in the crash of an aircraft of the Air Taxi Amazonaves in the last 21 days in Manaus, in the Regional Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Seripando 7). The first report issued by the Seripando 7 concluded that there […]
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RIO – Niteroi already has eight cases of dengue type 4 confirmed by laboratory tests. The city was the first outside of North and Northeast regions of the country to register these viruses. Like all the state’s population is susceptible to the virus 4, this increases the chances of a major epidemic in Rio next […]
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Police say public transport, social networking sites being used to target victims. Sex offenders have been using public transport, social networking sites, and job advertisements to target victims, the police have reported. According to Deputy Superintendent Gloria Davis-Simpson, head of the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA), reports have shown […]
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More than 120 minor earthquakes and occasional explosions were reported Thursday in the volcano Tungurahua, in the central Andes of Ecuador, behavior that may persist for days or weeks, the Geophysical Institute (IG) of the National Polytechnic School. Read Article
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•The new 4,000 square meter Hub & Gateway will ensure the timely arrival and departure of imports and exports per businesscol.com. •This will require an investment of 1.3 million euros and create 30 direct jobs and 60 indirect jobs. •The company currently is employing 550 Colombians. •According to Steven Fenwick, CEO of DHL Express Americas, […]
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Venezuela’s president decreed a state of emergency for 90 days on the Andean state of Tachira The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez announced Thursday that a state of emergency decreed for ninety days in the Andean state of Tachira, which has been severely affected in recent days because of the torrential rains. Read Article
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Jacques Cloutier, a developer who built thousands of homes in Southwest Florida before defaulting on millions in loans when the housing market crumbled, was found shot to death in Costa Rica Saturday, authorities there said. Read Article
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•50,000 procedures of aesthetic surgery are carried out 14,000 of which are performed on foreigners. •This is due to the high quality of Colombian healthcare which in relation to places such as the U.S. or Europe can cost 7 times less. •“Medical tourism” in Cali could prove to provide substantial income as people from countries […]
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There are elements to position Paraguay European tourism, as stated by Juan Alberto Martín Mora, deputy director of alliances airline Iberia, Spain, under the Technical Seminar on Investment in tourism, which ended yesterday at the Sheraton Asuncion Hotel. Currently, the total number of tourists visiting our country, 465,264 people a year, according to the National […]
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A Sol Líneas Aéreas (SOL) commuter plane carrying more than 20 people crashed in southern Argentina on late Wednesday evening, the airline confirmed. Sol Líneas Aéreas flight 5428 was on a flight from Córdoba in Córdoba Province to Comodoro Rivadavia in Chubut Province during which it made two scheduled stops. The first stop was in […]
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Elmeridianodecordoba.com.co reports that plane HK4364 of Aerolíneas de Antioquia landed safely in Los Garzones airport at 11:30 a.m. due to problems with one of its motors. There were 6 passengers and 2 crew members on board. One terrified passenger received medical attention after the landing. Staff of Airplan in Montería stated that closing the airport […]
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•According to elpais.com.co, before Hugo Andrés Tenorio Domínguez could board his flight to Cali, Colombia, the x-ray scans revealed strange shapes in the bottles in question. •The body soap bottle held $20,700 USD and the lotion bottle held $22,700 USD to make $44, 400 USD when combined with the $1,000 USD in his wallet according […]
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•New flood zones in municipalities in la Mojana Sucreña, Cauca, el Magdalena, and the Savannah of Bogotá have registered, and the director of Ideam states that they must decide between maintaining the infrastructures or relocating per elpais.com.co. •Red alert is still on the Bogotá, Chicamocha, Sogamoso, Suárez, Arauca, and Meta rivers. May is expected to […]
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Mancora calm district, twice thwarted the theft of personal belongings several tourists an American, speaking to one of the subjects was taken to the Precinct to the proceedings of the case. 1.The watchmen noticed that in the area of beaches, off Playa El Amor, three men tried to steal the belongings of the couple of […]
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•Per rcnradio.com, Dwight Vásquez boarded a taxi with Leidy Johana Gutiérrez and Daile Brreden [sic], another U.S. citizen in the San Fernando neighborhood in Cali. •While on route to a hotel in Chipichape, 3 assailants robbed the passengers of their belongings and performed the paseo millionario. •American, Vásquez attempted to stop them and was shot […]
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It was 05:30 hours when Jennifer Costello, 24, had been sleeping peacefully. Suddenly, she felt that the passenger who was at his side take out the wallet. But while the concrete the abduction, she manages to wake up and realize. Sos he stood and walked down the hall to immediately report the situation to the […]
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The Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT) has identified eight national roads that it considers too dangerous to drive at night in the rain. The 11 kilometres section of the San José – Caldera between Atenas and Orotina is one, the Monte de Aguacate (old road to Jacó) and the Vara Blanca route in […]
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The administration of Jaime Roldós bus terminal in Guayaquil, reported to police that visitors to the terminal have destroyed sections of the bathrooms and stole items including toilet paper. Bathrooms have also been damaged by significant graffiti. The terminal has two bathrooms on both the ground and first floor. As many as 30,000 people a […]
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The Ministry of Health yesterday ordered the closure of Taco Bell restaurant located in Montes de Oca Sabanilla for violating the administrative requirements established by national legislation to function. Read Article
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With advances like electricity generation through solar panels and safety and security measures enforced for visitors, the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF), opened the Visitor Reception Center Orongo in Rapa Nui National Park, cataloged worldwide. This is one of the buildings m, ore modern of the island, but that fully respects the identity of the local […]
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PUBLISHED FROM WARDEN’S MESSAGE WARDEN’S MESSAGE – PETEN GUATEMALA May 16, 2011 Dear American Citizen: The following is a Warden Message concerning Security in Peten. Please share the following information with any other U.S. citizens you know, as soon as possible. It should be disseminated as widely as possible within the U.S. citizen community. Please […]
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President Alvaro Colom declared tonight the state of siege in the department of Petén, after the slaughter of 27 agricultural workers who worked on the farm Los Cocos, La Libertad, Petén. He said he ordered the continued presence of the combined forces of police and army ” indefinitely “in Peten jungle region where Mexican drug […]
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The Ministry of Tourism, through a press release said that arrivals of foreign visitors to Ecuador grew by 8.24% during the first quarter of 2011, from 339,025 in 2010, 366,960, this year. Statistics show that visitor arrivals to the country was higher in the month that recorded a revenue of 105,541, followed by April 87 […]
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Tourism continues to consolidate in the Dominican economy, registering in the first quarter its strongest growth for the past three years to reach the sum of 1,634,776 visitors via the air. Read Article
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Luis Picado’s mother remembers the day her son thought he had won the lottery. He came home to their tin-roofed cinder-block house in a Managua slum and said he’d found a way to escape poverty and start a new life in the United States. An American man had promised to give Picado, […]
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Six people, including one Asian and five Bolivian nationals were arrested at this time suspected of being part of a network card cloners debits and credits. With these apprehensions are eight captured by the same crime. The authorities showed a series of magnetic cards found in the hands of the accused.The alleged offenders were arrested […]
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The operations staff of the National Electricity Corporation (Corpoelec) still works in the plant Luisa Cáceres to restore normal power supply on the island of Margarita , after failures occurred in time to leave Monday night without light to several sectors. The state reported that several power generating units were affected by the disruption on […]
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•Universal.com.co reports that Colombia is working with the UN and the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce the number of deaths due to roadside accidents. •Different groups such as the mayor’s offices of Bogotá and Medellín and National Police will be working with the WHO as part of their Decade of Action for Road Security. […]
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A fire destroyed part of Castillo de Pavones Hotel, located in the Southern Zone’s Pacific province of Puntarenas, on Sunday afternoon. Nobody was hurt in the fire that began on the hotel’s top floor. The hotel is located in a hard-to-reach area of Puntarenas. Read Article
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At least five people were killed and ten others injured in an assault perpetrated by a group of strangers into a passenger bus on a highway in western Guatemala, sources with the Volunteer Firefighters.The assault occurred at kilometer 39 of the American road, in Santo Domingo Xenacoj jurisdiction in Sacatepéquez department, the sources added. Read […]
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Costa Rica: Second McDonalds Closed In Less Than A Week By Health A “barrida” (sweep) of fast food outlets by the Ministerio de Salud (Health ministry) resulted in the closings of 90 businesses in Desamparados alone on Friday. The ministerio de Salud announced sweeps across the country when it was forced to close a downtown […]
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•The Colombian airline will offer 21 flights between Bogotá and the Panamá City this Friday. •The flights will be on Airbus – A-318 carrying 100 passengers with no stops. •This is part of the airline’s plan to expand routes and flight frequencies. (JR) Read Article
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• Rcnradio.com reports that thanks to a French loan of 250 million USD, construction of two aerial tramways will begin this November. • Mayor Alonso states that Ayacucho will be the first city in Colombia to have a large system of integrated transportation. • The Metro of Medellín will be handling construction which is expected […]
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Canadian left to die in Dominican Republic Hospital Faced with the choice between a comfy bed and a hearty meal after spending more than seven weeks in a Dominican hospital, Max Ronayne opts for blueberry pancakes. Wasaga Beach resident Megan Ratnam obliges, taking him out for a midnight breakfast in Toronto while waiting for his […]
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Study Reveals Areas of Bogotá as Criminal Hotspots • Eltiempo.com reports that the Coporación Nuevo Arco Iris performed a study that revealed the areas of Cuidad Bolívar, Suba, San Cristóbal and Kennedy as areas of high crime concentration. • One of the crimes most extensively studied was the illegal autopart market which involves as well […]
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Planet Earth is beautiful and terrible with its natural and man-made objects. They are fascinating and scary at the same time. Some of these objects are holes in the ground, some man-made and others of natural origin. They all have one thing in common – nearly perfect circular shape and, therefore, are beautiful. However, the […]
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Over the next 20 years air carriers in Latin America will require 2,180 new airplanes worth approximately USD210bn as growth in air travel in the region is expected to outpace the world average, Boeing has forecast. Latin American air travel is expected to grow by approximately 70% over the next two decades, driven by an […]
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According to rcnradio.com, Jaime de la Cadena comments that the Spanish Consulate is making an effort to deal with the numerous requests for tourist visas made by Spanish citizens. He stated that these long waits, lasting days, are an unusual, passing occurrence and suggested that anyone planning on traveling in July to Colombia make the […]
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German tourist Pilar Sophia Chalalla received a brain injury after falling from a horse. She was emergency evacuated to a clinic and had been on a tour at an archaeological site in the Moray district of Maras in Cusco province. She is a volunteer with NGO, Munaycha which has projects in Chicon. Read Article
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Tourist dies after taking stimulant and having sex with prostitute Police reported that a 67 year old German tourist has died according to police. Unofficial reports stated he died after ingesting Viagra, taking a stimulant drink, and having sex with a 20 year old prostitute. The victim was identified as Ernest Homyer who was staying […]
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A new robbery occurred in the Starbucks coffee chain, this time in Pueblo Libre in Lima. A U.S. citizen was victimized when three assailants entered the establishment. Two females distracted staff while a male assailant snatched all the belongings of American tourist, Joseph Bring Bolanski while he was sitting at a table. Taken in the […]
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CitySightseeing Invests 8 Billion Pesos in Colombia • According to larepublica.com.co , the touristic franchise which has established itself all over the world is planning on running routes in Bogotá and Cartagena. • Vice minister of Tourism, Óscar Rueda, states that this investment will help Colombia establish itself as a tourist country. • A ticket […]
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Millions of people living near the Andes Mountains face a significantly higher risk of a giant earthquake than previously thought, and such a temblor could be more than 10 times stronger than anything the region has expected in the past. Read Article
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As reported by elespectador.com through video, along the highways drivers, especially those of public transportation vehicles are performing dangerous maneuvers. For example, as the video follows traffic on the Cali-Buenaventura road, it captures drivers passing others on the road multiple times even on curves in the road and even while on a cellphone. Other drivers […]
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Local authorities declared a yellow alert on Thursday for two departments of western Guatemala, Quetzaltenango and Retalhuleu, as a preventive response to increasingly forceful activity from the Santiaguito volcano. The volcano’s frequent eruptions can now be heard at a distance of 10 kilometers, and avalanches of burning material tumble down the volcano’s slopes in easterly […]
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he Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is urging international travelers to get vaccinated against measles and rubella before visiting the Western Hemisphere, to reduce the risk of reintroducing these two diseases, which have been eliminated from the Americas. PAHO/WHO issued the epidemiological alert last week in view of increased international travel expected for […]
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