Síntesis informativa - 27 de abril 2020
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Stocks start the week higher as oil prices tumble
U.S. stocks rose and global markets rallied on Monday as governments around the world discussed when and how to reopen businesses and get their economies back on track. But turmoil in oil markets continued, with the price of the U.S. benchmark crude tumbling by more than 20 percent.
South Korea Confident That Rumors of Kim Jong-un Illness Are Wrong
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is confident that there is no basis to the recent swirl of rumors that the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, is gravely ill, the South’s chief policymaker on the North said in comments reported on Monday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/world/asia/kim-jong-un-health.html
People in poorer parts of Los Angeles are far more likely to die of the virus
In a statement on Sunday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said it had recorded 16.5 deaths per 100,000 people in areas where at least 30 percent of residents lived in poverty. The death rate in communities with less poverty was 5.3 per 100,000 people.
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RUSSIA TODAY
US House Speaker Pelosi endorses Biden for president
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden for president. The endorsement of the Democratic Party presidential candidate follows that of US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Al Gore.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/486997-us-pelosi-endorses-biden/
Saudi-led coalition urges Yemen’s separatist group to rescind self-rule declaration
The Saudi-led coalition currently engaged in Yemen urged on Monday for a leading separatist group that has declared self-rule in the south to rescind its move. The decision of the separatist Southern Transitional Council threatens to renew conflict between the STC and the Saudi-backed government – nominal allies under the coalition that is fighting the Houthis – as the UN tries to secure a permanent nationwide ceasefire amid the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/486965-saudi-yemen-separatists-uae/
Not dead anymore? As Pyongyang cites Kim’s message, media downplays death rumors after Seoul adviser says he’s ‘alive & well’
International media headlines have undergone some changes following reports from South Korea that Kim Jong-un isn’t dead or even in grave condition. This coincided with the North’s state media citing his message to workers.
https://www.rt.com/news/486959-kim-alive-media-reports/
Syrian air defenses repel ‘Israeli aggression’, down several ‘hostile’ missiles over Damascus – state media
Syrian missile defenses responded to an attack by Israeli warplanes, intercepting several missiles over Damascus launched from Lebanese airspace, Syria’s SANA news agency reported.
https://www.rt.com/news/486945-syria-missile-attack-israel/
Multiple civilians wounded as grenade left by earlier clashes goes off in Kashmir
Several civilians, some of them children, have been injured in an explosion in India’s state of Jammu and Kashmir, where security forces have been clashing with militants.
https://www.rt.com/news/487015-civilians-injured-kashmir-blast/
Annual global military spending hits highest point in a decade – SIPRI
Newly-released data by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows that global military spending in 2019 jumped by 3.6 percent in comparison to the previous year, reaching a mind-boggling $1,917 billion in what has become its biggest annual growth since 2010.The US continues to be the driving force behind the surge in global military expenditure, spending $732bn last year, with China far behind in second place and India rounding out the top three, according to data provided by SIPRI.
https://www.rt.com/news/486946-military-spending-global-surge-report/
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THE GUARDIAN
Kim Jong-un is 'alive and well', says South Korea's security adviser
“Our government position is firm,” Moon Chung-in, a special adviser on national security to the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, said in an interview with CNN on Sunday. “Kim Jong-un is alive and well.”
The adviser said that Kim had been staying in Wonsan – a resort town on the country’s east coast – since 13 April, adding: “No suspicious movements have so far been detected.”
'Heads we win, tails you lose': how America's rich have turned pandemic into profit
Some of the richest people in the US have been at the front of the queue as the government has handed out trillions of dollars to prop up an economy it shuttered amid the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, the billionaire class has added $308bn to its wealth in four weeks - even as a record 26 million people lost their jobs.
According to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive thinktank, between 18 March and 22 April the wealth of America’s plutocrats grew 10.5%. After the last recession, it took over two years for total billionaire wealth to get back to the levels they enjoyed in 2007.
Eight of those billionaires have seen their net worth surge by over $1bn each, including the Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos, and his ex-wife MacKenzie Bezos; Eric Yuan, founder of Zoom; the former Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer; and Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX technocrat.
Why the mafia are taking care of everyone's business
Pestilence presents a moment of great opportunity for many businesses.
Consider the speed at which contracts are put out to tender to meet extraordinary needs. Consider the ability to move goods and money without all the normal checks or legal and bureaucratic protocols. Plague is a boon for the commercial class.
The art of profit is based on exploiting need, and no one has perfected that dark art better than organised crime. The Covid-19 pandemic is already demonstrating this. With their usual business acumen, criminal organisations have, in recent decades, invested in a number of companies that have turned out to be very relevant to the present crisis: multi-service businesses (catering, cleaning or disinfection), industrial laundries, transport, funeral homes, waste collection, food distribution – and health. All of these sectors have become fundamental to our survival over recent weeks, and will probably remain so for a good while.
5G, coronavirus and contagious superstition
The most pernicious of the current conspiracies which has, entirely without scientific foundation, sought to link the spread of coronavirus with the rollout of the 5G data network. The real-world effects have been the acts of vandalism and arson against mobile phone masts in the past weeks. Up to 50 such attacks have been reported, mostly on Merseyside and in the West Midlands, including the burning of the 5G mast adjacent to the new Nightingale hospital outside Birmingham.
A report from the independent verification charity Full Fact last week revealed how this copycat campaign was only the most dramatic expression of a conspiracy theory with different strains, which include “that all the symptoms [of the virus] are actually caused by 5G… [and] that there is no disease at all, and the outbreak is a gigantic hoax to enable the government to install 5G under the cover of lockdown”. It should go without saying that there is no possible connection between the 5G radio waves and the spread of a virus. Even so, the government was forced to address the fears, calling them “dangerous nonsense”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/26/5g-coronavirus-and-contagious-superstition
Rio's favelas count the cost as deadly spread of Covid-19 hits city's poor
The coronavirus appears to have been brought into Brazil by members of the country’s middle and upper classes as they returned from February holidays in Europe or the United States.
But two months after Brazil’s first reported Covid-19 case the disease is making headway in the deprived, densely populated favelas of both cities, with potentially far-reaching political and humanitarian consequences.
So far at least 18 people have reportedly lost their lives to Covid-19 in Rio’s favelas, which house about 20% of the city’s 6.7 million residents.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/25/rio-favelas-coronavirus-brazil
El Salvador imposes prisons lockdown after 22 murders in a day
The Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, late on Friday ordered a 24-hour lockdown of prisons containing gang members, and said their leaders would be sent into solitary confinement after a sudden spike in homicides during the day.
“No contact with the outside world. Shops will remain closed and all activities are suspended until further notice,” Bukele tweeted shortly before midnight. “Gang leaders will go into solitary confinement.”
Bukele said the “maximum emergency” lockdown would be enforced while police investigated some 22 homicides reported on Friday. That number was the highest total in a single day since Bukele took office last June, a police spokesman said.
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AL JAZEERA
Netanyahu 'confident' US will allow West Bank annexation soon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he was confident the United States would give Israel the approval within two months to move ahead with de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank.
Palestinians have expressed outrage at Israel's plans to cement its hold further on land it seized in the 1967 war, territory they are seeking for a future state.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/netanyahu-confident-annexation-months-200426201133822.html
'Alive and well': S Korea urges caution on Kim Jong Un rumours
Officials in South Korea are calling for caution amid reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be ill, emphasising that they have detected no unusual movements across the border in the north.
At a closed-door forum on Sunday, South Korea's Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul, who oversees engagement with the North, said the government has the intelligence capabilities to say with confidence that there was nothing unusual happening.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/korea-urges-caution-kim-jong-rumours-200427024748691.html
Italy to loosen lockdown from May 4: Coronavirus live updates
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Countries around the world including Australia, New Zealand, Iran and Spain are moving to ease coronavirus lockdowns as daily cases and deaths slow. Italy has announced it will ease its two-month old controls from May 4.
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Worldwide, the number of people confirmed to have the coronavirus has risen to more than 2.97 million and 206,402 have died, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Some 864,000 people have recovered.
Tracking Africa's coronavirus cases
More than two months after Egypt became the first country in Africa to confirm a coronavirus case, the outbreak appears to have reached almost every nation on the continent of 1.2 billion people.
Of Africa's 54 countries, only two have yet to report a case of the virus: Comoros and Lesotho.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/tracking-africa-coronavirus-cases-200401081427251.html
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LE MONDE
Les Etats-Unis lancent une offensive de charme au Groenland
Les Etats-Unis annoncent une aide de plus de 11 millions d’euros à la province autonome danoise.
Outre la remilitarisation à marche forcée effectuée par Moscou dans la région, l’ambassadrice mentionne les appétits de la Chine, impliquée dans plusieurs gros projets miniers au Groenland. Autant de menaces aux yeux des Etats-Unis, qui considèrent la province comme « un allié fidèle » et y ont d’ailleurs annoncé, en 2019, l’ouverture d’un consulat américain. Avec son soutien, Washington veut « aider le Groenland à atteindre son plein potentiel, ouvrir de nouveaux marchés, accroître le tourisme durable et fixer de nouveaux standards de développement dans la région ».
Au Sahel, les soutiens britannique et américain à l’opération « Barkhane » maintenus
La ministre française des armées Florence Parly a affirmé que Londres et Washington vont remettre à plus tard leurs décisions de réduire la voilure en Afrique de l’Ouest.
Le Pentagone avait ouvertement envisagé ces derniers mois de réduire drastiquement la voilure en Afrique de l’Ouest. Or Washington fournit aux 5 100 soldats français de l’opération « Barkhane » des capacités cruciales de renseignement et de surveillance, notamment grâce à ses drones, du ravitaillement en vol et du transport logistique pour un coût de 45 millions de dollars (41,5 millions d’euros) par an.
Yémen : la coalition dirigée par Riyad rejette la proclamation d’autonomie des séparatistes du Sud
Les rebelles qui semblent contrôler le sud du pays avaient déclaré l’autonomie de la zone dimanche en rompant l’accord de paix avec la coalition gouvernementale.
Le principal affrontement armé au Yémen oppose les rebelles houthistes, soutenus par l’Iran et qui contrôlent notamment le nord du pays, dont la capitale Sanaa, aux forces gouvernementales, appuyées militairement par une coalition emmenée par l’Arabie saoudite. Mais le camp loyaliste est aussi le théâtre de profondes divisions, entre le gouvernement en exil à Aden et un mouvement séparatiste, le Conseil de transition du Sud.
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DEUTSCHE WELLE
SIPRI: Germany significantly increases military spending
By Daniel Heinrich
More and more money is going toward the world's militaries, with the US and China leading the way. But no other top-spending country has increased its military expenditure year-over-year as much as Germany.
Global military expenditure reached $1.9 trillion (€1.7 trillion) in 2019, the highest annual sum in real terms since 1988.
In Germany, spending rose by 10% to $49.3 billion — the largest defense budget increase among the world's top 15 states when it comes to military expenditures.
https://m.dw.com/en/sipri-germany-significantly-increases-military-spending/a-53250926
Coronavirus forcing countries to reevaluate security paradigms
By Miodrag Soric
While global arms expenditures have been rising annually, many militaries have been caught off guard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Will governments start to reframe their security agendas?
Chris Murphy, a Democratic Senator from Connecticut, told the German Marshall Fund (GMF) that the US must redefine its security agenda and consider pandemics, climate change and environmental damage as serious security threats.
https://m.dw.com/en/coronavirus-forcing-countries-to-reevaluate-security-paradigms/a-53249689
Pandemic populism': Germany sees rise in conspiracy theories
By Hans Pfeifer
With the COVID-19 crisis sparking uncertainty, conspiracy theories are booming in Germany. Right-wing activists in particular are trying to stir up hatred against politicians and the democratic system, a new study warns.
https://m.dw.com/en/pandemic-populism-germany-sees-rise-in-conspiracy-theories/a-53240063
ONU previene de un “desastre” para los derechos humanos
La Alta Comisionada de DD.HH., Michelle Bachelet, pidió este lunes a los países que limiten en el tiempo las medidas excepcionales contra el coronavirus para evitar un "desastre" para los derechos humanos.
"La vulneración de derechos, tales como la libertad de expresión, puede causar daños incalculables al esfuerzo orientado a contener a la COVID-19 y sus nocivas repercusiones socioeconómicas", dijo Bachelet en un comunicado.
https://m.dw.com/es/onu-previene-de-un-desastre-para-los-derechos-humanos/a-53261026
Coronavirus en Colombia: la cuarentena está causando hambre y protestas
Por Nicole Frölich
Colombia lleva un mes en cuarentena y toques de queda que se prolongarán hasta el 11 de mayo, por ahora. El derrumbe del sector informal está causando hambre. Con el hambre están creciendo las protestas, y la corrupción.
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BLOOMBERG
Oil Plunges Back Below $12 With ETF Sell-Off Adding to Pressure
By Sharon Cho and Alex Longley
Oil slumped below $12 a barrel as the biggest oil ETF said it will sell out of its June WTI futures position, adding to the downward pressure from a huge glut. Futures in New York slid as much as 30%, snapping a four-day recovery and deepening losses after the U.S. Oil Fund’s announcement. While U.S. drilling is sliding and Saudi Arabia has started reducing output ahead of the start date for OPEC+ supply cuts, an immense surplus of oil means storage tanks are close to capacity around the world. South Korea, which holds the fourth-biggest commercial storage capacity in Asia, was said to have run out of onshore space.
Coronavirus Lingers in Air of Crowded Spaces, New Study Finds
The new coronavirus appears to linger in the air in crowded spaces or rooms that lack ventilation, researchers found in a study that buttresses the notion that Covid-19 can spread through tiny airborne particles known as aerosols. At two hospitals in Wuhan, China, researchers found bits of the virus’s genetic material floating in the air of hospital toilets, an indoor space housing large crowds, and rooms where medical staff take off protective gear. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Research, didn’t seek to establish whether the airborne particles could cause infections.
GM Suspends Dividend, Buybacks in Pivot to Cash Preservation
By David Welch
General Motors Co. suspended its dividend and the share-buyback program activist investors fought for over the last half decade as the largest U.S. automaker seeks to preserve cash in the midst of the pandemic shutting down much of the global car industry. The measures were a condition for GM to amend a credit agreement with banks so that its $3.6 billion revolver now matures in April 2022, extending it by a year. The moves announced Monday follow other cash-preservation measures taken at the beginning of this month, when the company deferred 20% of salaried workers’ pay, cut top executives’ compensation and put 6,500 employees on leave.
Global $6 Trillion Slump May Be Optimistic, Economists Warn
The coronavirus pandemic will cause the global economy to shrink 4% in 2020, according to a Bloomberg Economics estimate that assumes a recovery starts in the second half of the year. The economy has “entered a downturn of unprecedented speed and severity, with most advanced economies facing their weakest performance since the Great Depression,” Tom Orlik and Jamie Rush wrote in a report. “Relative to expectations at the start of the year, the cost of lost output is more than $6 trillion,” the wrote.
That a contraction of this magnitude is based on “optimistic assumptions about both the outbreak and the recovery” underscores the challenge facing policy makers trying to cushion the blow of the pandemic. Under such scenario, U.S. gross domestic product will shrink 6.4%, while euro area GDP is set to contract 8.1%. Japan will shrink 4%, while China will expand at the slowest pace on record.
The Pandemic Will Make Big Companies More Dominant Than Ever
In a crisis, size has obvious and not-so-obvious advantages.
The Covid-19 pandemic will likely leave us with an economy in which larger companies play an expanded role, representing a higher share of both employment and revenue. The stock market illustrates the phenomenon: The biggest firms have seen smaller stock market declines, on average, than smaller ones have. It’s the corporate version of the Matthew effect: The strong get stronger.
Stock Markets That Never Fall Are Up to No Good
A federal backstop for equities will lead to distortions that weigh on growth.
By Noah Smith
Unemployment is rising at a record rate. Businesses are vanishing in huge numbers. Much of the economy is on life support as fear of a pandemic keeps Americans at home. Global trade and investment are collapsing. The economy is looking at the possibility of a long-lasting depression.
So why is the stock market doing so well? The S&P 500 Index is down for the year, but has recovered by half from its March low point.
A Lot Has Changed Since the Day the World Changed
In normal times, meetings of the three biggest central banks would dominate global markets. We’re still far from normal.
By John Authers
Normal life hasn't vanished completely. This week brings a reminder of that, with one of those calendar combinations that in normal times would dominate international markets. In quick succession, the world’s three biggest central banks — the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan — meet to discuss monetary policy.
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Pandemic Triggers a Wave of Distress, Bankruptcy in Corporate America
By Miriam Gottfried
What a time to be a restructuring specialist.
Practically overnight, bankers and lawyers who advise companies in distress have become some of the most in-demand workers on Wall Street, ending a long period in which rising markets and abundant capital consigned them to obscurity. Stay-at-home orders and the shutdown of nonessential business...
Apple Delays Mass Production of 2020 Flagship iPhones
The phones, some with 5G connectivity, will vary in price and come in three sizes
By Yoko Kubota
Apple Inc. is pushing back the production ramp-up of its flagship iPhones coming later this year by about a month, according to people familiar with the changes, as the coronavirus pandemic weakens global consumer demand and disrupts manufacturing across Asia, the heart of the consumer electronics supply chain. Apple is forging ahead with plans to release four new iPhone models later this year, people familiar with its plans say. The phones, some with 5G connectivity, will vary in price and come in three sizes—5.4 inches,...
U.S. Stocks Climb as Countries Begin to Reopen Economies
Oil prices drop sharply as energy markets remain volatile; investors await earnings reports
By Anna Isaac and Xie Yu
U.S. stocks opened higher Monday, with investors anticipating that stimulus measures and the easing of coronavirus-lockdown measures in the U.S. and Europe may help kick-start economic activity. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 112 points, or 0.4%, to 23888 shortly after the opening bell. The S&P 500 added 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.9%.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stock-markets-dow-update-4-26-2020-11587963531?mod=hp_lead_pos3
Iran-Backed Groups in Lebanon and Iraq Seek Public Support Through Coronavirus Fight
Hezbollah and Iraqi groups have gone into overdrive, setting up field hospitals and launching Covid-19-awareness drives
By Isabel Coles and Ghassan Adnan
Iran-backed groups in Lebanon and Iraq have mounted highly publicized campaigns against the new coronavirus as they seek to bolster their reputations and regain their footing after coming under pressure from popular protests. Outbreaks in the two countries are small so far, at least according to official figures, and government health systems have so far managed to treat the sick. Many of the initial cases in Lebanon and Iraq, and much of the Mideast, trace back to travelers from Iran, the regional epicenter of the pandemic.
U.S. Military Declares Coronavirus Health Emergency for Troops in Djibouti
The country has registered 986 cases, the highest per capita infection rate in Africa
By Nicholas Bariyo
The head of U.S. forces in East Africa declared a public health emergency for American troops and contractors based in Djibouti on Friday, a move he said would give him greater authority to manage the risk of coronavirus following a sharp spike in cases in the strategically located nation on the Horn of Africa. Gen. Michael D. Turello said the measures apply to all 5,000 U.S. personnel—troops, Defense Department civilians and contractors—at military installations in the country, including U.S. personnel working at the nation’s seaport,...
Bankrupt Companies Shut Out of Stimulus Money
Small businesses in deep distress are having to choose between chapter 11 protection and applying for coronavirus-related aid
By Jonathan Randles
The Trump administration is blocking companies in bankruptcy from receiving stimulus funds Congress has authorized to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic, putting them at risk of closing permanently. The Small Business Administration, which administers the Paycheck Protection Program, says on the program’s loan applications that companies in bankruptcy aren’t eligible for the emergency funding. That has caused banks to deny requests from such applicants.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bankrupt-companies-shut-out-of-stimulus-money-11587812400
Facebook’s $5 Billion Privacy Settlement Wins Court Approval
Agreement with Federal Trade Commission includes fine, ongoing oversight
By Ryan Tracy
A judge approved Facebook Inc.’s $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over privacy violations, the agency announced Friday—overruling objections that the deal didn’t adequately punish the company.
Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia greenlighted the deal reached last summer, which included the $5 billion fine, restrictions on some aspects of Facebook’s business decisions, and ongoing oversight of the social media giant.
Oil Prices Drop as Producers Race to Cap Production
Traders debate whether globally coordinated cuts will be enough to stop the pain in oil markets
By David Hodari and
Joe Wallace
Oil prices fell Monday as producers scrambled to shut down wells before the world’s crude storage capacity reached its limit.
Futures tied to West Texas Intermediate crude in June, the U.S. benchmark, fell 17% to $14.08 a barrel. Brent crude futures, the global benchmark, fell 4.6% to $23.66 a barrel, extending their losses over the past week to 16%.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/oil-prices-drop-as-producers-race-to-cap-production-11587985891
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AL MAYADEEN
El ejército turco dispersó una protesta de elementos terroristas de Hay'at Tahrir Al Sham
El ejército turco dispersó una sentada de protesta en la carretera internacional 4 m de efectivos armados de la oposición y sus partidarios. Esta se efectuó en contra de las patrullas conjuntas turco-rusas cerca de la ciudad de Neirab, al este de Idleb.
Cancillería iraní condena decisión de (Israel) de anexar tierras de Cisjordania
El portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores iraní instó a las Naciones Unidas y a las organizaciones internacionales a que asuman sus responsabilidades y detengan estas medidas israelíes que amenazan la seguridad y la paz en la región.
Reportan 32 incursiones de la alianza saudita en Yemen desde la extensión del alto el fuego
Esto se produce a la luz de los continuos enfrentamientos violentos entre las fuerzas gubernamentales de Saná, por un lado, y las fuerzas del presidente Hadi apoyadas por los aviones de la coalición saudita en el área de al-Khanjar.
Más de 200 sanitarios cubanos llegaron a Sudáfrica para combatir la COVID-19
Una nueva brigada médica de Cuba llegó este domingo a Sudáfrica para unirse a otro grupo de colegas cubanos, que ya se encuentra instalado en el país africano, para reforzar la lucha contra la pandemia del Covid-19.
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EL PAÍS
Bukele autoriza a la policía a emplear la “fuerza letal” contra los pandilleros
El presidente de El Salvador decreta el estado de emergencia máxima en las cárceles tras el número de homicidios, al menos 40 en las últimas 72 horas, de los que se acusa a las maras
El BID se alía con el empresariado mexicano para abrir una línea de crédito de 12.000 millones de dólares
Jon Martín Cullell
El apoyo del banco de desarrollo busca facilitar liquidez para 30.000 MiPymes ante la crisis económica desatada por la pandemia
Tímidas subidas en Wall Street ante las señales de reactivación de la economía
por Pablo Guimón
Los precios del petróleo caen con intensidad al arranque de una semana en la que se espera que la volatilidad persista
La hermana de Kim Jong-un, probable sucesora del líder de Corea del Norte
por Macarena Vidal
Los rumores sobre la salud del dirigente norcoreano desatan las conjeturas sobre quién tomaría las riendas del régimen
Este lunes Corea del Sur, el país con más información y credibilidad para contar qué puede pasar en el hermético vecino del norte, ha querido quitarle hierro a la cuestión y el consejero de Seguridad Nacional en Seúl, Moon Chung-in, ha declarado a la cadena de televisión CNN que el líder norcoreano “está vivo y con buen estado de salud”
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PÁGINA 12
El frondoso prontuario de Bolsonaro
El mandatario ya superó las veinte solicitudes de impeachment en la Cámara de Diputados. La última es de su ex aliada, la congresista Joice Hasselmann (PSL-SP). El militar ultraderechista ha sido denunciado también por la Comisión de Paz y Justicia de su país porque considera que sus acciones son delitos de responsabilidad, como el de alentar a la ciudadanía a desafiar la pandemia que viene provocando miles de muertes en Brasil. Precursores de las imputaciones contra este personaje fuera de control, la Comisión Arns y el Colectivo de Abogados por los Derechos Humanos, ya le habían imputado crímenes contra la humanidad por incitar al genocidio de los pueblos índigenas en noviembre de 2019. La Asociación Brasileña de Juristas por la Democracia (ABJD) lo llevó además ante la Corte Penal Internacional con argumentos semejantes a los otros espacios de DDHH. Por último, siete ex ministros de Salud de Lula y Dilma Rousseff acaban de anunciar que recurrirán a la ONU y la OMS por lo que consideran un “potencial genocidio” en el país más grande de América Latina.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/262277-el-frondoso-prontuario-de-bolsonaro
China anunció que ya no quedan pacientes internados por coronavirus en Wuhan
El gobierno chino destacó que todos los pacientes que permanecían hospitalizados en la ciudad de Wuhan, origen de la pandemia mundial de coronavirus, recibieron el alta médica. El vocero del ministerio de Salud, Mi Feng, confirmó el dato en rueda de prensa y aplaudió "los arduos esfuerzos de los trabajadores médicos en Wuhan y aquellos que fueron enviados desde todas partes del país para ayudar a la urbe en su lucha contra el coronavirus". Sin embargo, Feng no dio detalles sobre el estado de los últimas 12 personas infectadas que habían sido reportadas el sábado. Dado que no se reportaron nuevas muertes, podrían haber sido dados de alta o cursan la enfermedad en sus casas, con síntomas leves, sin necesidad de internación.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/262280-china-anuncio-que-ya-no-quedan-pacientes-internados-por-coro
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EL TIEMPO
El impulso de Bolsonaro a los golpistas en Brasil
Con un espíritu prodictadura, cientos de manifestantes se vienen pronunciando a favor de una intervención militar, encabezada por el líder derechista, en el Congreso y en la Corte Suprema.
El juego político tras las marchas contra el aislamiento en EE. UU.
En varias regiones de Estados Unidos estallaron protestas esta semana. Un sector de los habitantes reclama el levantamiento de las estrictas medidas de distanciamiento social que se han impuesto para hacerle frente a la pandemia por covid-19, pero que han ocasionado la penuria económica de millones.
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LA JORNADA
Firmas a cargo del Tren Maya, vetadas y con obras inconclusas
Mota Engil México, compañía a la que se adjudicó la licitación para construir un tramo del Tren Maya en consorcio con la estatal China Communications Construction Company y tres mexicanas, ha incursionado en la construcción de autopistas y creó la primera empresa de electricidad junto con el Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME), Generadora Fénix. En el caso de la firma del país asiático, el Banco Mundial (BM) la inhabilitó seis años, en 2011, por haber incurrido en supuestas prácticas de corrupción en Filipinas.
https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/04/27/economia/023n2eco
En BC, ni las muertes por Covid-19 frenan labores en maquiladoras
Tijuana, BC., A la industria maquiladora de esta frontera no la para nadie. Ni siquiera los muertos. La primera quincena de abril la Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS) reportaba todos los días el número de empresas clausuradas, y el gobernador Jaime Bonilla Valdez las fustigaba diciéndoles: prefieren sacrificar a sus trabajadores antes que sus utilidades.
https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/04/27/estados/030n1est
“Usar la fuerza pública para reducir movilidad no es la alternativa”
A su vez, Hugo López-Gatell, subsecretario de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud, expresó su rechazo a las decisiones adoptadas en algunos municipios del país, donde se utiliza la fuerza pública para obligar a los ciudadanos a cumplir con el distanciamiento social. Esa no es la alternativa, sostuvo y explicó que las disposiciones de seguridad sanitaria fueron diseñadas para que el sujeto de la intervención no fueran las personas, sino las actividades que generan movilidad. Esto es, las actividades académicas, laborales y de recreación, las cuales al estar suspendidas logran que más de 67 millones de personas salgan del espacio público.
https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/04/27/politica/004n2pol
Caravana en apoyo a Bolsonaro en Brasilia; Moro, traidor, acusan
Brasilia. Cientos de personas participaron ayer en una caravana en Brasilia para expresar su apoyo al presidente neofascista Jair Bolsonaro, luego de que el ex juez Sergio Moro renunció al Ministerio de Justicia y Seguridad, y acusó al mandatario de interferir en investigaciones policiales.
Con banderas de Brasil en las ventanas de los automóviles y tocando las bocinas, los bolsonaristas recorrieron la avenida Eixo Monumental, que llega al Congreso.
Algunas personas llevaban caretas con el rostro de Moro, en las que escribieron en la frente traidor. Hasta el viernes el ex juez, símbolo de la lucha contra la corrupción en Brasil, era el ministro más popular del gobierno.
https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/04/27/mundo/028n1mun
El gasto militar mundial tuvo su mayor aumento en una década
Estocolmo. El gasto militar mundial experimentó en 2019 el mayor aumento desde hace diez años, según el informe del Instituto Internacional de Estudios para la Paz (SIPRI) publicado este lunes.
A lo largo del año, los gastos militares alcanzaron 1.9 billones de dólares en el mundo, es decir un incremento de 3.6 por ciento en un año, el más importante desde 2010.
"El gasto militar alcanzó su mayor nivel desde el final de la Guerra Fría", dijo Nan Tian, investigador en SIPRI.
Bukele autoriza a policía emplear "fuerza letal" contra pandilleros
San Salvador. El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, autorizó este domingo a los cuerpos de seguridad a usar "la fuerza letal" para combatir a pandilleros en medio de una inusual ola de violencia.
AL: entre protestas y la flexibilización de la cuarentena
Santiago. Algunas manifestaciones y hechos aislados de violencia en algunas calles de esta capital se registraron este domingo como parte del rechazo que la gente mantiene al retorno a una “nueva normalidad” que impulsa el gobierno del presidente Sebastián Piñera en medio de la crisis por el coronavirus. En Argentina se relajaban un poco las medidas de cuarentena y Bolivia sopesaba hacer lo propio probablemente los próximos días.
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