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SALVADOR, Brazil, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Victor Mooney of Queens, New York and executive director of South African Arts International, Ltd. (USA) ended his two week visit to Brazil on Sunday with the launch of the One Million Score A Goal for an AIDS-free generation campaign in the City of Salvador, a host city for the 2014 World Cup. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130305/CG69880) In the Historic Centre (known in Portuguese as The Pelourinho), Victor Hugo...
Juan Salvador Llobet aka Salvador Live! brings his break dancing speed paint phenomenon to Wynwood's new interactive shot bar during this month's Wynwood Art Walk MIAMI, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SHOTS MIAMI, Wynwood's new interactive shots bar concept combining art, props, fun and excitement, presents "Splatter Your World," a live furiously unique interactive paint experience by Venezuelan extreme performance art painter Salvador Live! during this month's Wynwood Art Walk, a...
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Israel's SDE Wave Power Plants company and El Salvador's El Esplendor Development Corp announced today an alliance to execute Wave Power Technology in El Salvador and California. SDE is a world leader in the planning, building and marketing of power stations that produce power from sea waves. SDE was recently selected by a team of international scientists in PESWIKI website, an extension of Wikipedia, as number one in the world in Sea...
Despite outstanding achievements in temporary assignment, Aponte's confirmation has been stalled by partisan politicking WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following news that the Senate may once again bring up a vote tomorrow on confirming Mari Carmen Aponte as Ambassador to El Salvador, the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) urges Senators to put aside political gamesmanship and approve Aponte. In her one-year temporary assignment, Aponte made great strides...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Rainbow Light extends its commitment to environmental stewardship into ocean conservation through a partnership with Plant A Fish®. Globally, sea turtles are highly endangered with populations less than 10 percent of their original numbers, but thanks to the efforts of conservationists, some species of sea turtles that were thought to be functionally extinct are showing some signs of coming back. Rainbow Light has partnered...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rede Globo is mobilizing a major operation for the coverage of Carnaval 2012. Nearly three thousand staff members will be working on the broadcast of the samba school parades for the special group of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, in addition to covering the street groups, or blocos, the festivities in Salvador and Recife, and following things close-up wherever carnival is taking place. All scheduled news shows will feature the latest news and...
On December 2011 BellVoz announced new international long distance calling plans, that will bring true benefits of – choice, value and quality – to call El Salvador. Bell2CA is designed for US customers who call Central America, saving them money compared to paying by the minute. Miramar, FL (PRWEB) December 23, 2011 On December 2011 BellVoz announced new international long distance calling plans, that will bring true benefits of – choice, value and quality – to call El Salvador....
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) today announced its disappointment in the Senate's recent failure to confirm Mari Carmen Aponte as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador. After a recess appointment from President Barack Obama in August 2010, Aponte has previously served as Ambassador to El Salvador but faced re-nomination Monday evening. The USHCC, America's premier Hispanic business organization and the primary...
Ecological tourism has no effect on the presence of large mammals in the Amazon, according to a study that for the first time compares the biological diversity of ecotourism zones with that of protected areas. Furthermore, it can help to protect the biodiversity of areas that are not officially protected yet are vital in the ecological framework. Since the UN began to promote ecological tourism at the end of the 1980's as a way of protecting the environment without resorting to its...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) urges the U.S. Senate to confirm Mari Carmen Aponte as United States Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador. Ms. Aponte received President Barack Obama's recess appointment to this post in 2010, following an almost nine-month delay in the Senate to confirm her nomination. A highly qualified and distinguished leader, Ms. Aponte was one of the first Latinas to earn the prestigious White...
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The Red-throated Caracara, (Ibycter americanus), is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is the only member of its genus Ibycter. It is sometimes incorrectly placed in the Daptrius genus with the Black Caracara. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The habitats of this social bird are subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests...
The Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus), is a species of bird in the Mimidae family. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist mountain vegetation and heavily degraded former forest.
