Music Review | Fonseca: An Artist Explores the Sounds of Colombia and the Borders of Pop
Fonseca can croon like a Latin pop singer, but he can also take up the quaver, yelp and near sob of traditional vallenato. feeds.nytimes.com |
In Venezuela, Plantations of Cacao Stir Bitterness
A luxury crop destined for foreigners has turned into a contentious, and sometimes violent, political issue. feeds.nytimes.com |
Hurricane Ida Heads Toward Gulf of Mexico, Floods Kill 91 in El Salvador
Category 2 storm could be headed to US gulf coast after battering Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula voanews.com |
Cuba Agrees to U.S. Medevac Flights
Havana has agreed to a request to permit planes evacuating Haitian earthquake victims to cross its airspace, an administration official said. feeds.nytimes.com |
New Technology Boosts Aid for Haiti Relief Effort
Use of mobile phones to make donations is rapidly changing the way many people are giving to disaster relief agencies www1.voanews.com |