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Punta del Este and its surroundings ( Maldonado and Punta Ballena for example ) at the end of the 19th century were kilometers of sand and dunes, but in 1896 Antonio Lussich bought 4, 447 acres ( 1800 hectares ) of uninhabited land and there he started a botanic garden and planted trees and plants from all over the world.
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Cuba was formerly excluded from participation in the Organization of American States under a decision adopted by the Eighth Meeting of Consultation in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on 21 January 1962.
* Punta del Este, Uruguay
* Punta del Sabre ( 3, 136 m )
Farther east in the highly developed department of Maldonado lies the major resort of Punta del Este.
With its hotels, restaurants, casino, and nightclubs, Punta del Este was a major export earner, and it dominated Uruguay's tourism industry.
Beyond Punta del Este in the still mostly undeveloped department of Rocha, a number of communities had sprouted along the unspoiled Atlantic coast with its kilometres of sandy beaches and huge breakers.
Finally, Montevideo and the department of Maldonado ( which is strongly affected by the tourism industry in Punta del Este ) had the highest indexes of social and economic development in the country.
Montevideo, Fray Bentos, Nueva Palmira, Paysandú, La Paloma, Juan Lacaze, Carmelo, Conchillas, Salto, Punta del Este, Colonia del Sacramento, Piriápolis, Mercedes.
Extensive drumlin fields are found in Patagonia, for example near Punta Arenas Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Airport and on Navarino and Gable Island in the Beagle Channel.
Erice is located on top of Mount Erice, at around 750m above sea level, overlooking the city of Trapani, the low western coast towards Marsala, the dramatic Punta del Saraceno and Capo San Vito to the north-east, and the Aegadian Islands on Sicily's north-western coast, providing spectacular views.
* 12 Monkeys, a movie whose soundtrack is derived and excerpted from Piazzolla's Suite Punta del Este
Beaches are visited during the summer months, located along the Pan-American Highway, to the south of the city in districts such as Lurin, Punta Hermosa, Santa María del Mar ( Peru ), San Bartolo and Asia.
* Key to Punta del Este ( 2004
De la Renta founded the Casa del Nino orphanage in La Romana He has contributed extensively in the construction of a much needed school near his home at the Punta Cana Resort and Club in Punta Cana.
Other tourist areas are Nuevo Umbría, Nuevo Portil, Punta del Moral, La Antilla and Urbasur.
* Roman ruïnes at the Punta del Capo
In August 1961, during an economic conference of the Organization of American States in Punta del Este, Uruguay, Che Guevara sent a note to Kennedy via Richard N. Goodwin, a secretary of the White House.
In Uruguay, the group moved to a house at Punta del Este where Osho began speaking publicly until 19 June, after which he was " invited to leave " for no official reason.
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the eastern extent of the Río de la Plata as " A line joining Punta del Este, Uruguay () and Cabo San Antonio, Argentina ()".
Additionally, every Saturday LAN Airlines operates a scheduled commercial flight to Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport of the Punta Arenas city in southern Chile, stopping at Río Gallegos, Argentina once a month.
The University of Magallanes was established in 1981 during the neoliberal reforms of the Chile's military regime as the successor of Universidad Técnica del Estado's Punta Arenas section.
Universidad Técnica del Estado had established the Punta Arenas section in 1961.
In Tierra del Fuego, across the strait from Punta Arenas, the village of Porvenir emerged during a gold rush in the late 19th century.
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* Suite Punta Del Este ( Quinteto, 1982 )
Statues of José Artigas stand on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D. C .; on 6th Avenue in New York ; in Plaza Artigas Salto, Uruguay ; in Caracas, Venezuela ; in Athens, Greece ; in Mexico City ; in Newark, New Jersey ; in Quito, Ecuador as well as in the town centre of Montevideo, Minnesota and in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Though commercial concerns continued to dominate foreign policy, Frondizi took part in negotiations between President Kennedy and Cuban representative Ernesto Che Guevara after an Inter-American Economic and Social Council summit in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in August 1961.
Guevara encouraged Frondizi to act as an intermediary between Cuba and the Kennedy administration, having already himself made conciliatory-but ultimately rejected-proposals in talks at Punta del Este with Kennedy's envoy Richard Goodwin.
* Punta del Este, Uruguay
The round was launched in Punta del Este, Uruguay in September 1986, followed by negotiations in Geneva, Brussels, Washington, D. C., and Tokyo, with the 20 agreements finally being signed in Marrakesh — the Marrakesh Agreement — in April 1994.
To address these issues, the eighth GATT round ( known as the Uruguay Round ) was launched in September 1986, in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
In 1952, he was named delegate of the Brazilian government to the film festival of Punta del Este, receiving also the commission of going to Europe in order to study the management of similar film festivals at Cannes, Berlin, Locarno and Venice, in view of the forthcoming São Paulo Cinema Festival, as part of the commemoration for the city's 400th anniversary.
Sanguinetti presided the II Group of Eight Meeting, in Punta del Este on 29 October 1988.
This interdependence was created within MERCOSUR, whose IX, XIII and XVII summits were hosted by Sanguinetti, respectively on the 7 December 1995 in Punta del Este, 15 December 1997 in Montevideo, and, again, on 8 December 1999, also in Montevideo.
As President, Dorticós represented Cuba at the Summit of Non-Aligned Nations in Belgrade, Yugoslavia ( 1961 ), and at the Summit of the Organisation of American States in Punta del Este, Uruguay ( 1962 ).
* The New York Times, 26 January 1962, refers to Dorticós ' speech at the summit of American foreign ministers at Punta del Este on 25 January 1962, in which he accused the U. S. of creating " conditions for a new physical and military aggression " against Cuba.
He died in a car accident in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in 1994.
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Clearly in violation of several fundamental Italian building regulations, Punta Perotti became the focus of a political and environmental movement calling for its demolition.
During this span of time Marsala lived a wealthy period, but the burying of the big harbour of Punta Alga, decided by the emperor Carlo V to stop Saracenis forays, entailed the end of its flowering.
Beyond the Col de Tenda the direction is first roughly west, then north-west to the Rocca dei Tre Vescovi ( 2, 840 m ), just south of the Enciastraia ( 2, 955 m ), several peaks of about 3, 000 metres rising on the watershed, though the highest of all, the Punta dell ' Argentera ( 3, 297 m ) stands a little way to its north.
In 1866, the International Ocean Cable Company, of Newark, New Jersey ( later becoming merged into Western Union ), took over the fort and port of Punta Rassa and made it the southernmost point of its cabling system.
Although Punta Umbría had its beginnings like pedanía de Cartaya, after the democratization of summer tourism, it began its urban development for its proximity to the capital and its location on the beach.
Another popular attraction is the lively town of Livingston where Garifuna culture can be experienced first hand with its Punta and Yankunu dances.
The census of 1875 was aware of 1, 144 inhabitants and in 1895 the population had risen to 5170 inhabitants, mostly concentrated in the city of Punta Arenas and its surroundings.
The settlement of Punta Arenas and the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region is a result of its past being a hub to international travel.
At its southern end is Cape Garachiné ( also known as Point Garachina ), and at its northern end is Punta San Lorenzo ( a. k. a. Cape Gardo ).
Its main tributary is the Río Negro, which is born in the south of Brazil and goes through Uruguay 500 km until its confluence with the Uruguay river, which is located 100 km north from the Uruguay's confluence with the Río de la Plata, in Punta Gorda ( Colonia Department, Uruguay ).
It expanded its routes to Fort Lauderdale, Quito, Caracas, Cancún ( served by charters ), Santo Domingo, Punta Cana and San Juan, Puerto Rico ; as well as additional domestic flights within Colombia.
It boasts also of its 2 light houses, one at Punta Dumali and other in town proper.
The old Tangway, which was at its northern tip, was called " Cavite la Punta " meaning " Tip of Cavite ".
The airport is the second busiest in the country, after Punta Cana International Airport, and one of the largest in the Caribbean, handling 3 million passengers in 2011 through its air terminal.
The Punta in its name comes from the long point going out to the sea from the beach.
Pedro Juan Caballero, the capital of the department, is still known by its old name, Punta Porá, used by the traveling merchants that transported yerba from Mato Grosso to Concepción.
Histonium has no natural port, but a mere roadstead ; and it is not improbable that in the days of its prosperity it had a dependent port at the Punta della Penna, where there is good anchorage, and where Roman remains have also been found, which have been regarded, but probably erroneously, as those of Buca.
It is well known for its beach resorts, like Punta del Diablo or La Esmeralda, which swell with visitors during the summer holidays.
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