The Risk Management Division launched an alert moderate to high in the departments of Antioquia, Nariño, Cauca and Santander for probable landslides. The alert was ordered by the high risks and vulnerability of these regions of landslides as a result of rains in various parts of the departments in the last hours, and have been registered with the Ideam. The Madalena and Cauca rivers are being monitored as to their levels due to persistent recent rains. Read Article
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Next week will be handed over patrols, surveillance cameras and more tools to work to address public security, fulfilling the commitment to ensure the safety of people. Read Article
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The authorities corroborated it was suicide for the Bulgarian tourist died after falling from the floor 19 of the luxurious Emerald Residential Tower & Spa, located in the Hotel Zone of Cancun. This was announced yesterday morning, staff of Expert Services of the Attorney General of the State, since it came on the scene and […]
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A pair of teenagers were taken to Ensenada as part of an investigation into the murder of an American in the delegation of Bahia de Los Angeles this weekend. The deceased was a U.S. citizen by the name of Mark Stephen, age 48. Read Article
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A 17 years known as “Chuki” was identified as responsible for the death of French tourist, Yves Le Bras, occurred in the hotel Lagunamar Gerda, on 28 March. This was announced by Director of the Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations (CICPC), Luis Karabin, indicating that the youth is residing in the area Savannah Guacuco, Arismendi […]
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The Justice Ministry and the National Registrar of Titles busted a network in the real estate jurisdiction of Higuey (east), which allegedly swindled several people and companies out of more than RD$1.0 billion, elcaribe.com.do reports. The arrests come after years of complaints by locals and foreigner of scams in the millions in the Higuey jurisdiction, […]
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Honduran experts warned the population about the damaging effects of the heat wave now underway. Forecasts indicate that the current summer will be the hottest of the past years, and temperatures in the coming days are expected to reach about 40 degrees Celsius. Read Article
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Last Monday morning at 06:30 am and Israeli tourist started an unauthorized fire in Pudeto at the Horns of Paine Lookout at Lake Nordenskjola in Torres del Paine National Park in southern Chile. The fire caused minimal damage but burned ten square meters. The tourist has been ordered to appear at the Magistrates Court in […]
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The County Department of Health and Civil Defense of Rio de Janeiro has mapped 11,354 possible outbreaks of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which transmits dengue. The sweep took place today during the morning a big group effort. Read Article
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On 30 March, Google reported that it was user availability services, voice guided navigation in Argentina. To qualify for this role will require an Android version 2.0 and, through Google Navigation , will be available to guide and maps displayed on your screen the road to be followed similarly to GPS. In the case of […]
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In the middle of the night on Thursday a pirate or fake taxi picked up an Australian tourist in the center of Lima and her husband to go to the airport. The suspect who has a history of rape and robbery, kidnapped and robbed the victim who resisted and was shot in the stomach. She […]
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The doctors said that to expand their prevention efforts on Monday will begin a special review of death certificates issued by the Registry Office in recent weeks and whose causes are accentuated acute respiratory infections. This, he notes, as a way to verify that all suspected cases have been addressed, thus ensuring that in case […]
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Beware of riptides, currents, and areas designated as dangerous. A Canadian tourist drowned after being swept away by strong currents and waves while bathing in the sea area that is located near the Riu hotel where was staying. The victim was identified by relatives as James Mescalsen, who was 53 years of age, and originally […]
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Crossing the road to Caldera is a test of nerves for 58% of the drivers using the route according to the latest poll by Unimer for the daily La Nación. The poll reveals that of the 58% who have a negative opinion, 39% of the feel the road is unsafe, while 19% feel it is […]
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The state of Rio has ten municipalities with dengue epidemic, three more than last week. Joined the list of cities with many cases of the disease Cabo Frio, Silva Jardim and Lamb. Already included a list of the most affected as Jesus of Itabapoana, Canterbury, Saint Anthony of Padua, Mage, Mangalore, and Guapimirim Seropédica. According […]
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Unknown killed at 20.40 am on Wednesday, four people in the Ana Gabriela hotel, located at km 146.5, at the entrance of Salama, Baja Verapaz. Read Article
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The rates hikes and the crisis that still affects some European countries are among the causes that might have caused a sharp drop in the number of visitors to the Aconcagua Provincial Park (PPA). In the 2010-2011 season, which began on November 15 and ended today, 6145 people entered. While in the period 2009-2010, the […]
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In raids inside and outside the island of Margarita Cicpc investigates the murder of French tourist Yves Le Bras, 53, occurred early Tuesday at Lagunamar hotel facilities on the island of Margarita. Read Article
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An American woman is demanding that the U.S. government do more to find the body of her husband, six months after he was presumably gunned down on a lake along Texas’ border with Mexico. Read Article
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The departments of Santa Cruz, Tarija and Chuquisaca increased the level of infestation (invasion of a living organism by agents external or internal parasites) with vinchucas more than one percent between 2009 and 2010, according to the head of the National Chagas Institute. Read Article
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The management of National Parks of Colombia require the presentation of the card that proves to be vaccinated against yellow fever. The scheme will apply in 36 areas of the park system. Among the parks where the card is required include the National Natural Park Gorgona National Natural Park Los Farallones de Cali, Sanctuary Malpelo […]
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So far this year in Tucuman no confirmed cases of dengue but the rain and the temperatures recorded in the province are forced to maintain alertness, because they may enhance the spread of the virus. Read Article
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Paraguay’s public hospitals indefinitely suspended surgeries to give priority attention to the more than 13,000 patients with dengue, which has caused 18 deaths this year, formally announced Wednesday. “From Thursday there will be no surgeries because all beds available in hospitals are available for dengue patients,” confirmed Edgar Gimenez, Vice Minister of Health. Read Article
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Since 2009 have closed six embassies in Caracas. Group of nations that have decided to close their embassies, Morocco, Israel and Honduras have made for political reasons, while Finland, adds to the Czech Republic and Hungary, who have argued for economic reasons to make the measurement.Read Article
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Electronic music rattled from the baffles in the resort of Costa Salguero, when in full rave, Tommy Coyle, 29, told his girlfriend Tara Tracey, 28, one minute to go to the bathroom to take an ecstasy tablet and be back soon. He did not at least walking. He, an Irish tourist who had arrived two […]
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Adventure turned to tragedy Tuesday when a bungee cord snapped on the Miraflores bridge in central Colombia, killing a tourist. “At that moment you heard a silence super ugly, and this bridge became hell as organizers ran down the bridge to assist him. Everyone started to scream, I called an ambulance that never arrived,” said […]
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Flight 266 of American Airlines detected a problem with the landing gear after takeoff from Santiago, Chile to Miami, at 00:15. The crew decided to make a return to Santiago and made an emergency landing at Aeropuerto Arturo Merino Benítez, in the metropolitan region. There were 66 passengers on board and no injuries were reported. […]
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Bolivia’s Health Ministry Tuesday called on its people to keep vigilant against any symptoms of dengue after 23 fatalities and 4,000 cases of infection were reported nationwide in recent days. Most cases have concentrated in the Amazon region of the South American country, with the highest numbers registered in the provinces of Beni and Santa […]
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French tourist, Lebres Ives, age 53, was murdered in what appeared to be a robbery attempt at a hotel on Margarita Island, Venezuela. El Nuevo Herald did not name the hotel and the case was still being investigated. Official records state the homicide rate in Venezuela is 48 per 100,000 peopel. Margarita Island is one […]
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Costa Rica is hotter today than in the past, the average temperature increasing by one degree Celsius during the past half century, according to the results of an investigation by the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN). The investigators made a comparative analysis of the average temperature in the country between the periods 1961-1990 and 1991-2005, in […]
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The construction works at the airport in Pisco to begin within a month. The works comprise the construction of passenger terminal and cargo terminal. And a platform for aircraft parking and care that will extend over an area of about 24.500 m2. For this project, the consortium of companies GBHI Investments, will invest $ 40 […]
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overnor Ochoa Javier Duarte pleaded with leaders of organizations of taxi drivers in the municipalities of Veracruz and Boca del Rio to avoid contamination by organized crime gangs operating in the suburbs. When meeting with Labour members of Congress in this city, the president of Veracruz said he was struck by the participation of workers […]
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During 2010 the country was stolen two million cell phones, according to data arising from a study conducted by consultancy Carrier y Asociados (who is studying business communications.) One in five people last year renewed his cell he did because he was the victim of a robbery. Over 800 phones a day are stolen in […]
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A lifeguard in the Mexican resort of Cancun says a tourist has been attacked by a shark after ignoring warnings to stay out of the water. Gaviotas beach lifeguard Lazaro Magana says the victim was taken to the hospital Thursday with an 8-inch (20-centimeter) wound in her foot. Read Article
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A UK citizen from Wales was drugged and robbed after an assailant(s) drugged the victim with scopalmine. According to Caracol Radio, David Thomas Edwards was travelling from Bogota to Cali on a bus when he was rendered defenseless after being drugged. The suspect(s) made away with his belongings. The victim required hospitalization in Ibague and […]
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The parish priest of Llano Grande, Roberto Ruiz, was found dead yesterday afternoon in the room where slept inside the Immaculate Conception church in Quito. Police believe he was poisoned with scopolamine and that theft may have been the motive. Read Article
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Authorities confirmed that the number of injured is 17, and continue the rescue work. Among those killed is a child of 12, who is a resident of the village of Limon High (place of accident). The child went with her mother to rescue the injured, as rescue workers led to a landslide buried him. Read […]
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A tourist was killed this morning in front of his family on a Canasvieiras beach , north of the island of Santa Catarina, in the municipality of Florianópolis, when he tried to prevent theft of his vehicle. He had just arrived and was looking for a hotel with his wife and two children. Read Article
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Some residents of Heredia are alarmed at the number of transvestites operating their services in public in Barrio Fatima, Heredia. They are conducting surveillance of the area and publishing license plate numbers and the names of the registered owner of the vehicle in which someone contacted a transvestite. Website – clientesdetravestis.com Clientes de Travestis en […]
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Case: before using physical force. Now express kidnappers prefer to psychologically intimidate victims. Police advised foreign and domestic visitors not to enter into conversation with strangers to avoid express kidnappings and robberies in La Paz. Special Force against Crime (FELCC), said the modus operandi of the robbers changed after a German visitor was a victim […]
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The decision was taken after the accident that killed two Americans in the San Martín jump. It was taken by the Alto Paraná delegation of the Coast Guard. The company also reported the cause of death of two tourists. After the tragic accident featuring a boat-raft in the San Martín leap that killed two American […]
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St Lucia is to play host to a conference focused on luxury tourism in the Caribbean. The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s (CHTA) Caribbean Boutique and Intimate Hotel Conference will take place on the island from October 13-15. Read Article
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Over the objections of DuPage County prosecutors, a Naperville North High School counselor and coach charged with sexually abusing a 16-year-old female student was given permission today to attend a family vacation next week in Cancun, Mexico. John Carbonaro, 33, of Warrenville, pleaded not guilty today to eight counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Read […]
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Given the climate of insecurity, the National Chamber of Commerce (Canaco) requested the support of local armed forces to protect tourists traveling by road to Nuevo León next Easter holiday period. The president of the private body, Juan Ernesto Sandoval Villarreal, said the escalation of violence in the state must be strengthened security measures to […]
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Three Falkland Islands tours achieved the top ratings out of all South American excursions taken by Princess Cruise Line passengers during the 2010/11 season, confirmed Tourism Coordinator Samantha Marsh of Falklands Port and Shore Excursion Agents Sulivan Shipping Ltd. Read Article
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A few days ago found three cases of people who visited the Hospital and Clinic Magallanes, presumably spider bite, the health authority denied that these injuries were caused by the spider in the corner. Read Article FILE IN SPANISH REGARDING SPIDERS IN MAGALLANES, CHILE
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Eric Resse, who was out snorkeling with friends north of the island of Caye Caulker, was rescued from the sea after going missing on Saturday afternoon. Read Article
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The first tsunami exercise for the Caribbean gets underway Wednesday with the participation of 33 countries, testing the region’s emergency preparedness after Japan’s recent devastation, officials said. Read Article
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Over 120 thousand people have been affected by heavy rains in Mato Grosso do Sul, central eastern Brazil, where millions in losses recorded primarily in the agricultural sector, local authorities said Monday. The last count of Civil Defense indicates that a total of 120 thousand 365 people were affected by the rains of recent weeks […]
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The Venezuelan government is aware and prepared for a new outbreak of H1N1 in the Latin American country that has left at least one person died and 12 were infected, health authorities reported Thursday. “We want to inform that it has detected the presence of H1N1 virus, this is an epidemic in Mérida (West),” said […]
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Today at 11:00 am a tourist raft carrying nine people crashed into a stone wall ne the Garganta del Diablo zone at Iguazú Falls in Argentina. Several sources have listed two of the deceased in the accident being from the United States. Other injured and transported to hospitals including tourists from Colombia, German, and Argentine. […]
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he Ministry of Health of Paraná confirmed on Monday the record of nine deaths due to dengue since the beginning of the year. Until last week, six deaths had been confirmed in the state. Altogether, there were five deaths in Jacarezinho, two in London, one in Carlópolis (all cities in the north of Paraná) and […]
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Police in Chile say a small bomb exploded and broke some windows at a U.S. cultural institute hours ahead of President Barack Obama’s arrival. No one was injured in the attack, which happened in Vina del Mar, a seaside city far from the Obamas’ activities in the capital of Santiago. Read Article
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There are private security and continued presence of the police, but crime persists. The case of the Central University student Francys Aries Castro, 23, who last March 2 injured with a knife, after suffering a robbery after leaving school, is the most serious happened to a student at the center Bogota, in recent months. Read […]
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The Aires aircraft managed to land smoothly at the airport Garzones in Monteria. According to Caracol Radio reported the plane, en route to Medellin, Monteria, he blew out an engine in flight. Read Article
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The incident occurred at 7:40 pm Saturday at the height of the tunnels Quebradablanca. Although at first unofficially, there was a balance of 21 people dead, police corrected the figure. The incident occurred when, apparently, the tourist chiva 385 XUE tourist plates ran out of brakes on a slope of the road and its driver […]
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ATM cloning continues to be a challenge for Ecuadorian banks. Banco Pichincha has been working with a new biometrics keypad that actually registers and stores the rhythm and force of the authorized users hand when entering the password for the debit or credit card at an ATM. The three largest banks impacted by cloning are: […]
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An American visitor, who went jet skiing with her husband and a group of friends had to be rescued out of the waters near Ambergris Caye. Police are collecting statements on what transpired out at sea. Read Article
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Bolivian authorities say a commercial plane (TAM Airlines) carrying 33 passengers touched down on its belly after its landing gear failed to open properly. Read Article
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The Naval Oceanographic Institute reports to the Community on 20, 21 and March 22 will present a strong currents and riptides on the mainland coast and islands of the country. This event has the distinction of being a Aguaje Maximus, which occurs when a surge coincides (new moon or full moon) with the Perigee of […]
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Yesterday morning at 02:45 am four men were discovered by authorities to be unconscious on the corners of Calle Cristobal Colon and the 15th. Apparently they had been given a dose of scopolamine. The victims had no identification or any items of value in their possession. There was a card left by one of the […]
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Manabi flooded downtown streets for hours Caráquez Bay and San Vicente, but also flooded the road from San Vicente-Canoa, causing setbacks to dozens of drivers and revealed shortcomings in the drainage system. Read Article
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Authorities have decided to close the airport in Loja for six months beginning in October to remodel the terminal. The decision was made yesterday in Quito between the authorities of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and representatives from different sectors of the province. Read Article
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Last night through an information issued in the Oromo TV news channel, the head of the National Traffic Council, Ricardo Antón, announced that it introduced the ultimate sanction against the cooperative transport Reina del Camino. Anton said to be notified in the coming hours the company to suspend the service permanently. “Reina del Camino no […]
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Port of Tampa says “Si” to Cuba.By: Brendan McLaughlin. TAMPA – The Port of Tampa is saying “si” to the idea of a ferry service from Tampa to Havana. At least two shipping companies are preparing bids to take passengers and their cars on an overnight cruise to Cuba. And though this would revive a […]
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Guatemala’s National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction registered 199 forest fires so far in 2011, the local press reported on Wednesday. Given the growing number of these events, authorities declared Yellow Alert for the department of Peten as a preventive measure. Read Article
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The Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) announced Tuesday that national gas prices will increase ¢54 per liter beginning in April. Gas prices have risen three times thus far in 2011. ARESEP’s announcement of a national gas price increase comes at a time when international gas prices are sky-rocketing. Due to last month’s turmoil in Egypt […]
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National cab fare will increase ¢15 in the upcoming weeks, the Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) has announced. The standard rate of ¢530/kilometer will be hiked to ¢545/kilometer to compensate for an increase in gas prices in the month of February. Read Article
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The problems with cellular telecommunications in Costa Rica continue, this time affecting customers of the state telecom, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), “prepaid” service. Last week ICE has cut internet service from all prepaid service and without any notice. Read Article
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Outstanding Video of Dolphins in the Galapagos – however, should have left the tourists out of the video.
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Crew members stopped two drunken Mexican pilots from leaving Costa Rica with an Aeromexico flight carrying 101 passengers to Mexico, a Costa Rican aviation official said on Monday. “One of them, the co-pilot, tested positive for alcohol while the captain refused to do the test,” Alvaro Vargas, deputy director of Dirección General de Aviación Civil […]
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The park director of the Galapagos Islands reported the following information regarding visitors to the Galapagos in 2010. 173,296 visitors in 2010 – 6% increase over 2009. 61,574 visitors were Ecuadorian – 36% 46,093 visitors were from the U.S. – 27% 9,045 visitors were from the U.K. – 5% Other countries made up the rest […]
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Since August 2010, the Rapa Nui islanders have been carrying out demonstrations at various important tourist sites on the island that they claim as their ancestral lands. At the Hotel Hanga Roa, the site of a USD 50 million redevelopment project supported by Chile’s Piñera government, the Hito family—a powerful Rapa Nui clan—had been staging […]
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Ecuador’s national emergency department says it shipped the aid Monday to 260 families on Santa Cruz and San Cristobal islands whose fishing boats – and livelihood – were destroyed. Read Article
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New Zealand businessman Gareth Morgan thought he was safe from the Japanese tsunami at a beachside hotel in the Galapagos Islands, but his illusion was smashed by a three-metre wave. Mr Morgan and his wife, Jo, were kicking back at the Finch Bay Hotel on Santa Cruz Island when Friday’s quake struck. Read Article
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Homeland security is of primary concern for Brazil. Spanning over 8.5 million square kilometers this huge nation is bordering ten neighboring countries over 17,000 kilometers of land borders, many of which lay over sparsely inhabited areas, posing a great challenge for law enforcement and control. Brazil’s homeland security market has grown significantly in recent years […]
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Posadas Airport ceased operations on Sunday night at 21:00 by beating the radio permit inspection of help to commercial flights, which gives the Secretary of Transportation’s Office after verification technique of an Air Force . The manager of Aerolineas Argentina Posadas Adrian Omar told Regueria Aeropuerto”. that “last night (on Sunday) our last flight out. […]
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Paraguay’s airport workers said on Monday that they will make a six-hour strike in the three main terminals in the country, which will be the first protest against a bill promoted by the government concessions. Read Article
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The government of the United States has cleared the airport of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood to make trips to Cuba, which becomes the third terminal of Florida who may make such trips. The authorization was granted by the Customs and Border Protection, which granted it a week early to leave Tampa International Airport. Read Article
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The sign at the start of the trail was a little disconcerting: If you see a puma, don’t run. Maintain eye contact, shout loudly, raise your jacket over your head and tell a park ranger. It seemed like a lot to remember should a hungry cat come loping down from the sandy hills. Would I […]
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The Galapagos National Park Service has conducted a preliminary analysis of the the impact the tsunami has had on the protected area including tourist sites. The area in Santa Cruz for tortoise breeding has been closed due to damage. Many of the tortoises are being housed in a shelter. Most impacted areas: Southwest side of […]
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Yesterday during evening hours a omnibuss (combi) from the compnay Porvenir in route from Copacabana Bolivia to Cusco, Peru crashed into a parked truck in the middle of the highway at km 1389.5(near Acora), not displaying emergency lights. Ten tourists were injured and the tour guide who was in the copilot seat died of his […]
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Just off the Amazon River, lies the village of Nazareth. But don’t think about dropping by. Tired of being a curiosity to the outside world, the indigenous people have banned tourists. Thousands of adventurous, backpacking tourists flock to southern Colombia every year, drawn by eco-tourism and the hope of interacting with the peoples who live […]
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A Northern Arizona University professor is reported to be safe and back with her family in Mexico after being briefly kidnapped. School officials said Saturday that Veronica Perez Rodriguez was the victim of a kidnapping late Friday while visiting family members in Ciudad Juarez. Read Article
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Islanders and coastal residents along Latin America’s Pacific seaboard moved to higher ground Friday as a precaution against possible tsunami following the superquake that bashed northeastern Japan with huge waves. Read Article
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Sinaproc Director Arturo Alvarado announced Friday that the country was not in any danger from the waves. The agency had issued numerous warnings throughout the day after the earthquake, which registered 8.9 on the Richter scale. The earthquake and resulting tsunamis caused thousands of deaths in Japan. Read Article
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UPDATE – MARCH 14, 2011 18:20 Ecuador government sends six tons of food and supplies to families who have lost their liveliehood. Also, it is reported that some hotels have received major damage. Read Article UPDATE – MARCH 13, 2011 14:34 GALAPAGOS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT UPDATE – MARCH 12, 2011 12:49 INOCAR – UPDATE The navy […]
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Brazil’s prolonged Carnaval weekend, which started on Friday and only ended at noon this Wednesday, along with its very close, almost essential, association with partying and drinking, has always been a nasty time on federal roadways. Read Article
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Argentina’s Andean northwest is a wonderland of absolutely epic driving roads. The fun starts in Tucumán province on Ruta Provincial 307: a mad jungle climb of 5512 feet up the Río de los Sosa gorge. Read Article
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On Wednesday the ministro de Seguridad, José María Tijerino, said that reports from intelligence sources indicates that the conflict area may have been mined by the Nicaraguan army. The minister explained that a group of experts will be entering the area – to the limits placed by the International Court of Justice in The Hague […]
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Authorities have reported that there have been three complaints regarding cash machines distributing worthless foreign currencies. The report did not indicate if the bills were counterfeit or were damaged making them worthless. There have been three recent complaints filed of the worthless currency. Bancomer at Comercial Mexicana HSBC at Zona Dorada Banamex at Zona Dorada […]
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On Tuesday morning masked men approached the nightclub Antares located between Avenida Insurgentes and Rafael Buelna in Mazatlan. Using AK-47’s they began spraying the crowd that was leaving the club. There were at least killed and twenty individuals injured. The nightclub was hosting a private party. Read Article
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Crossing the world’s largest salt desert is a well-marked signpost on the Gringo Trail. Travellers typically use it to journey from Bolivia into the Chilean Atacama, or vice versa. There’s certainly a lot of transport involved. It’s a four-hour bus ride from La Paz to Oruro, and then a seven-hour train to Uyuni, an outpost […]
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The towns of Quetzaltenango and Retalhuleu reported fine ash fall was reported overnight in those locations, the product of the existence of fly ash in the atmosphere that the volcano has frequently expelled and has prevailed in recent days, the volcanic newsletter Bestgen special-023 National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology-INSIVUMEH. Read Article
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On March 6, 2011, at 1:25 a.m., a bus belonging to ‘Cruz del Sur’ overturned en route to Arequipa, with 60 passengers on board. The accident happened just outside of Santa Rosa, in the department of Puno. There were 7 injured including 3 foreign tourists that were hospitalized. The other passengers continued on their journey […]
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Beginning 28 March 2011, passengers will have access to direct connections from Changi Airport to Brazil as Singapore Airlines commences its three-times-a-week service to Sao Paolo via Barcelona. The launch of flights from Singapore to Sao Paolo marks Changi Airport’s first direct air link with South America. Read Article
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The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) has expressed concern over the loss of cruise business from the southern Caribbean. The CTO said Royal Caribbean International has announced plans to reposition its ship, Serenade of the Seas, from the Caribbean to Europe in the summer of 2012. Read Article
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While visiting this amazing city you must be vigilant in protecting your valuables. Recently two Peruvian thieves were apprehended after assaulting two young tourists from Argentina. The two thugs were stealth in their operation as they mingled among the vendors located at San Francisco Square in Cusco. Police launched an intense chase through the streets […]
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