All business on the track May 28, 2009
The exchange student from Cartagena, Spain - a coastal city boasting a similar population to that found in Boise's city limits - cut a flighty, happy-go-lucky figure that fall day ... "The weather is a little crazy (compared to Cartagena) but I love it here in Buhl," Garcia said. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Boutique Hotels in Cartagena, Colom... Apr 30, 2009
Boutique Hotels in Cartagena, Colombia: Twenty-eight, small, Cartagena hotels are inside the walled city ... Boutique Hotels in Cartagena, Colombia ... Boutique Hotels in Cartagena, Colombia. (Suite101.com)
Cartagena: The real risk is not wanting to leave Mar 1, 2009
Magic realism realized in Cartagena, Colombia. Article:Magic realism realized in Cartagena, Colombia:/c/a/2009/02/27/CMVO15KJ0I.DTL Article:Magic realism realized in Cartagena, Colombia:/c/a/2009/02/27/CMVO15KJ0I.DTL ... Magic realism realized in Cartagena, Colombia. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Schumi fine after test crash Feb 13, 2009
Today I had an accident at the biking tests in Cartagena, and to be safe I went to a hospital, the seven-time world champion said on his official website ... Schumachers spokeswoman said the 40-year-old had been testing with his German Superbike team at the Cartagena circuit since Monday. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Webber's positive verdict after official trial Feb 13, 2009
Schumacher was taken to hospital after the crash in Cartagena on Wednesday, but was later discharged. "Thanks for the many 'Get Well Soon' wishes, but I am fine today," Schumacher said on Thursday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Briefs | Soccer: U.S. men beat Mexico in World Cup qualifier Feb 12, 2009
Schumacher slightly injured in accident: Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was slightly injured in a motorcycle accident in the Spanish city of Cartagena. Tennis. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Schumacher "fine" after motorcycle crash Feb 12, 2009
Schumacher was taken to hospital after a crash at the race track in the Spanish city of Cartagena on Wednesday, but was later discharged and flew home to his family who live near Lake Geneva. "Thanks for the many 'Get Well Soon' wishes, but I am fine today," Schumacher wrote on his website on Thursday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Foster Wheeler wins Spanish contract Mar 17, 2008
Foster Wheeler Iberia SAU, a Madrid subsidiary of Foster Wheeler Ltd., has been awarded a contract by Spanish oil company Repsol YPF for the engineering, procurement and construction management of a new delayed coker complex at a Repsol refinery in Cartagena, Spain. The award follows the completion of the process design package for the delayed coker unit by Foster Wheeler's coking "center of excellence" in Houston. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Oil hits $103 a barrel, then falls back Feb 29, 2008
A Repsol YPF refinery in Cartagena, Spain. Light, sweet crude for April delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange jumped to a new trading record of $103. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Where in the world have you been? Jan 21, 2008
It gradually grew to surpass Cartagena, its old rival ... To me, Cartagena, our next destination, had the most appeal ... Cartagena is a charming city that looks a little like downtown Charleston on one side and New York City on the other. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Follow the Reader 2007: Across the Americas Dec 31, 2007
Restored house in colonial Cartagena. One of the most beautiful cities in Latin America is Cartagena, Colombia, and it is full of gorgeous colonial boutique hotels ... Cartagena is a great city to visit if you like history and stories about pirates. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rich shipwreck mired in legal tangle Dec 2, 2007
By Chris Kraul and Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers December 2, 2007 CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA -- For nearly 300 years, the wreck of the Spanish galleon San Jose has tantalized archaeologists and salvagers alike ... It was stocked to the hatches with bullion and coins from Peru as it sailed in a convoy toward the fortified city of Cartagena in May 1708. (Los Angeles Times)
'Love in the Time of Cholera' Nov 16, 2007
Set in the steamy, sensual, Colombian port city of Cartagena, it opens with the death of ancient Dr. Juvenal Urbino, by way of introduction to protagonist Florentino Ariza and his undying love for Dr. Urbino's wife ... Cinematographer Alfonso Beato, however, gloriously captures the post-colonial decay of Cartagena, its exotic urban and rugged rural ambience alike. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Beast bedlamA time when southern Spain was overrun by great animal hordes Nov 1, 2007
The fossils are currently being exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Cartagena in Spain. The Fonelas P-1 site is regarded as extremely important, because it dates to a time - the boundary between the Pliocene and Pleistocene Epochs - when early humans are thought to have first left Africa to colonise Europe and Asia. (BBC News -- Europe)
Ofher Madeleine Sightings Sep 26, 2007
On August 21 two women reported seeing a youngster matching Madeleine's description with a man at a petrol station near Cartagena, in the south east of Spain. Bookmark this page. (Sky News)
The dozen theories that claim to explain fate of Madeleine Aug 24, 2007
A woman told police the child had been holding the man's hand at a petrol station near Cartagena, in the south-east of the country, and that when he felt he was being watched, he led her into the car and drove off. BOTCHED BURGLARY. (Scotsman)
'Madeleine Spain sighting' probed Aug 23, 2007
On Tuesday two women reported seeing a youngster matching Madeleine's description with a man at a petrol station near Cartagena, in the south east of the country. The women told police the child had been holding the man's hand, and that when he felt he was being watched he led her quickly into the car and drove off. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
* World News Quick Take Jun 21, 2007
"I would not have sought the presidency of the republic with illegal money," Uribe said in a speech in Cartagena. Fabio Ochoa Vasco, one of the world's most sought-after drug traffickers, alleged in an interview that Uribe's campaign was partly funded by Salvatore Mancuso, a paramilitary warlord who ran much of the Caribbean coast at the time. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Colombia Fights U.S. Diver for Treasure Jun 4, 2007
In 1982, Sea Search announced to the world it had found the San Jose's resting place 700 feet below the water's surface, a few miles from the historic Caribbean port of Cartagena. Under well-established maritime law, whoever locates a shipwreck gets the rights to recover it in a kind of finder-keepers arrangement meant to offset the huge costs of speculative exploration. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
ADRA Empowers Internally Displaced Women in Colombia Apr 20, 2007
ADRA's one-year project, which began in March of 2007, will benefit 240 displaced women and female heads of households between two training centers, one in Cartagena and one in Bogot ... Bogot and Cartagena have the highest rates of displaced population in the country. (AlertNet)
Bargain Easter breaks Mar 30, 2007
Anyone looking to use Easter weekend to refresh themselves should consider a trip to Cartagena in Spain, for a package combining holistic NIA therapy and a vibrant medieval religious festival ... Afterwards, head into Cartagena to witness the daily Holy Week processions, with complimentary transport included. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
80 years of Garca Mrquez: tributes mark writer's birthday Mar 29, 2007
Frank Bajak in CartagenaWednesday March 28, 2007. Garca Mrquez in Cartagena ... Hailed by a crowd of more than a thousand who gave a standing ovation, Latin America's most famous living writer, Gabriel Garc;a M;rquez, clasped his hands above his head like a prizefighter as he entered the auditorium in the Colombian port town of Cartagena. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Piecing together an elusive legend Mar 24, 2007
On Monday, in Cartagena, Colombia, near the town where Garcia Marquez was born, Spain's Royal Academy will present him with the first copy of a lavish new edition of his most famous novel. Related to this article. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Spanish Specialists Unveil Language Exam Mar 22, 2007
It will be formally presented to King Juan Carlos I of Spain at the close of the educators' assembly here on Saturday, before the start of the 4th International Congress of the Spanish Language later this month in the Caribbean port city of Cartagena. The test, developed over four years by language experts from Spain and Latin America, does not seek to impose unifying criteria on the language spoken by more than 400 million people. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Easter Processions in Spain Mar 20, 2007
The region around Murca -- Cartagena, Lorca, Cieza and the Ricote Valley -- has designated six new cultural rutas through these Cities of Salzillo as part of the 2007 celebrations of his artistry, called. Although the celebrations in Murcia are of particular interest this year because of the anniversary, many other are known for their Semana Santa (Holy Week) celebrations, too. (Suite101.com)
Grape expectations for healthier wine Feb 12, 2007
Francisco Artes-Hernandez and his team at the Technical University of Cartagena in Spain compared several different preservative methods with a new technique that involves exposing macroperforated packages of grapes at 0 degress C to cycles of 0. 1 micro liters per liter of ozone. (EurekAlert!)
Auction to aid orphans: Listen to the Audio Jan 30, 2007
The gold and silver were products of mines in South America and Mexico, taken to ports in Cartagena, Colombia; Portobello, Panama; and Veracruz, Mexico. The Spanish galleon Atocha - sporting defensive armor - took on its plentiful share of riches at the ports, then guarded the rear of a 28-ship armada as it left Havana, Cuba, for the mother country. (Durango Herald)
