Latin America’s Luxury Ecotours
The good news is so much natural beauty and wildlife still exist. And high-end travel packages are the best – and sometimes only – way to see them
The stretch of Latin America from the tropical jungles of Costa Rica down to the remote snowy fields of Argentina and Chile has much to offer visitors, but exotic wildlife, a range of climates, and the natural surroundings are perhaps the region’s greatest asset. And for North American travelers in particular, Latin America is a relatively easy foreign excursion: Unlike other parts of the developing world, many destinations here require no vaccines and visas, and the trip south crosses few, if any, time zones, allowing tourists to enjoy the wonders of new cultures and far-off lands right away, without the painful hassles of jet lag.
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Latin America’s pastime
Originally published in Tribune Sports on March 5, 2006
The saying used to go that you couldn’t tell the players without a scorecard. These days you can’t spell the players’ names without tildes and accented vowels.
Attempting to portray its sport as a world game, Major League Baseball reported last year that 242 of the 829 players on opening-day active rosters, including the disabled list, were born outside the 50 states.
Make no mistake. Those numbers were fueled by the six major baseball-playing countries and territories of Latin America.
For all the lip service paid to the Asian influx
