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Mexico: The Hour of the Poet

The new movement is spearheaded by a poet saw 40,000 people march through the streets in Cuernavaca, to protest the brutal slayings.

(CUERNAVACA, Morelos Mexico) - There are times in history when unexpected events suddenly alter the social landscape and change the political rules of the game.

South of the border, the 1994 Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, the assassination of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio and the hotly disputed 2006 presidential election immediately come to mind.

Violence, Tourism and Big Bucks

“There will be checkpoints in all the states to make the tourist who comes feel secure and to give any help that is needed,” - Oralia Vega, Secretaries of Tourism

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - As Mexico gears up for its annual Holy Week and Easter Week holiday beach bash, polemics continue to fly over the state of the country’s tourism sector.

At the heart of the debate is how violence and the media’s coverage of it may or may not be discouraging tourism.

Oregon Coast Aquarium to Celebrate Earth Day

A Farmers Market will feature music, sustainable products and local produce

(Newport, Oregon) - The Oregon Coast Aquarium will celebrate Earth Day with a Farmers Market, offering activities, sustainable art and information about green living and healthy choices. The event, 10 am to 5 pm Saturday, April 23, is free after regular Aquarium admission.

It`s a Small World, After All

After Visiting 120 Countries, World Traveler Sees Few Differences Between Peoples.

(CLEARWATER, Fla.) - When Henry Biernacki was 17 years old, he hopped a Greyhound bus from Colorado to Mexico with nothing but a small backpack, the clothes on his back and a few bucks in his pocket. He hasn’t stopped moving since.

Today, Biernacki is an airline captain with Virgin America and he has traveled to more than 120 countries, but his travel habits haven’t evolved much since his teen years.

Politics/Human Rights News: Acapulco`s Sixth Spring

Daily episodes of narco-violence are only one problem in a city largely popular with tourists.

(ACAPULCO) - Six springs ago, winds of change descended on the old Mexican coastal resort of Acapulco and the state of Guerrero.

In a historic event, an opposition politician, former Acapulco Mayor Zeferino Torreblanca, was sworn in as the Governor of Guerrero.

Update on Pirate Seized Vessels and Crews

Includes information from Somalia, Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

(NAIROBI, Kenya ECOTERRA) - Today, 17 February 2011, 21h00 UTC, at least 49 foreign vessels plus two barges are kept in Somali hands against the will of their owners, while at least 815 hostages or captives - including a South-African yachting couple - suffer to be released.

But even EU NAVFOR, who mostly only counts high-value, often British insured vessels, admitted now that dozens of vessels were sea-jacked despite their multi-million Euro efforts to protect shipping.

Tourist Town at a Crossroads

Today's story is a general update on the situation in the town of Zihuatanejo on Mexico's Pacific Coast.

(ZIHUATANEJO Guerrero, Mexico) - Flanked by multi-colored palm trees sparkling in lights of psychedelia, a group of top-hatted singers entertains a crowd of locals and tourists with a rendition of Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York."

Later, backed by a bass-thumping band, 17-year old high school student Elida Salbasa belts out her version of Tejana legend Selena's "Like a Flower."

Re-envisioning Mexico Tourism

Part two in a special series on Mexican tourism.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Santos Santana takes in a breath and gives a long gaze at the man pounding away with his jackhammer on the pier, as a frogman dips in and out of the water splashing around the structure gradually being taken apart.

For the lanky, 30-year veteran of Puerto Vallarta's tourist trade, the project scheduled for completion sometime this year can't come soon enough.

Defending Mexico Tourism in Tough Times

Part one in a special series on Mexican tourism.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Violeta Serrano takes a break from haggling with a couple from Seattle over the price of a beach towel.

Part of the wave of people that's gradually drifted from Acapulco to other vacation destinations in Mexico, Serrano runs a curio shop just off Puerto Vallarta's popular Los Muertos Beach. The small business owner has seen better days.

A Hand of Friendship in Salem, India

Salem means Peace, in case you didn't know that, so we have a lot to live up to.

(SALEM, Tamilnadu) - I have long been associated with promotion of friendshp through the sister city relationship between the city of Salem in Tamilnadu; and Salem in the US state of Oregon.

This relationship is dormant at present due to a lack of interest in both sides. Now I am prompted to revive the tie-up thanks to the interest now shown by Mr. Tim King, an influential and leading journalist in our sister city; Salem in the US...