Stories for May 5th 2014

Monday, May 5th 2014 - 21:29 UTC
Malvinas Islands British occupation a 'latent threat' for Uruguay's defense policy

The Uruguayan government considers the British occupation of the Malvinas Islands as a 'latent threat' according to a work-paper with basic points of the country's defense policy and which is to be made public this week, some excerpts of which were advanced by the pro-government daily La Republica.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 07:24 UTC
Varela wins Panama election, defeats Martinelli's incumbent candidate

Panama’s Electoral Committee declared opposition candidate Juan Carlos Varela as the winner of Sunday's election and the country's next president: he captured 39% of the vote with more than 80% of ballots counted. In Panama there is no run-off and no re-election so president Ricardo Martinelli nominated his successor and completed the ticket with his wife, Marta Linares de Martinelli.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 07:04 UTC
Uruguay displaces Argentina as the main supplier of milk to Brazil

Uruguay's dairy industry has overtaken Argentina as the main supplier of milk to Brazil, according to Globo Rural, a Brazilian site which specializes in farming news. “Brazil's imports were globally 60% Argentine milk and the rest, 40% from Uruguay, but now Uruguay has moved to over 50%, meaning Argentina is losing ground in Latam largest economy and leading Mercosur partner”, Anibal Schaller manager of the Milk Industry Center, admitted to Globo Rural.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:52 UTC
London concerned Spanish actions against Gibraltar are damaging bilateral relations

The British Government has again voiced public concern that Spanish actions against Gibraltar are damaging its bilateral relationship with Spain. In a response to a parliamentary question in the House of Commons, Europe Minister David Lidington said Britain was keeping its options open on how to respond to Spain.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:47 UTC
West will never go to war over non-NATO Ukraine

By Gwynne Dyer - With due apologies to God, Voltaire and the Ukrainians, I must point out that if Ukraine did not exist, it would not be necessary to invent it.It is not a great power, it has no resources the world cannot do without, and it is not a “vital strategic interest” to anybody except the Ukrainians. Not even to the Russians, although they are acting at the moment as though it were.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:42 UTC
Foreign tourists in Britain expected to spend 46 billion dollars by 2017

Spending by foreign tourists in Britain is set to rise 34% to over 27 billion pounds (46 billion dollars) a year by 2017, according to research published on Friday, boosting the country's retail and leisure industries.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:31 UTC
Mosquito transmitted Chikungunya has become an epidemic in the Caribbean

The head of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales, has declared the Chikungunya virus has reached epidemic proportions in the Caribbean. The mosquito-borne illness was first detected in the Caribbean in December 2013, in St Martin, and last week Antigua and St Vincent and the Grenadines became the latest countries to declare an outbreak.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:24 UTC
“Least difficult phase of economic growth is now over”, IMF top official tells Latam

IMF Director for the Western Hemisphere Department Alejandro Werner has once again called on Latin America to embark upon economic reforms, claiming that the “least difficult” phase of economic growth is now over.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:11 UTC
The Lancet acknowledges Argentina's child mortality rates have dropped dramatically

Argentina has been improving its mortality rates over the past decades, as it was revealed on Friday by the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. Although Argentina's rates are better than other countries in the region, including Brazil, Cuba, Uruguay and Chile among others still have the better numbers.