Latest Americas Stories
Kia Motors America announces partnership with iRacing.com, a premier PC-based racing simulation that will now feature the Pirelli World Challenge Optima Turbo for online racing IRVINE, Calif., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The saying, "Everything's bigger in Texas," holds true as Kia Racing makes its Lone Star State debut at the world-renowned Circuit of the Americas (COTA), where the prospect of racing at the new home of the Formula One United States Grand Prix has attracted 51...
RealEstatesNicaragua.com, a leader in buying and selling of Nicaragua Real Estate, has just announced that they are now focusing on the area of Leon, Nicaragua, in the Northwest of the country. They are able to help sell and locate new properties in and around Leon, Nicaragua. Houston, Texas (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Leon real estate services have just been announced by RealEstatesNicaragua.com. The new service will help anyone interested in buying or selling property in Leon, Nicaragua....
Sharp announces the addition of multi-touch PCAP (Projective Capacitive Touch) displays to its all-LED backlit TFT LCD line up. The two new panels are 7.0-inch and 10.4-inch diagonal, with additional sizes expected in the future, including a 4.3-inch (diagonal). Camas, WA (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Today, Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (SMA) announced the addition of multi-touch PCAP (Projective Capacitive Touch) displays to its all-LED backlit TFT LCD line up. The two new panels are...
BRASILIA, Brazil, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, for several reasons, the indigenous question occupies a prominent place on the agenda of the Brazilian government, the Congress, the Justice and the lives of farmers in the country. The National Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) reports that, for the first time, the President of Brazil is taking charge and assuming the task of managing the different interests involved. And it does so in an unprecedented...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Police in Belize are investigating a construction company that has essentially destroyed one of the region’s most important historical structures. A 2,300-year-old Mayan structure located at the Nohmul complex in northern Belize was one of the largest pyramids in the Caribbean nation before it was leveled by a company seeking out gravel to dump on village roads. Using backhoes and bulldozers, construction workers dug into the...
A Speaking Handheld Library of Language Learning Burlington, NJ (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 Franklin Electronic Publishers today announced its most in-depth visual and auditory tool for language learning available in a pocket handheld -- Gran Maestro Spanish-English Language Master™ bi-lingual dictionary. “With its 2.8 inch color touch screen, the Gran Maestro handheld, or ‘Great Teacher’ puts a bookshelf of English and Spanish language knowledge at your fingertips,” said Koda Madison,...
New farm for sale in León Nicaragua announced by Red Tail Marketing and Real Estates Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan farm or finca is a great turn-key property for anyone looking for a retirement property or investment property in Nicaragua. Houston, Texas (PRWEB) May 11, 2013 A new farm has been listed for sale on the website RealEstatesNicaragua.com in the León, Nicaragua, area. The farm is located close by to the cultural center of the country in León, and close by to great...
The Site Allows People to Search a Variety of Public Sources for the Information they Need. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 11, 2013 Mate Spotter, a website that offers an advanced people search platform, has just launched its brand new and easy-to-navigate website. The new site, which was founded by the creators of Reverse Australia, is completely free for people to use. Rather than spend hours looking up a person on multiple websites—a task that is not only tedious but incredibly time...
Escape Villas sees rise in medical tourism clientele in light of fourth annual Medical Tourism Congress that promotes Costa Rica as prime retirement and medical vacation destination. San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 The Council for the International Promotion of Costa Rican Medicine (PROMED) welcomed more than 250 wellness and tourism companies from 15 different countries during the recent Costa Rica Medical Tourism Summit. The event was held in Playa Herradura from April 24-26...
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Brazil's efforts to better monitor forest clearings and enforce laws prevented the clearing of over 59,500 km(2) of Amazon forest area from 2007 through 2011, according to a new study by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), DETERring Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Deforestation observed during this period totaled 41,500 km(2) - 59% less than would have occurred in the absence of the policy change. The deforestation rate in...
Latest Americas Reference Libraries
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean that is located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It’s bordered by Mexico and Central America towards the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, to the east by the Lesser Antilles, and towards the south by South America. The whole area of the Caribbean Sea, the numerous islands of the West Indies, and neighboring coasts, are together known as the Caribbean. The sea is one of the largest seas and has an area of...
North America is a continent completely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost completely within the Western Hemisphere. It’s also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It’s bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. This continent covers an area of approximately 9,540,000 sq miles, about 4.8 percent of the plants surface or about...
The Colombian Journal of Statistics (Revista Colombiana de Estadistica) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on statistics published biannually by the National University of Colombia. It was established in 1968. During its early years, the journal was published only in Spanish; since 1985, it includes English-published papers as well. The journal halted publication in 1969, being re-launched in 1979 by Luis Thorin. The journal covers research on statistics, including applications,...
The Amazon Rainforest (known as Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia in Portuguese, and Selva Amazónica or Amazonia in Spanish), also known as Amazonia, or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers almost all of the Amazon Basin in South America. The basin consists of 1.7 billion acres, of which 1.4 billion acres is rainforest. This rainforest covers nine nations (Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana). Brazil contains...
Commonly known as Cane Bluestem, Bothriochloa barbinodis is a grass species native to the Americas. It is indigenous to the southern United States as well as South and Central America and Mexico. Booming perennially, the species grows in tufts from 2 to 4 feet in height. The stems are similar in color to wheat and have intermittent nodules adorned with wispy hairs. The leaves are 8 to 11 inches in length and range in color from a bluish green to a rusty yellow depending on the dryness of...
