International Business News - PAN http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif It took Ellen Arnstein the better part of two years to win the trust of the people of Camargo, a farming town of 5,000 in southeastern Bolivia. The mayor agreed to partially fund the Peace Corps volunteer's proposal to have children plant fruit trees at their school. Arnstein, 27, was about to be interviewed by a local TV crew when she got the call: The Peace Corps was pulling all 113 of its volunteers out of Bolivia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/ex-volunteers-angry-at-peace-corps-bolivia-pullout.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:03:14 EDT As John McCain and Barack Obama vie to become president, certain fevered voices persist in saying they should not even be allowed to try. In an argument popular on the Internet and taken seriously practically nowhere else, critics of the candidates argue that each does not qualify to run for the White House because he's not a "natural-born citizen" as the Constitution requires. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149290-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/candidates-meet-natural-born-test-despite-rumors.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/candidates-meet-natural-born-test-despite-rumors.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:19:24 EDT Cindy Florez can't always remember the name of the man who will get her vote for president, but she knows his party and that's enough. "I will vote Democrat," the 23-year-old hotel housekeeper said, in broken English, moments after registering to vote at a John McCain campaign booth in a Latino neighborhood market. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149236-hispanic-voters.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/mccain-missing-the-mark-with-hispanics.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/mccain-missing-the-mark-with-hispanics.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:25:27 EDT The Panama Canal expansion project is getting a US$400 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank. Panama Canal Authority administrator Alberto Aleman said Thursday that the IDB's approval of the loan demonstrates confidence in the project "despite the world financial crisis." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/idb-approves-400-million-loan-for-panama-canal.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:48:08 EDT The Panama Canal expansion project is getting a US$400 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank. Panama Canal Authority administrator Alberto Aleman said Thursday that the IDB's approval of the loan demonstrates confidence in the project "despite the world financial crisis." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/idb-approves-400-million-loan-for-panama-canal.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:02:08 EDT Tin Pan Alley, the home of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and other great American songwriters, is up for sale. Five buildings on West 28th Street in Manhattan's Chelsea district are being offered as a group for $44 million. A listing on real estate Web site Loopnet recommends that the buildings be torn down and a high-rise take their place. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/manhattans-historic-tin-pan-alley-is-up-for-sale.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:11:12 EDT Forecasters say a tornado blew out windows and knocked down power lines in the Florida Panhandle, and another suspected twister damaged a civic center in a southeastern Alabama town. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/storm-spawns-tornado-in-fla-possibly-one-in-ala.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:23:20 EDT Panama-based Copa Holdings SA said on Wednesday that its September traffic rose 13.8 percent compared with the same month in 2007. The parent of Panama's national airline said it flew 540.2 million revenue passenger miles in September, up from 474.5 million in September 2007. A revenue passenger mile measures one passenger flown one mile. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/copa-holdings-says-sept-traffic-rose-13-8-percent.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:10:35 EDT Forecasters say a tornado has blown out windows and knocked down trees and power lines near a state park in the Florida Panhandle. According to the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, a tornado was seen touching down just before 8:30 a.m. CDT Wednesday. It happened in a subdivision near St. Andrews State Park in Panama City. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/tornado-touches-down-near-fla-park-no-one-hurt.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:56:35 EDT On a muggy afternoon, more than 3,000 immigrants, most of them Hispanic, wave flags, cheer and weep as they swear to protect and defend the United States of America as its newest citizens. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146058-new-hispanic-voters.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/campaigns-woo-new-hispanic-citizens-as-key-bloc.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/campaigns-woo-new-hispanic-citizens-as-key-bloc.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:18:42 EDT Independent oil and gas producers Circle Oil and Premier Oil announced Friday they had struck oil in their onshore North West Gemsa Concession in Egypt, with initial sustained production at over 3,000 barrels per day of crude and 4 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/premier-circle-announce-egypt-oil-discovery.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:36:40 EDT U.S. officials say they seized almost two tons of cocaine from a Panama-flagged cargo ship in international waters off Puerto Rico. U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez says Coast Guard officers boarded the vessel as part of a multi-agency investigation of South American drug traffickers operating in the Caribbean. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/us-officials-seize-cocaine-from-cargo-ship-off-pr.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:29:03 EDT Warehouse club operator PriceSmart Inc. said Tuesday it bought properties in Panama and Costa Rice and plans to build new warehouse clubs in each country. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/pricesmart-buys-property-in-panama-and-costa-rica.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:11:40 EDT The United States on Tuesday slapped sanctions on members of Colombia's main rebel group who represent the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in 11 foreign countries, including Mexico and Canada. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/us-slaps-sanctions-on-colombian-rebel-envoys.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:52:26 EDT U.S. helicopters on Monday buzzed a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship carrying 33 Soviet-designed tanks and other weapons that officials fear could end up in the hands of al-Qaida-linked militants in Somalia if the pirates are allowed to escape. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/141724-russia-somalia-piracy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/somali-pirates-want-20m-ship-ransom-crewman-dies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/somali-pirates-want-20m-ship-ransom-crewman-dies.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:10:29 EDT Shakira, a longtime activist for Latin American's poor children, plans to make her Colombian children's foundation a global one in the near future. Shakira said Barefoot, known as Pies Descalzos in her native Colombia, will start focusing on children worldwide later this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/shakira-highlights-childrens-poverty-during-talk.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:23:34 EDT Leaders from Poland, Norway, Denmark and Indonesia on Wednesday pressed for a global climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol next year but said prospects were extremely unfavorable. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/leaders-wary-of-hurdles-to-climate-treaty-in-2009.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:52:28 EDT InterContinental Hotels' Holiday Inn brand is stepping into the timeshare market with the launch of a new venture with The Family of Orange Lake Resorts, the company announced Wednesday at its annual conference. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/ihgs-holiday-inn-brand-enters-timeshare-business.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:14:34 EDT Yahoo Inc. launched a much-anticipated upgrade to its online advertising system Wednesday as it tries to bring to graphical display ads some of the innovations that powered Google Inc.'s rapid rise in search marketing. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/138104-yahoo-ads.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/yahoo-launches-major-upgrade-to-display-ad-system.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/yahoo-launches-major-upgrade-to-display-ad-system.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:33:45 EDT President Bush and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe renewed their push on Saturday for Congress to approve a free-trade deal before lawmakers leave town to campaign for re-election. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/135274-bush-colombia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080920/bush-trade-deal-with-colombia-is-in-us-interest.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080920/bush-trade-deal-with-colombia-is-in-us-interest.htm Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:56:27 EDT