Dining: For foodies, Cartagena is now on the map Oct 28, 2008
For foodies, Cartagena is now on the map - International Herald Tribune ... For foodies, Cartagena is now on the map ... But recently, the Colombian port town of Cartagena has become an unlikely food destination, attracting the kind of culinary travelers who spend their vacations in Rome and Paris. (International Herald Tribune)
Transatlantic voyages on sale this November Oct 25, 2008
The 15-day voyage begins November 29 in Barcelona, followed by a stop in Cartagena, Spain. Then take a day to breathe in that salty sea air before stopping at the Madeira Islands (Funchal) and Santa Cruz de la Palma, in the Canary Islands. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Western Mediterranean cruise, $1,529 Sep 5, 2008
Ricardo Maldonado / AP fileSpend 14 nights aboard the Celebrity Century during this interesting itinerarydeparting from Barcelona, you'll pass through Cartagena, Gibraltar, Casablanca, Agadir, and the Canary Islands before anchoring in Miami ... You'll depart Barcelona at 5 p.m. and head south to Cartagena, a city on Spain's Mediterranean coast. (MSNBC -- Politics)
They took me from my holiday Aug 9, 2008
Their daughter has been "seen" at a petrol station in Morocco, in the Maltese capital, Valetta, at a restaurant in the Belgian town of Tongeren, and in Cartagena in the south of Spain. But despite a lengthy international police inquiry and global publicity, no clues to her possible whereabouts have been uncovered. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Underwater robot to be used to search for Pharaoh's sarcophagus Jun 22, 2008
Egyptian and Spanish archeologists will launch the search in the historical city of Cartagena at the depths of the sea with the help of the hi-tech equipped robot, Egyptian Secretary General of Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities, Zahi Hawwas, was quoted by MENA as saying. Merchant ship Beatrice carrying the sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian king along with other antiquities sank off Cartagena in the early 19th century en route from Egypt to Britain, where some scientific studies were... (Xinhuanet, China)
Essential reading May 27, 2008
There are offshoots of the festival in Cartagena de Indias, Alhambra in California, Segovia in Spain and Bogot; in Colombia. Along with Edinburgh, which neatly bookends the summer, Hay hoovers up the best writers published in the world. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Incurable romantic May 16, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Javier Bardem as Florentino Ariza. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
GM Crop Foes March In Germany As UN Summit Starts May 13, 2008
The experts will try to agree on ways to help implement a UN agreement on the trading of living genetically modified organisms called the Cartagena protocol. In Europe, consumers are fairly sceptical about GM crops but the biotch industry says its products are as safe as non-GM equivalents. (Planet Ark, United States)
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)
