Síntesis informativa - 4 de junio 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Mexico Cracks Down on Migrants, After Pressure From Trump to Act
TAPACHULA, Mexico — They arrived at dusk, dressed for combat, pouring from government vehicles. A phalanx of military and police personnel swarmed a small hotel in the center of Tapachula, this scrappy city near Mexico’s border with Guatemala. Their target: undocumented migrants.
Agents rushed door to door, hauling people away, while migrants shouted or ran out the back, scampering over the rooftops of neighboring homes, witnesses said.
It was one of several raids here last week to sweep up migrants, part of a broad Mexican crackdown against the surge of Central Americans and others streaming toward the United States. In recent weeks, the Mexican authorities have been breaking up migrant caravans and setting up round-the-clock roadblocks along common routes north.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/world/americas/mexico-migration-crackdown.html
President Trump and Theresa May express confidence in Brexit.
President Trump said at a joint news conference with Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday that he believed Brexit would eventually happen, adding that Britain is “a very, very special place and I think it deserves a special place.”
The comments came in the Durbar Court of the foreign office building on the second day of a three-day state visit as the two leaders held a brief but wide-ranging news conference that also touched on a trade deal, Huawei, Mr. Trump’s critics and tariffs on Mexico.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/world/europe/trump-uk-visit.html
Companies See Climate Change Hitting Their Bottom Lines in the Next 5 Years
WASHINGTON — Many of the world’s biggest companies, from Silicon Valley tech firms to large European banks, are bracing for the prospect that climate change could substantially affect their bottom lines within the next five years, according to a new analysis of corporate disclosures.
Under pressure from shareholders and regulators, companies are increasingly disclosing the specific financial impacts they could face as the planet warms, such as extreme weather that could disrupt their supply chains or stricter climate regulations that could hurt the value of coal, oil and gas investments. Early estimates suggest that trillions of dollars may ultimately be at stake.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/climate/companies-climate-change-financial-impact.html
THE GUARDIAN
Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon surges to record high
The world’s greatest rainforest – which is a vital provider of oxygen and carbon sequestration – lost 739sq km during the 31 days, equivalent to two football pitches every minute, according to data from the government’s satellite monitoring agency.
Although a single month is too short to confirm long-term trends, May is considered an important guide because it marks the start of the dry season, which is when most burning and other forms of forest clearance are carried out.
Unless the government sends a clear signal it will not tolerate a further acceleration, environmentalists fear there will be an increase in the coming months that could make 2019 one of the worst years for deforestation in recent memory.
Latest data shows steep rises in CO2 for seventh year
Atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gas were 414.8 parts per million in May, which was 3.5ppm higher than the same time last year, according to readings from the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii, where carbon dioxide has been monitored continuously since 1958.
Scientists have warned for more than a decade that concentrations of more than 450ppm risk triggering extreme weather events and temperature rises as high as 2C, beyond which the effects of global heating are likely to become catastrophic and irreversible.
AL JAZEERA
Erdogan: No step back from S-400 deal with Russia
Turkish president says US offer to sell Patriot missiles to Ankara is not as good as Russia's S-400 offer.
US officials urged Turkey to buy Patriot missiles rather than the S-400 from Moscow, arguing it is incompatible with NATO weapons systems.
Ankara responded saying it was the US refusal to sell Patriots to Turkey that led it to seek other vendors, adding Russia offered a better deal, including technology transfers.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/erdogan-step-400-deal-russia-190604063857003.html
Saudi Arabia and Iran after the summits of discontent
Was Riyadh able to unite Arab and Muslim leaders against Tehran?
Marwan Bishara.- Saudi Arabia hosted three summits last week - a Gulf, an Arab and an Islamic one - with one common goal: Confront and isolate Iran. All other urgent issues in the region, from the ongoing decimation of Yemen to the implosion of Libya to the daily bombings in Syria and the worsening occupation of Palestine, all had to take a backseat to the Saudi-UAE escalation against the Islamic Republic.
By the end of the meetings, Saudi efforts to put diplomatic pressure on Tehran paid off, at least on paper. The final communique of the emergency Gulf and Arab summits condemned Iranian interference in Arab affairs. The closing statement of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) fell short of isolating Iran, but it did condemn recent attacks on Saudi and Emirati oil tankers and upheld their right to defend themselves.In the GCC and Arab summits, where Riyadh did succeed to single out Iran by name, the condemnation carries little to no strategic weight. The GCC and the Arab League are more divided and weaker than ever, thanks in no small part to Saudi manipulation of their agendas to serve its own narrow interests and those of its allies, as was demonstrated once again last week.
Riyadh may have succeeded in formulating the final statements to suit its designs for the region, but these warnings or condemnations are hardly noticed, let alone heeded.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/saudi-arabia-iran-summits-discontent-190604101807753.html
After bloody attack, Sudan army scraps agreements with protesters
Ruling military council says it will hold elections within nine months as crackdown on protesters draws condemnation.
"The military council decided to stop negotiating with the Alliance for Freedom and Change [group representing protesters in negotiations] and cancel what had been agreed on and to hold general elections within nine months," al-Burhan said in a televised statement.
The attack against the protesters came days after al-Burhan met with his top foreign allies, including Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who have both been strong supporters of the TMC and deeply oppose movements such as those that swept the region in the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.
Many analysts said they believed the military rulers were being influenced by powers outside Sudan.
"The latest escalation, and what is already a precarious situation, came after the head of the military council and the deputy head ... visited Saudi Arabia," Awol Allo, a senior lecturer in law at Keele University, told Al Jazeera. "Since then, there is a significant escalation ... against the protesters."
AL MAYADEEN
Lacayos de EE.UU. preparan “expedientes” para justificar acciones contra Venezuela, denuncia canciller Arreaza
“Supuestos investigadores” vinculados a la Inteligencia estadounidense y financiados por las corporaciones que tienen “claros intereses” económicos en Venezuela—país rico en el petróleo y recursos naturales— preparan “expedientes” de espionaje para justificar cualquier acción contra la República Bolivariana, incluida la militar, denunció el canciller Jorge Arreaza en su cuenta de Twitter.
Arreaza ancló en su mensaje el trabajo de investigación que hizo la página Misión Verdad que desmonta “otro informe erróneo” que intentaba tergiversar la imagen del país y mostrarlo como “una empresa criminal”.
Ese centro fue uno de los que participó activamente en el asedio a la embajada venezolana en Washington entre abril y mayo pasados, que también estuvo detrás de las asesorías para la invasión a Venezuela.
Revelan planes israelíes para crear el Kurdistán sirio
Fuentes de las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias (FDS), agrupación kurda que cuenta con el apoyo de Estados Unidos, informaron sobre una reunión secreta entre funcionarios kurdos y el exministro israelí de Asuntos Militares, Avigdor Lieberman, para la creación del Kurdistán sirio.
También trascendió que Lieberman había prometido el apoyo del régimen de Tel Aviv siempre que se establezca la gestión conjunta con el Consejo Nacional Kurdo y otros partidos políticos kurdos en la formación de este acuerdo de gestión.
La historia cuenta que el régimen israelí siempre ha mantenido lazos militares, de inteligencia y comerciales con la región del Kurdistán desde la década de los sesenta.
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