Stories for June 5th 2013

Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 08:19 UTC
Argentina first of 66 countries to sign UN Arms Trade Treaty; US on hold

Representatives of sixty six countries lined up at U.N. headquarters in New York to sign the first international treaty to regulate the 85 billion dollars global conventional arms trade, a landmark event. However doubts exist about whether the treaty will work.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 08:16 UTC
Fearing lesser global liquidity, Brazil eliminates tax on foreign capital inflows

Brazil will scrap a tax on foreign investments in local debt, a surprise move that could help stop a sharp depreciation of the country's currency which lost 7.6% in the past three months and that threatens to stoke already high inflation in Latin America's largest economy.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 08:05 UTC
Inflation in Uruguay falls for the fourth month running but still above target

Consumer prices in Uruguay during May increased 0.32% and 8.06% in the last twelve months which is still above the annual top target range of 6%, but on the positive side for the fourth month running inflation has been decreasing, according to the latest release from the stats office INE.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:56 UTC
Falklands: Uruguay lawmaker calls for direct links with ‘kelpers’ and a change in government’s policy

Lawmaker Jaime Trobo invited his peers in the Lower House to review the Uruguayan government’s position regarding the Malvinas Islands and without questioning Argentine sovereignty, establish close trade and human links with the Islanders, as in the past, eliminating the ‘sanitary ring’ imposed by the current Argentine government.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:52 UTC
Record death of whales and calves in Patagonia; scientists investigating

Southern Right Whales are dying off at a record rate in Argentina's Patagonia region, a conservation group warned.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:46 UTC
Brazil indigenous peoples clash with farmers and dams builders: demand respect for ancestral lands

Lawmakers from the Brazilian farm state of Mato Grosso do Sul asked President Dilma Rousseff's government to send troops to end land invasions by Indigenous people claiming their ancestral territory.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:40 UTC
Delta CEO appointed new IATTA chairman; top of the agenda environment

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Richard H. Anderson, CEO of Delta Air Lines, has assumed his duties as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:35 UTC
A new interaction emerging between US and the region, says panel of experts

The Organization of American States (OAS) hosted its 51st Policy Roundtable on the theme “Power Shifts in Latin America: Current Trends” at the headquarters of the organization in Washington, DC. Most experts coincided in a new interaction between the US and the region despite ideology still plays a role, but overall the old elites are being eclipse.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:28 UTC
One third of all food produced fails to make it from farm to table, says UN

We live in a world of plenty, where food production outstrips demand, yet 870 million people are undernourished and childhood stunting is a silent pandemic. To create the future we want, we must correct this inequity.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 07:22 UTC
Environment Day looks to Mongolia for ideas on how to avoid food waste and loss

Every year on June 5th, people across the planet celebrate the United Nations World Environment Day. It is a day for action where hundreds of thousands of activities take place in virtually every country in the world to improve the environment now and for the future, says the message from Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program.