Síntesis informativa - 19 de febrero 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Huawei Founder Slams U.S. Charges as ‘Politically Motivated
BEIJING — Ren Zhengfei, the founder of the Chinese technology giant Huawei, has accused the United States of having political motivations in leveling criminal charges against the company and his daughter, a top Huawei executive.
The comments, made in an interview with the BBC that was published Monday, mark a rhetorical escalation. Mr. Ren and the firm had previously declined to say much on the case, citing respect for the legal process. But he appears to be sharpening his language as a hearing nears on whether his daughter should be sent to the United States to stand trial.
“I object to what the U.S. has done,” Mr. Ren told the BBC. “This kind of politically motivated act is not acceptable.”
Late last month, the Justice Department unveiled sweeping chargesagainst Huawei and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, outlining yearslong efforts by the Chinese firm to steal American industrial secrets, obstruct a criminal investigation and evade economic sanctions against Iran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/technology/huawei-ren-zhengfei-bbc.html
Murders of Religious Minorities in India Go Unpunished, Report Finds
NEW DELHI — The Indian authorities have delayed investigating a wave of vigilante-style murders of religious minorities, with many instead working to justify the attacks or file charges against some of the victims’ families, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch.
The 104-page report said that since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party was elected in 2014, attacks led by so-called cow protection groups have jumped sharply.
Between May 2015 and Dec. 2018, at least 44 people have been killed, Human Rights Watch found. Most of the victims were Muslims accused of storing beef or transporting cows for slaughter, a crime in most Indian states. Many Hindus, who form about 80 percent of India’s population, consider cows sacred.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/world/asia/india-cow-religious-attacks.html
Trump Delivers Blunt Warning to Venezuela Military Over Aid Impasse
MIAMI — President Trump on Monday delivered his sharpest warning yet to Venezuela’s military authorities in an increasingly tense showdown over that country’s crisis, proclaiming they would “lose everything” by remaining loyal to President Nicolás Maduro and refusing to allow in emergency aid stockpiled on the border.
Mr. Trump gave the warning in a speech denouncing Venezuela’s brand of socialism to an enthusiastic crowd in Miami that included many Americans of Venezuelan descent who have fled Venezuela or have relatives in the country, once Latin America’s wealthiest but now facing the greatest economic collapse in generations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/world/americas/venezuela-guaido-maduro-trump.html
THE GUARDIAN
Brexit causing ‘palpable decline’ in UK influence at the UN
The report by the UK branch of the United Nations Association suggests Britain will lose political capital on the 15-member UN security council and the larger general assembly in New York because its campaigns will no longer be automatically aligned with those of the EU.
Based on more than 40 interviews, on and off the record, with current and previous UN-based diplomats, the report suggests the foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, will need to work harder to highlight a more value-based diplomacy, and a commitment to multilateralism, to retain the UK’s traction.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/19/brexit-deline-uk-influence-un
Syrian Kurdish leader: border force needed to protect us from Turkey
The leader of the Syrian Kurds has called for a small international observer force to be stationed on the Turkey-Syria border to protect Kurds from what she says is the threat of crimes against humanity committed by Turkish forces.
Ilham Ahmed is co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council – the political arm of the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which have been responsible for liberating much of north-eastern Syria from Islamic State.
California leads 16-state lawsuit over Trump's emergency declaration
The lawsuit was filed on Monday in the US district court for the northern district of California after Trump invoked emergency powers on Friday when Congress declined his request for $5.7bn to help create his signature policy promise.
The legal challenges could slow Trump’s efforts to build the wall, which he says is needed to check illegal immigration and drug trafficking, and the case is likely to end up in the conservative-leaning US supreme court.
DEUTSCHE WELLE
Pakistán abierto a diálogo con India pero “responderá” si es atacado
La advertencia es una respuesta al primer ministro indio Narendra Modi, quien prometió hacerles "pagar un alto precio" a los responsables del atentado que conmovió a India la semana pasada que dejó más de 40 muertos.
Pakistán está abierto a cooperar con India en las investigaciones del atentado que causó más de 40 muertos en la Cachemira india la semana pasada, pero "responderá" si es atacado, declaró este martes (19.02.2019) el primer ministro paquistaní, Imran Khan.
Indignación por un acuerdo franco-alemán de venta de armas
La venta de armas a Arabia Saudí es un tabú para el Gobierno en Alemania. Pero un acuerdo con París podría hacerlo posible.
Con la firma del Tratado de Aquisgrán, hace un mes, la amistad entre Francia y Alemania debería haber ascendido a un nivel superior. Sin embargo, la realidad política muestra desde hace tiempo un panorama bien distinto: la locomotora franco-alemana traquetea. Los intereses de los dos vecinos se han desarrollado por caminos bien distintos, tanto en la política europea como en la de armamento. Ahora Alemania intenta coser esos desgarros y dar un paso hacia Francia. Pero es ahí donde se ha producido una disputa sobre las competencias y los intereses franceses en un suministro a Arabia Saudí.
De acuerdo con un documento secreto publicado por el semanario "Der Spiegel”, el Gobierno federal alemán está realizando una serie de concesiones. Según el texto, al que Berlín y París se habrían comprometido el pasado 14 de enero como suplemento al Tratado de Aquisgrán, Alemania daría a Francia libertades para vender sistemas de armas elaborados en proyectos comunes a terceros países.
Fiscalía turca ordena la detención de casi 300 personas por golpismo
Son vinculadas con el clérigo islamista Fethullah Gülen, al que Ankara responsabiliza del fallido golpe de Estado de 2016. Más de 8.500 miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas han sido expulsados por vínculos con Gülen.
Las fuerzas de seguridad turcas iniciaron este martes (19.02.2019) varias operaciones para detener a 299 personas, la mayoría militares, a quienes la Fiscalía vincula con el fallido intento de golpe de Estado de 2016, reportaron medios locales.
En una primera operación, las fuerzas de seguridad se desplegaron en 11 provincias para detener a 71 miembros del Ejército.
Poco después, se inició otra operación por orden de la Fiscalía de Ankara para detener a 52 miembros de la Gendarmería, un cuerpo policial militarizado.
A media mañana, la Fiscalía de Izmir, en la costa del mar Egeo, ordenó la detención de otras 176 personas, la mayoría miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas, aunque también hay médicos y profesores.
Más de 8.500 miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas expulsados por vínculos con Gülen desde el fallido golpe
XINHUA
Rusia y Arabia Saudí negocian contrato sobre sistema S-400 ruso
MOSCU, 17 feb (Xinhua) -- Rusia y Arabia Saudí están negociando un contrato para el suministro del sistema de defensa antiaérea S-400 al reino, informaron hoy medios rusos.
Los dos países están sosteniendo consultas adicionales, dijo Alexander Mikheev, director general del exportador estatal ruso de armas Rosoboronexport, citado por la agencia de noticias TASS.
El sistema S-400, diseñado y manufacturado por el fabricante de armas ruso Almaz-Antey, es considerado el más avanzado de su tipo en Rusia, capaz de destruir blancos a una distancia de hasta 400 kilómetros y a una altura de hasta 30 kilómetros.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2019-02/18/c_137829363.htm
Liga Arabe expresa objeciones a presencia de tropas extranjeras en Siria
EL CAIRO, 17 feb (Xinhua) -- El secretario general de la Liga Arabe, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, enfatizó hoy que el órgano panárabe se opone por completo a la presencia de tropas extranjeras en Siria.
Aboul-Gheit hizo los comentarios durante una sesión sobre la crisis siria realizada como parte de la Conferencia de Seguridad de Múnich de tres días que terminó hoy en Alemania, dijo Mahmoud Afifi, vocero de la Liga Arabe.
El Acuerdo de Adana, firmado entre Turquía y Siria en 1998, provee una solución idónea después de la retirada de las tropas estadounidenses de Siria, dijo Aboul-Gheit.
A la sesión asistieron los ministros de Defensa de Líbano y Turquía, el enviado de Estados Unidos en Siria, el viceministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Rusia y el enviado de la ONU para Siria.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2019-02/18/c_137829457.htm
Irán y China disfrutan de relaciones amistosas, dice presidente de Parlamento iraní
TEHERAN, 18 feb (Xinhua) -- Irán y China tienen relaciones "estrechas y amistosas" en diversa áreas, declaró hoy lunes el presidente del Parlamento de Irán, Ali Larijani, antes de partir de Teherán rumbo a Beijing, la capital de China.
Ambas partes también han disfrutado del apoyo mutuo en la arena internacional, afirmó Larijani.
Funcionarios gubernamentales iraníes de alto nivel, incluidos el ministro del Petróleo, el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, el ministro de Economía y Finanzas y el gobernador del Banco Central de Irán, acompañarán a Larijani en su visita a China.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2019-02/18/c_137831869.htm
AL JAZEERA
'Trade and investment' to top Saudi crown prince's India visit
Trade, investment, defence and security expected to top agenda of talks between Saudi crown prince and Indian PM Modi.
Zeenat Saberin.- "Trade and investment, defence and security, including counterterrorism, and renewable energy" will be discussed during the crown prince's meeting with Modi on Wednesday, India's foreign ministry said.
The two sides are also expected to discuss oil giant Saudi Aramco's investment in refineries in India, including the company's stalled project to build a $44bn facility on the western coast of India.
India's ties to Saudi Arabia have grown significantly over the past two decades. Home to more than 2.7 million Indian expatriates, the kingdom is India's fourth-largest trading partner, with bilateral trade worth $28bn.
Saudi Arabia has also long been a source of financial aid for India's nuclear-armed rival, Pakistan.
Bernie Sanders to run for US president in 2020
US senator launches second bid for White House, saying he was running to defeat 'pathological liar' Donald Trump.
This time around, Sanders has been among the leaders in opinion polls of prospective 2020 candidates, but he faces a field more heavily populated with other liberal progressives touting many of the same ideas he brought into the party mainstream.
The list of politicians seeking the Democratic Party's nomination already includes his fellow Senators Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren.
A number of other high-profile Democrats are still considering presidential bids, including former Vice President Joe Biden and former Texas Representative Beto O'Rourke.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/bernie-sanders-run-president-2020-190219112859960.html
Sixteen US states sue Trump over emergency wall declaration
President invoked emergency powers after Congress didn't fulfill request for $5.7bn to help build US-Mexico border wall.
Joining California in filing the lawsuit against the Republican president's administration are the attorneys general of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Virginia.
Trump declared a national emergency after Congress declined to meet his request for $5.7bn to fulfil his 2016 election campaign promise of completing the wall.
The move allows the president to bypass Congress to use money from the Pentagon and other budgets.
The lawsuit against Trump on Monday argues he does not have the power to divert the funds because Congress is in charge of spending.
Huawei founder says US cannot 'crush' telecoms giant
In interview with BBC, Ren Zhengfei describes arrest of his daughter and Huawei executive as 'politically motivated'.
Citing unnamed sources, the Financial Times reported on Sunday that British intelligence services believe any threats posed by Huawei equipment in next-generation - so-called 5G - mobile networks can be managed.
Meanwhile, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her country's security services have not made a final decision on whether to allow telecoms provider Spark to use Huawei equipment in building its 5G networks.
RT
Bernie Sanders announces 2020 presidential bid
Bernie Sanders, who lost the Democratic presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton in 2016, says he will run again in 2020. The 77-year-old Vermont senator enjoys great popularity among millennials for his progressive ideas. Sanders first confirmed his plans in an interview aired on Vermont Public Radio on Monday. "I wanted to let the people of the state of Vermont know about this first," he said.
Speaking to CBS This Morning, the politician revealed that he will launch an "unprecedented" grassroots movement "to lay the groundwork for transforming the economic and political life of this country." He promised that it will be a "very different campaign" to 2016 when the senator narrowly lost the Democratic primary to Hillary Clinton.
https://www.rt.com/usa/451811-bernie-sanders-presidential-bid/
4 ways India is putting its own interests before Washington's
India appears to be defying every foreign policy goal relentlessly pursued by the US, stubbornly striking deals with nations Washington is trying to isolate from global trade.
Russia, Iran and now Venezuela – all among the top targets of Washington's aggressive rhetoric and sanctions – are also among the nations India has been refusing to turn its back on. The country's growing economy needs energy and its military needs hardware, and it is not allowing lucrative deals slip away to appease the superpower on the other side of the world.
https://www.rt.com/news/451820-india-defies-us-interests/
Russia bans military from using smartphones Russian legislators have adopted a new bill banning servicemen from using electronic devises capable of taking photos, videos, and collecting geolocation data – basically, all modern portable gadgets.
The bill, approved by the State Duma in the final reading on Tuesday, forbids active-duty servicemen and reservists during training from sharing on the internet or with the media any information which might disclose their location, which units they serve with, information about fellow soldiers, and so on. Apart from that, servicemen are banned from even having on themselves devices that can store and/or transmit photos, videos, and geolocation data through the internet.
https://www.rt.com/russia/451824-russia-bans-military-smartphones/
Mercenary team? 5 US citizens among heavily armed group arrested amid Haiti protests (PHOTOS)
A group of seven foreigners and one local were apprehended by Haitian authorities amid violent unrest in the nation. The suspects, who allegedly have military backgrounds, were equipped with an arsenal of guns and even drones.
The group was apprehended on Sunday in the Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince, shortly after leaving the Bank of Haiti, local newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported.
The suspects, traveling in two vehicles without license plates, were well-equipped with military-grade weapons, body armor and even drones. They had several sets of plates with them, but it was unclear if they were genuine or fake. The individuals initially refused to leave their vehicles, reportedly claiming they had been working “for the Haitian government.”
https://www.rt.com/news/451787-haiti-armed-us-citizens-arrested/
Vatican admits to having secret rules for priests who breach celibacy & father children
The Vatican has admitted to having an internal set of guidelines which urge the clergy to “voluntarily” leave their service to the Catholic Church in case they ever father children in violation of their vows of celibacy.
The “internal document” focuses on the “fundamental principle” of child protection by “requesting” the ordained leave the priesthood and “assume his responsibilities as a parent by devoting himself exclusively to the child,” Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti told the New York Times, confirming the existence of the secret internal guidelines.
https://www.rt.com/news/451789-vaticans-admits-secret-father-rules/
‘Time for KKK to night ride again’: Alabama paper calls for return of the Klan to fight DC & taxes
An Alabama newspaper editor has called on the Ku Klux Klan to ride back into town to fight taxes and hang “socialist communists” using hemp ropes.
Goodloe Sutton, the publisher of the Democrat-Reporter newspaper in Linden, Alabama, called on the notorious white supremacist group to dust off their white hoods and “night ride again” because “Democrats in the Republican Party and Democrats are plotting to raise taxes in Alabama.”
The publisher and owner of the newspaper slammed Democrats in the column published last week, warning, “This socialist-communist idealogy [sic] sounds good to the ignorant, the uneducated, and the simple-minded people.” “Seems like the Klan would be welcome to raid the gated communities up there,” he wrote.
https://www.rt.com/usa/451828-alabama-editor-kkk-socialist-communists-/
AL MAYADEEN
EE.UU. cerca militarmente a Venezuela
Cuba aseguró el pasado 13 de febrero, mediante una declaración del Gobierno Revolucionario, que Estados Unidos pretende fabricar “un pretexto humanitario para iniciar una agresión militar contra Venezuela” y denunció vuelos militares en la región del Caribe como parte de los preparativos, explica en periodista Sergio Aljeandro Gómez en un amplio artículo publicado la página digital Cubadebate.
De acuerdo con Rogan, en menos de una semana el Pentágono está en condiciones de desplegar dos mil 200 marines, aviones de combate, tanques y poner dos portaaviones en Venezuela.
Las tres puntas del tridente norteamericanoson El Caribe, Colombia y Brasil. No es casual que el almirante Craig Faller, jefe del Comando Sur, haya visitado Bogotá, Brasilia y Curazao durante los últimas semanas, bajo la cobertura de la supuesta organización de la entrega de “ayuda humanitaria” a Venezuela.
Con la autorización de Holanda, Estados Unidos organiza un centro de distribución de la supuesta ayuda en la isla de Curazao, a escasos kilómetros de las fronteras con Venezuela.
Guardia Revolucionaria de Irán captura a varios terroristas involucrados en ataque de Zahedan
La Guardia Revolucionaria de Irán anunció este lunes la captura de varios terroristas vinculados al atentado suicida perpetrado la semana pasada cerca de la frontera con Pakistán, que causó la muerte de 27 miembros de la institución armada.
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