International arrivals to Puerto Vallarta’s international airport (PVR) increased by 17% in the first 6 months of 2014 when compared to 2013 (GAP) and with new flight and additional frequencies scheduled for the upcoming Fall and Winter season, Puerto Vallarta is way on track to black.

A direct result of the efforts undertaken and financed by the Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board, the State of Jalisco, the destination’s hotels and tour operators, the Riviera Nayarit Visitors and Convention Bureau and the Mexico Tourism Board, the increment in international arrivals is expected to continue increasing with the Vallarta-Nayarit campaign continuing to grow this year.

Confirmed new flights include the Alaska Airlines direct flight from Portland, Oregon to Puerto Vallarta from November 4, 2014 until April 26, 2015; last month, Delta announced it will open service this winter from Seattle to Puerto Vallarta and Aeromexico will be increasing frequencies from its Mexico City hub to Puerto Vallarta.

New flights from Houston to Puerto Vallarta are also expected to be announced soon by United Airlines and Southwest has also suggested it is looking at Puerto Vallarta as one of its new international destinations in the near future.

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TORTOLA - British Virgin Islands sailor Rayne Duff - who won the 22nd International Youth Optimist Regatta on St. Thomas last month - paced the field of nine U.S. and British Virgin Islands sailors at the Optimist World Championships, which wrapped up Wednesday in Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico.

Duff was 15th overall in the Yellow Fleet for the highest placing of the territories representatives, with the USVI's Teddy Nicolosi finishing 23rd and Mateo Di Blasi 27th. Christopher Sharpless and Mia Nicolosi were 57th and 59th, respectively.

The USVI's Robert Hunter was fourth in the Blue Fleet, with the BVI's Thad Lettsome placing 11th and Julian Van Den Driessche finishing 19th.

Nathan Haycaraft of the BVI took 39th place, the highest local finish in the Red Fleet.

In team racing, the U.S. Virgin Islands advanced to the semifinals with victories over Mexico I and Canada I, before falling to USA I and USA 3 in the semis.

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It's Nelson Mandela International Day, a day of service celebrated on July 18, Mandela's birthday.

Mandela, the former president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, died at 95 on Dec. 5, 2013. This is the first time the day has been celebrated since his death.

The day was unanimously approved in 2009 by the U.N. General Assembly. It was created to honor Mandela and inspire others to carry on his efforts to "take responsibility for making the world a better place, one small step at a time," according to a statement from the Nelson Mandela Foundation Initiative.

Here's a selection of USA TODAY coverage of Mandela in the wake of his death.

Nelson Mandela, rights activist, dies Dec. 5, 2013

Mandela's full obituary includes a timeline of his life and photographs from over the years. Mandela's health had been failing for months prior to his death. "We've lost our greatest son," South African President Jacob Zuma said when announcing Mandela's death at a press conference.

Recalling Nelson Mandela: 'Everyone was in awe of him' Dec. 5, 2013

Several individuals reflect on meeting Mandela in person in South Africa and when he visited Detroit in 1990. "He seemed to be speaking just human being to human being," Trudy Gallant-Stokes, then a freelancer for Black Entertainment Television, said. "He was so humble in spite of all he'd accomplished."

Nelson Mandela saw sport as a way to connect S. Africans Dec. 5, 2013

Mandela's support of Francois Pienaar, the white captain of the traditionally white Springboks rugby team, helped to unite the country.

15 of Nelson Mandela's best quotes Dec. 5, 2013

Mandela once said, "Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people." His words offered hope and inspiration to millions.

9 lesser-known facts about Nelson Mandela Dec. 5, 2013

Even giants of history have aspects of their lives that aren't as widely known. Did you know sports were a part of Mandela's life even during his time as a political prisoner at Robben Island? There, he helped to form a very limited sports program in the isolation section. He and other prisoners became fans of the prison soccer teams that would play weekly matches in the general section of the prison.

South Africans on Mandela: 'He is the person who saved this country' Dec. 5, 2013

USA TODAY Network talked to South Africans about how this transformative figure left a lasting impression across generations.They reflect, in their own words, on their country's "greatest son."

Why Nelson Mandela is called Madiba Dec. 6, 2013

Mandela's clan name Madiba emerged in condolences around the world after his death. The clan or family name represents a person's ancestry. The meaning is deeper than a surname and is used as a sign of respect and affection.

 Nelson Mandela

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A Malaysia Airlines passenger plane has reportedly crashed in Ukraine, on the border with Russia. All the latest details here.

Interfax reports that a Malaysian plane has crashed in Ukraine
• The plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
• 295 people were on board
• Reports that the plane could have been shot down

With pressure mounting from the U.S. government, Mexico on Tuesday appointed a czar to take charge of largely unimpeded migration from Central America, which sees tens of thousands of people each year enter southern Mexico and cross the country en route to the United States.

Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, in an announcement before reporters in Mexico City, said the new system would guarantee the safety of migrants as well as their eventual repatriation.

He called on the mayors and governors of key states along the migration route -- Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco and here in Chiapas -- to cooperate with federal authorities to eventually stem the flow of migrants. Most of those traveling north board the notorious "La Bestia," or "the Beast," the freight trains that traverse the country toward the northern border with the U.S.

Migrants have been clambering atop the trains for years. Many die every year, falling from their precarious perch or being tossed off by marauding gangs who attempt to extort or rape the migrants.
With new attention focused on the latest surge of young migrants, some of them children traveling without parents, U.S. authorities are urging Mexico, Honduras and other Central American origin countries to do their part in stopping the flow.

Osorio Chong’s announcement was bereft of concrete details and fell far short of what many observers had expected. He did not specify security measures for "La Bestia" and merely named Humberto Mayans, a senator from his Institutional Revolutionary Party, as the head of an agency that would be independent of the Interior Ministry.

Osorio indicated that independence would make it more efficient, but many in Mexico saw yet another layer of bureaucracy.

He did not take questions from reporters.

Mexico has largely turned a blind eye to the thousands of Central American who have crossed the country for decades, despite millions of dollars from the U.S. government allotted for tightening the southern border. In the last several years, the numbers of Central Americans have increased as gang violence, poverty and a growing presence of Mexican drug cartels have made life at home impossible for many.

Previously, Mexico has said it will issue temporary permits for Hondurans and citizens of Belize to remain in this country briefly, but only in border states.

Mexico’s announcement Tuesday came a day after American authorities began deporting Honduran mothers with children and other migrants who arrived in recent days. The deportation flights will continue, the Obama administration has said.

Also on Tuesday, Thomas A. Shannon, a senior U.S. State Department official with extensive experience in Latin America, was expected in Tapachula to observe how Mexico was securing its southern border.

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(Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed and more than 120 were injured when a Moscow underground train derailed during the morning rush hour in one of the worst accidents on the Russian capital's subway system in years.

President Vladimir Putin, who is away in Brazil, ordered a criminal investigation into the accident, which is likely to raise further questions over Russia's transport safety record. There was no suspicion of a militant attack - the cause of scores of deaths in Moscow's subway system in years past.

Three carriages derailed on a train travelling between two stations at 70 km per hour (44 miles per hour) at around 8:35 a.m. (0435 GMT) on the world's busiest subway system.

"It braked very hard. The lights went off and there was lots of smoke," a man, his nose bloodied, told Rossiya-24 television.

"We were trapped and only got out by some miracle. I thought it was the end. Many people were hurt, mostly in the first rail car because the cars ran into each other."

Rescue workers evacuated more than 1,000 people from the area of the accident, the Emergencies Ministry said. Injured passengers were carried on stretchers, bloodied and bandaged, out of both metro stations.

Helicopters ferried the most seriously hurt to hospital and passengers helped to the surface by emergency services looked stunned or were crying. "There is no one alive left," Moscow deputy mayor Peter Biryukov said. "The cause is not known, the work continues."

Some bodies were recovered from the wreckage but others remained underground, crushed in the accident, he said.

The Investigative Committee put the toll at 20 dead. Russian news agency Itar-Tass quoted Health Ministry representative Oleg Salagai as saying that 129 people were injured, 42 of whom were in a serious condition.

NO SUSPICION OF MILITANT ATTACK

The Investigative Committee, which answers to Putin, said it had opened a criminal case on suspicion of failure to meet safety guidelines but that it had not yet determined the cause of the accident, although no militant involvement was suspected.

A power surge may have caused the train to stall and several cars to come off the rails between the Slaviansky Boulevard and Park Pobedy stations, the Investigative Committee said.

Russians regularly criticise the country's transport safety record. Recent disasters included the 2011 sinking of a ferry boat that killed 128 and an airplane crash that killed the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team the same year, both of which were blamed on lax safety regulations and technical errors.

On weekdays as many as 9 million people use the subway system.

Famed for its high-vaulted halls adorned with Soviet socialist realist art, the underground network has expanded from 13 stations opened in 1935 to 194 stations across the megalopolis today.

Islamist militants have previously carried out deadly attacks in Moscow, including twin suicide bombings that killed 40 people on the subway in 2010.

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The organizers of ¡VivaFest!, San Jose's Latino destination festival, announced today its 2014 schedule. Appearances by Academy Award and Grammy Award winners Rita Moreno and Paul Williams and Grammy award nominees Jose Hernandez and Mariachi Sol de Mexico highlight the 2014 schedule which includes music and dance workshops, a Gala mariachi concert, outdoor festivals, a speaker's series and concert recitals in the folk music of Mexico. Many events, including the Gala mariachi concert, are free to the public.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

July 25 - mariachi and ballet folklorico conference with an expanded 7-day schedule of workshops followed by a vibrant season of music and cultural events. New this year is a class on the basics of coding for musicians offered by software engineer and vihuela master artist Juventino Mejia and a workshop on Jalisco harp offered by master artist William Faulkner.

July 30 - ¡VivaFest! presents "An Evening of the Music of Angels," a concert recital by Jalisco Harp Maestro William Faulkner at the San Jose Women's Club.

August 1 - ¡VivaFest! and Symphony Silicon Valley present Grammy nominees Mariachi Sol de Mexico headlining "Songs in the Key of Mexico," a free concert at San Jose State University.

September 14 - ¡VivaFest! and Mundo Fox celebrate Mexican Independence Day at Discovery Meadow with a free day of family activities.

September 16 - ¡VivaFest! opens an online exhibition of "The Artistic Mestizaje," a mural by Carlos Perez in a project co-presented with the Google Art Institute. The exhibition features digital views of the mural taken by Google's street team and an in-depth examination of the artistic heritage depicted by the artist in a panel discussion on the modern convergence of culture with the artist and curatorial staff from Google.

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Almost every country in the world has a national day, and France is no different. Bastille Day is held on July 14, and commemorates the storming of Bastille by the French people in 1789.

The Bastille was a prison traditionally reserved for political prisoners, and by capturing this symbolic place of power, the people signalled that King Louis VXI’s power was no longer absolute.

The storming of Bastille also symbolised the start of the French Revolution, and so remains a significant day in French history.

In France, the celebrations begin with the traditional Military Parade down the Champs-Elysées in Paris.

Infantry, cavalry and motorised troops form a procession watched by thousands, while the Patrouille de France aircraft perform aerobatics in the sky above the parade.

As the day continues, the celebrations become more dynamic, with fire stations across the country hosting lively dance parties for all to attend. The Eiffel Tower is lit up with spectacular fireworks displays, and the celebrations continue well into the night.

Around the world, the Bastille Day festivities also reach grand heights. In America, the national day is celebrated in a variety of French-inspired ways.

In Boston, the French Cultural Centre celebrates with a massive al fresco party that attracts around 2000 people. There is live music, French cuisine, and dancing in the street.

In Philadelphia, the storming of Bastille is re-enacted outside the walls of Eastern State Penitentiary, with thousands of cakes thrown from the walls in accordance with Marie Antoinette’s saying, ‘Let them eat cake’.

And strangely enough, one of the largest Bastille Day celebrations can be found in Milwaukee, complete with its own replica Eiffel Tower.

Spanning over four days, and consequently known as ‘Bastille Days’, the event attracts as many as 250,000 people, who flock to the city for beer and cheese tastings, French lessons and cancan performances.

French Polynesia pays tribute to its heritage, with its Heiva I Tahiti festival. On Bastille Day, traditional French celebrations are combined with Polynesian customs, recognising the cultural liberties afforded by the French when they annexed the region from English missionaries in 1881.

The locals celebrate with native canoe races, fire walking and fruit carrying, as well Polynesian dancing, live music and singing.

Pondicherry, on the south east coast of India, was under French dominance for 300 years, and celebrates Bastille Day with a unique blend of east and western culture.

On the eve of the national day, retired soldiers engage in a parade and celebrate with Indian and French national anthems. On the actual day, uniformed war soldiers march through the streets, French flags adorn buildings, and a fusion of Indian and French music is played

London is another major city that revels in the historical French festivities.

Locals embrace French food, culture, music and practices at the Borough Markets, ranging from silk-weaving demonstrations, a waiter’s race, wine tasting and games of pétanque. Theatrical performances and live Parisian music keep the merriments alive well into the evening.

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Langkawi Sky-Bridge

The Jewel of Kedah
You'll need to take a cable car to the top of Gunung Mat Chinchang on Pulau Langakawi, an island in the Malaysian state of Kedah, to walk along this curved pedestrian bridge, which meanders around the clouds of the mountain peak. (Jim Boud/flickr.com)

Langkawi Sky Bridge is a 410 feet curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge in Malaysia at the top of the 500-million-year-old Mount Mat Cincang. The bridge, which was opened to tourists in 2005, provides 360 degree views of the Langkawi islands and the Andaman Sea.

Where: The top of Mount Mat Cincang, Langkawi, Malaysia.

Stats: 2,000 feet above sea level; less than six feet wide.

Puente de Ojuela

The suspension bridge, Puente de Ojuela, is the only surviving and functional structure in Ojuela, which became a ghost town after the ore resources in the town were exhausted at the beginning of the 20th century. The original bridge was designed by the famous Roebling brothers, who also designed the Brooklyn Bridge. The bridge was restored as a tourist attraction in 1991.

Where: In the ghost town of Ojuela in northern Mexico.

Stats: 984 feet long suspension bridge.

Sidu River Bridge

The Sidu River Bridge crosses the mountains of the Sichuan Basin spanning the deep valley of the Sidu River. The bridge has superseded the Royal Gorge Bridge and the Beipanjiang River 2003 Bridge as the highest bridge in the world.

Where: Near Yeasanguan town, Hubei, China.

Stats: 4,009 feet long suspension bridge; about 1,640 feet from the bottom of the gorge.

Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge

Torchbearer Denis Broderick holds the Olympic Flame on the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge which links the mainland near the village of Ballintoy to the island of Carrickarede in County Antrim on day 17 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on June 4, 2012, near Belfast, Northern Ireland. (LOCOG/Getty Images)

The Carrick-a-Rede bridge is a famous rope bridge near Ballintoy in Northern Ireland that has become mostly a tourist attraction. The bridge links the island of Carrickarede to the mainland. No one has fallen off the bridge, but some visitors, too scared to cross the bridge, have had to be taken off the island by boat.

Where: Near Ballintoy, Northern Ireland.

Stats: 66 feet long; 98 feet high.

Capilano Suspension Bridge

The Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that crosses the Capilano River draws over 800,000 visitors a year. The bridge was originally built in 1889 and made of hemp ropes and cedar plants. It was replaced with a wire cable bridge in 1903 and completely rebuilt in 1956. There have been several incidents of tourists falling on or near the bridge.

Where: North Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Stats: 460 feet long; 230 feet above the river.

U Bein Bridge

The U Bein Bridge, which spans across the Taugthaman Lake in Amarapura, Myanmar, is the longest teak bridge in the world. It was built by the city's mayor, U Bein, who salvaged the unwanted teak columns from the old palace during the move to Mandalay.

Where: Amarapura, Myanmar.

Stats: 3,937 feet long.

Trift Bridge

The Trift Bridge is the longest pedestrian-only suspension bridge in the Alps. The bridge spans the lake Triftsee, near Gadmen, Switzerland. The bridge receives 20,000 visitors per year to see the Trift Glacier.

Where: Near Gadmen, Switzerland.

Stats: 560 feet in length; 330 feet heigh

Bosphorus Bridge

Where East Meets West
Completed in 1973, the Bosphorus Bridge is one of two bridges in Istanbul, Turkey, that connect Europe with Asia over the Bosphorus Strait. The bridges stretches between the village of Ortakoy on the western (European) side and Beylerbeyi on the eastern (Asian) side. (Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty Images)

The Bosphorus Bridge is one of two bridges that spans the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey, connecting Europe and Asia. When it was built in 1973 it was the fourth longest suspension span in the world. Now, the bridge is the 21st longest suspension bridge.

Where: Istanbul, Turkey.

Stats: 5,118 feet long; 210 feet high from sea level.

Millau Viaduct

The World's Tallest Bridge
When it opened in 2004 in the Tarn River valley of southern France, the 1,125-ft.-high Millau Viaduct Bridge shot to the top of the list of the world's tallest bridges. Its construction cost more than half a billion dollars and took just over three years to complete. (OliBac/flickr.com)

The Millau Viaduct Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. The bridge is apart of a highway that connects Paris to Montpellier. In 2006 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering Outstanding Structure Award.

Where: Near Millau, France.

Stats: 1,125 feet long; 890 feet between the road deck and the ground.

Royal Gorge Bridge

Panoramic Views, Millions of Years in the Making
The highest bridge in the world for more than 70 years, Colorado's Royal Gorge Bridge was built in just six months in 1929. It spans more than 1,200 feet across the Arkansas River near Canon City, Colo., within a 360-acre theme park with 21 rides. (joevare/flickr.com)

The Royal Gorge Bridge spans the Arkansas River near Canon City, Colorado, in the US. The bridge deck is 955 ft. above the river below and held the record for highest bridge in the world from 1929 to 2001. In 2003, a wingsuiter was killed attempting to fly over the bridge.

Where: Colorado, US

Stats: 1,260 feet long; 955 feet high; 18 feet wide.

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(MEXICO CITY) — U.S. Marine reservist Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi is back in a Mexican jail Thursday morning, ordered by a judge to remain in custody on gun charges near Tijuana, where he’s been locked up for 102 days.

A closed evidentiary hearing that lasted more than eight hours on Wednesday was Tahmooressi’s first chance to plead his case in court.

The California native, 25, was arrested on March 31, after he says he got lost and crossed the Mexican border with three firearms in his pickup truck.

Though cameras weren’t allowed in court, Tahmooressi’s mother Jill says she was able to spend 20 minutes with her son after the hearing.

“He’s very strong. He’s very strong and positive. And he’s confident,” she said.

The State Department is actively engaged in the case. Consular officers have visited Tahmooressi 13 times, and 71 members of Congress have signed a bi-partisan letter asking the judge for leniency.

Unlike American law, in Mexico one is guilty until proven innocent and the decision rests solely in the judge’s hands.

But Fernando Benetiz, Tahmooressi’s newly-hired attorney, is hopeful.

“We feel the hearing was a success, and we feel we are finally on the right track,” Benetiz said.

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Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Antonio Jaramillio spent a great deal of his childhood living in an orphanage. At 14-years-old, Jaramillo took a leap of faith and moved to San Diego, where he worked and went to school. It was there that Jaramillo realized he was interested in performing arts.

Fast forward several years later, Jaramillo is no longer that lonely and scared little boy, but a family man and talented actor who has shared the screen with Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, and Demián Bichir, to name a few.

We caught up with the Mexican star to talk about his roles on Dallas and Gang Related, what it was like growing up in an orphanage, raising a child with autism, and more.

Check it all out in our exclusive interview below:

Where do we find Luis in the second part of Dallas this season?

We find Luis getting closer and closer to the Ewings, and making life difficult for the family as he continues to gain more control while making millions in the process.

Tell us about your character in Gang Related.

I play Beto a childhood friend of one of the main characters on the show, Ryan Lopez. Beto is the type of guy who is willing to risk everything even his life for his friend and the only family he's ever known.

Which character would you say is more complex and probably more difficult to play?

I think Luis is a more complex and challenging role to bring to life because of the nature of his world and his business dealings, but both roles are fun to play with.

Throughout your career, you've worked alongside some pretty big Hollywood names, did you ever get nervous or feel intimidated?

I don't particularly get nervous or intimidated on set because from day one I show up to work as the role I've been hired to play, and I look at everyone around me the same way as the role they are playing and what their relationship to my character is. So unless my character is supposed to be intimidated or nervous I am not! But carrying a conversation while sharing lunch or off set, now that can be a bit nerve wracking!

Is there one person in Hollywood that you would absolutely love to work with?

I would love to get the opportunity to work with Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu! I love his movies and his point of view. When he's telling a story there is never a false note or move. Everything he does is there to serve the story. I think almost every actor in all his movies should be nominated because they seem to do their best work when being directed by Mr. Inarritu!

We hear you're a talented musician, what made you decide to pursue acting? Do you think you'll ever make a move into the music industry?

I'm not sure I would consider myself a talented musician, but I'm somewhat musical and do love music a lot. Maybe later in life I will give it another go. As to how I ended up in the dramatic arts? I don't know. I suppose it was a natural progression that grew from my need to express and communicate.

Switching gears a bit, let's talk a little bit about your personal life. Tell us a bit about what it was like growing up in an orphanage.

I think this is a rather lengthy conversation topic and perhaps I should save it for my Oprah special or maybe Dr. Phil? But if I had to describe it in one word...it was lonely!

If you could go back in time and talk to your younger self during those times, what would you say?

What a great question! Not sure what I would say to my younger self then but for sure I would give him a huge, huge hug, and I would somehow try to make him smile!

You have a child with autism, what's your involvement with organizations benefiting autism been like?

I'm not directly involved with any autism organizations but I personally like and support Autism Speaks for all the good they do for the kids and the parents of children with autism.

Any words of advice for parents who have children with autism or are just finding out their child has this?

I'm not an expert on the subject, and the needs for every parent and their child with autism are quite different and based on their own individual situation. But if I could offer any words of encouragement it would be to hug and kiss them a lot! All kids get that.

Any final words you'd like to share with our readers?

I just want to say thanks for their support and interest! Oh, and I love boxing! I should've been a boxer.

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Technological advancement has completely revolutionized the concept of travelling round the globe. With the increasing number of travel technology providers, tourism in different exotic destinations gets a boost.

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