Síntesis informativa - 28 de junio

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Trump Tells Putin (With a Grin) Not to Meddle in Elections

OSAKA, Japan — For more than two years, friends and foes alike have pushed President Trump to tell President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia not to interfere in American democracy. As the two leaders sat side by side on Friday for their first formal meeting in a year, Mr. Trump obliged — but in his own distinctive way.

The topic did not come up in either man’s opening remarks, which in Mr. Trump’s case were filled with flowery talk about their relationship. Only when a reporter shouted out a question, asking Mr. Trump if he would tell Russia not to meddle in American elections, did the president respond, and then by making light of the matter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/us/politics/trump-putin-election.html

Before Talks With Trump, Xi Promotes His Image as a Leader With Friends

BEIJING — By the time China’s leader, Xi Jinping, sees President Trump on Saturday, he will already have met with the leaders of Russia, India, Japan and some African nations, appearances the Chinese choreographed to portray Mr. Xi as a man of the world with enough friends to offset the animosity of the United States.

That depiction of Mr. Xi as the leader of a great power at the Group of 20 meeting is important for his home audience in the face of slowing economic growth. The meeting with Mr. Trump is expected to produce little more than a fragile truce in the trade conflict, and probably the start of a new round of talks, so Mr. Xi needs to be shown as pursuing a bigger agenda, Chinese and Western analysts said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/world/asia/xi-jinping-donald-trump-g20.html

As Trump and Xi Talk Trade, Huawei Will Loom Large

DONGGUAN, China — President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, are expected to try again to resolve their tariff war when they meet in Japan on Saturday.

First, they will need to figure out what to do about Huawei.

The Trump administration has squeezed the Chinese technology giant with nearly the full might of the United States government, choking off the firm’s access to vital American suppliers, barring it from the country’s telecom market and filing sweeping criminal charges against it.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/technology/huawei-us-china-trade.html

Grenades, Mines and U.S. Weapons Parts: Argentina Foils Huge Smuggling Operation

BUENOS AIRES — Thousands of powerful weapons, including an antiaircraft system and arms parts from the United States, have been confiscated by law enforcement officials in Argentina, who called it the largest seizure of illegal arms in the country’s history.

Acting on tips from United States and Brazilian investigators, the police in Argentina carried out 52 raids across the country this week in an effort to dismantle a sophisticated trans-Atlantic arms-smuggling scheme that relied on a network of secret bunkers. Among the 2,500 weapons found were grenades and anti-tank mines.

“This is an army,” Patricia Bullrich, the Argentine security minister, said in a televised interview on Wednesday. The street value of the confiscated weapons is estimated at $150 million to $200 million, Ms. Bullrich said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/world/americas/argentina-arms-smuggling-brazil.html

Afghan War Casualty Report: June 21-27

At least 67 pro-government forces and 12 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during the past week. Casualties among pro-government forces increased compared to last week, as the Taliban intensified their attacks in some parts of the country. The deadliest attack took place in Herat Province, where the Taliban attacked security outposts in the center of Gulran District. Helicopters were sent to medevac casualties, but they were not able to land. Six soldiers and three police officers were killed; three soldiers and two police officers, including the district police chief, were wounded. One soldier and two police officers were taken prisoner by the Taliban. Separately, two American soldiers were killed during a military operation, bringing to nine the number of U.S. military fatalities in the country this year. The soldiers were killed by small-arms fire in southern Uruzgan Province, American defense officials said. They were engaged in a fierce firefight with Taliban militants, with combatants only yards apart at one, one of the defense officials said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html

Will Trump’s Plans to Counter Iran Bring a Return of the ‘Tanker War’?

WASHINGTON — President Trump is pressing allies to join the United States in creating a fleet of warships to protect commercial oil tankers from attack by Iran in the Persian Gulf and nearby waters, despite alarm from some within the Pentagon that the mission could escalate into the kind of direct confrontation Mr. Trump is seeking to avoid.

Mark T. Esper, the acting defense secretary, is casting the effort, called Sentinel, as something far less than a military offensive against Iran, but one that could bring European and gulf Arab allies together to safeguard one of the world’s vital trade routes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/us/politics/trump-iran-tanker-war-persian-gulf.html

The Growing Threat of Hypersonic Missiles

Several decades ago, when I first saw “Ran,” a 1985 film by the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, one of its most colorful and dramatic scenes made such a deep impression on me that it crept back into my thoughts as I reported on the consequences of a new global arms race in hypersonic missiles, a competition that I described in a New York Times Magazine article published on June 23.

I became interested in learning about hypersonics, which are now under accelerating development in at least five countries, because they are unlike other weapons. Designed to fly at 10 to 20 times the speed of sound before hitting their targets with the force of tons of TNT, they are also maneuverable — two characteristics that make them hard to spot and virtually impossible to block. That means they can be used to attack quickly and early, before potential enemies can try any meaningful retaliation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/magazine/the-growing-threat-of-hypersonic-missiles.html