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Aiming to achieve a Travel Agreement, signed last year between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Deputy Minister of Tourism Development Management of the Ministry of People's Power for Tourism (MINTUR), Luis Arriaga, met with the vice president of the State Agency for Tourism of Bulgaria, Stela Baltova.

 

At that meeting bi identified potential areas of mutual collaboration that tourism will manage the Joint Intergovernmental Bulgarian-Venezuelan, to be installed in the city of Caracas, between 16 and 17 April.

 

Arriaga said the deputy who made the presentations friendship between the two sides where the Bulgarian delegation to show his Venezuelan products, grading, policies, plans and programs for the promotion and consolidation of tourism in this European nation.

 

He added that the representation of Venezuela also made a presentation of the tourist attractions of our country to the representatives of Bulgaria, and talked about the policies that the government Bolivariano in tourism.

 

For its part, the vice president of the State Agency for Tourism of Bulgaria, Stela Baltova, expressed his appreciation for the care received in our country and noted that his visit aims to expand tourism cooperation for information exchange between both nations.

 

He said that "there are some very similar things in people and the tourism services offered by Bulgaria and Venezuela, the people here are very optimistic that this condition is a human factor is very important for the proper development of tourism."

US President Barack Obama has taken the first step towards ushering in an era of new relations with another long-time foe of Washington by shaking hands with President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.

President Hugo Chávez today stressed the approach he had with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama at the recent Summit of the Americas, but emphasized

that "the rule is there alive and kicking" and that his government will continue building socialism.

The president justified the Obama-friendly approach in the event of Trinidad and Tobago, indicating that the U.S. government had "a gesture" to give the friendly hand which he replied to develop, DPA reported.

"The hand, yes, the smile, yes, and once and twice and the third and fourth time and then the farewell came by and told me, by my friend, told him by, but no one is wrong because there the rule is alive and kicking. Hopefully Obama is, for dignity of his race, the last president of United States imperialism, "Chavez said at a ceremony in the central state of Carabobo.

He also expressed his desire in United States "is born a true democratic republic and the sister peoples of the world and hopefully be well."

"We continue to fight against this type of imperialism, against all forms of imperialism, of interference, intervention, whatever its source, and will continue, no matter what it costs us, build Venezuelan socialism and liberation," said Chavez, who had previous brushes with the chairman of the House Blanda, George W. Bush.

The president recounted incidents in Trinidad and Tobago on his meeting with Obama and said he "was a gesture that I have to admit," the closer.

He indicated that he was conversing with his colleague from Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, when "I see that Obama is the gentleman to direct me by the hand and gave the course, came with a smile and I gave the hand and that caused an uproar because there are people have come to believe that I am an animal, an ogre. "

"I am able to laugh. I gave him the hand and the next day a meeting was to give back. He said he did not come to talk about the past. I said that nice. It is impossible to talk about the future without talking about the past, impossible. Can not understand what we are today without knowing where we come from and much less planning the future, "he stressed.

He said that the day after Obama gave to Eduardo Galeano's book "The Open Veins of Latin America" as a response to what was said, since that work is collected by the painful past of the peoples of Latin America, which is a past endurance, and fight battles. "

"No one can understand the present without the past. We are all subjects of history," he said.

Earlier, Chavez insisted that the United States to lift economic embargo on Cuba and take a policy of respect towards the Caribbean island.

"From here we will continue demanding the U.S. government to remove the savage blockade on the Cuban people," he stressed.

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Tourism in Antarctica is to be restricted under US measures adopted to help protect the polar region's fragile environment.

US proposals for binding restrictions on Antarctic tourism have been adopted by countries with ties to the region, in a bid to protect the continent's fragile ecosystem, officials said Friday.

Signatories of the Antarctic Treaty, launched in Washington 50 years ago, capped 11 days of talks in Baltimore, Maryland by agreeing to impose mandatory limits on the size of cruise ships landing in Antarctica and how many passengers they can bring ashore.

Another resolution placed a mandatory shipping code on vessels in Antarctica, boosting shipping safety efforts underway at the International Maritime Organization, while a third enhanced environmental protection for the entire Antarctic ecosystem.

"We are happy with the results," said Evan Bloom, who led the US delegation at the summit, noting that the measures were largely in line with needs emphasized by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Although the measures were adopted by consensus without opposition, they were all subject to negotiation and will become legally binding once ratified by each of the 28 countries that have signed the Antarctic Treaty, he told reporters in a teleconference..