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6 international organizations that support jobs and businesses

Many organizations, both in the United States and abroad, seek to help entrepreneurial individuals and small businesses through microfinance and other means. Here are six organizations that support job creation and new businesses around the world.

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Stir It Up! Too hot too cook? Try Summer peach salad with chocolate vinaigrette.

When it's too hot to cook, this summer salad from Matt Kadey's 'The No-Cook, No-Bake Cookbook' has enough protein and flavor to serve as a main course for dinner.
Lost Maya city found in Mexican jungle

Scientists have discovered what was once likely a prominent city in the booming Mayan empire.
6 international organizations that support jobs and businesses

Many organizations, both in the United States and abroad, seek to help entrepreneurial individuals and small businesses through microfinance and other means. Here are six organizations that support job creation and new businesses around the world.
Mayan pyramid bulldozed for road fill by construction company

Mayan pyramid bulldozed: The head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology, Jaime Awe, said the destruction at the Nohmul complex in northern Belize was detected late last week.
Difference Maker Rachel Goble helps stop sex trafficking of impoverished children

The SOLD Project helps young girls in Thailand avoid becoming prostitutes through mentoring and education.
Stir It Up! A Mayan dinner party for 12.21.12 (+video)

Mayan end-time talk got you down? Forget superstition and learn something about today's Mayan culture with these recipes from the 'Flavors of Belize' cookbook.
McAfee's odyssey continues as he returns to US, wants to 'settle down' (+video)

McAfee was in hiding in Belize for weeks after police called him a person of interest in the killing of his neighbor.
Latin America Monitor McAfee's rise and downfall via technology (+video)

Computer protection guru John McAfee’s high-profile run from the law is over after his arrest in Guatemala. A simple slip in digital security may have helped lead to his capture.
Guatemalan police arrest John McAfee (+video)

John MacAfee, the software guru who went on the run last month after Belize police tried questioning him about the shooting of a neighbor, was arrested in Guatemala Wednesday.
John McAfee surfaces, planning to seek asylum in Guatemala

McAfee is now at a hotel in Guatemala City after sneaking out of neighboring Belize, where police have called him a person of interest in a November murder.
John McAfee claims to have escaped Belize, is still on the run

McAfee claimed in a blog posting he had evaded authorities by staging an elaborate distraction in neighboring Mexico.
The Daily Reckoning Is there such a thing as too much energy?

Government moves energy from the future to the past, Bonner writes, from what will be to what used to be, and finally, to what will be no more.
Latin America Monitor McAfee flees from Belize authorities - should he fear the police?

John McAfee, a pioneer of antivirus software, is on the run after accusations of murder. He has said he fears for his life if caught by Belizean police, one of the most honest forces in the region.
Report: McAfee founder hiding from Belize police, claims innocence in killing

Wired says McAfee called a reporter on Monday to say he was hiding from police who want to question him about the death his neighbor, whose body was found on Sunday
Latin America Monitor Organized crime in the Americas: bad for the environment, too?

A new report exposes the environmental consequences of criminal activity, such as gangs clearing land in a Guatemalan reserve to launder money through cattle ranches.
Tropical Storm Ernesto pushes rain and wind toward Jamaica

Sunday morning Tropical Storm Ernesto brought 60 mile-per-hour winds and rain to Jamaica. The storm is expected to reach hurricane strength by Monday.
Latin America Monitor Central America: one of the happiest regions on earth?

According to the new Happy Planet Index, Central America is one of the happiest regions in the world. Don't mind the violence.
Global News Blog Is China really the world's top economy? Much of the world thinks so

But much of the world would be wrong, according to recent study. China still lags far behind the US in GDP and personal wealth.
Mexico's first female presidential candidate: not 'different' enough

Josefina Vazquez Mota is presenting herself as a female presidential candidate in machista Mexico, but she hasn't gained significant female backing ahead of July vote.
Stir It Up! Travel: Eladio Pop's cacao farm in Belize

Ever wonder where chocolate comes from? A visit to a jungle farm results in a culinary adventure.
If you build it, they won't come? US bases in Caribbean target drug trafficking.

With resources stretched thin, the US is now teaming up with small Central American and Caribbean nations to build military bases to combat drug trafficking.
Climate change may have caused Mayan civilization's collapse

For unknown reasons, the ancient Mayan civilization then disintegrated more than a millennium ago. The number of people declined catastrophically to a fraction of the empire's former size, and the ruins of its great cities are now largely overgrown by jungle.
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 60 years on throne (+video)

Queen Elizabeth II: Dressed in a Tiffany-blue hat and colorful overcoat against the winter cold, she was greeted by well-wishers in the snow-covered town of King's Lynn at an event planned to mark Accession Day, the anniversary of the day she became queen in 1952.
Will police officer's manslaughter trial bring greater accountability in Caribbean?

Trinidad has set a date for the trial of a police officer accused of killing a civilian in 2003 – a rarity in the Caribbean, where cops under pressure to stop crime are usually not charged for on-the-job slayings.
11/17/2011 12:29 pm
Hurricane Rina near Category 3 strength approaches Mexico resorts

Hurricane Rina now has winds of 110 mph, just shy of a Category 3 hurricane. Cancun resorts are preparing for Hurricane Rina's arrival.
10/26/2011 09:57 am