Síntesis informativa - 8 de mayo 2020
THE NEW YORK TIMES
How Bad Is Unemployment? ‘Literally Off the Charts’
The Labor Department said the economy shed more than 20.5 million jobs in April, sending the unemployment rate to 14.7 percent as the coronavirus pandemic took a devastating toll. The nation’s economic distress came into greater focus on Friday, offering a snapshot unseen since the Great Depression.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/08/business/economy/april-jobs-report.html
Minority unemployment surges, erasing progress in a ‘heartbreaking’ loss
The unemployment rate for black workers jumped to 16.7 percent, nearly 3 times its level in February — before coronavirus shutdowns took hold — and the highest since early 2010. For Hispanic or Latino workers, the unemployment rate jumped to 18.9 percent, up from 6 percent in March and the highest on records going back to the 1970s.
Wall Street climbs as global markets rally
Investors were cheered by the prospects of countries further reopening their economies, despite worries that those efforts could lead to a rise in infections. They were also bolstered by announcements from the United States and China that appeared to back their Phase 1 trade deal, which would bring their two-year trade war to a temporary truce.
China and U.S. Signal Harmony on Trade, Despite Broader Tensions
The two countries said on Friday — Thursday night, Washington time — that their top trade and financial officials had held talks via conference call, their first since the coronavirus pandemic ballooned in late January. Although President Trump had suggested this week that the White House would take a skeptical look at whether China was living up to its commitments under the truce, the two countries signaled that their agreement was on track.
Scrutiny of Social-Distance Policing as 35 of 40 Arrested Are Black
Tensions are increasingly flaring in black and Hispanic neighborhoods over officers’ enforcement of social-distancing rules, leading some prominent elected officials to charge that the New York Police Department is engaging in a racist double standard as it struggles to shift to a public health role in the coronavirus crisis.
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RUSSIA TODAY
‘It’d be called an invasion’: Trump says he’d use ARMY to raid Venezuela as he doubles down on denial of ordering botched plot
US President Donald Trump has dismissed claims the foiled plot to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had government backing, insisting he’d have done it differently – as a proper “invasion” with an “army.”
https://www.rt.com/news/488170-trump-venezuela-plot-invasion/
Vietnam protests Beijing’s ‘unilateral fishing ban’ in S. China Sea
Hanoi protested on Friday against what it described as Beijing’s unilateral fishing ban, which it’s imposed in the disputed South China Sea from May 1 to August 16. The statement comes weeks after a Vietnamese boat had reportedly been rammed by a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel, Reuters said.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/488120-vietnam-china-sea-protest/
Release the hounds! Singapore deploys ROBOT DOG to help enforce social distancing (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Singapore has taken the monitoring and enforcement of social distancing to a whole new level, opting to deploy a robot dog, backed by a fleet of drones, to make sure citizens keep their hands to themselves to combat coronavirus.
https://www.rt.com/news/488165-robot-dog-social-distancing-singapore/
When silence speaks volumes: US cut off ALL communication channels with Caracas after botched mercenary raid, says Maduro
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that evidence will soon reveal the US leader himself was behind the failed incursion attempt, noting that Washington severed all remaining ties with Caracas thereafter.
https://www.rt.com/news/488090-maduro-washington-cut-contact/
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THE GUARDIAN
Coronavirus could 'smoulder' in Africa for several years, WHO warns
The Covid-19 pandemic could “smoulder” in Africa for several years after killing as many as 190,000 people in the coming 12 months, the World Health Organization has said.
The WHO warned last month that there could be 10m infections on the continent within six months, though experts said the pandemic’s impact would depend on governments’ actions.
US mercenary says group plotted to seize Venezuela's presidential palace
Airan Berry, 41, was one of two US mercenaries captured by Venezuelan security forces this week after what appears to have been a catastrophically executed attempt to topple Maduro by sneaking into the South American country in a pair of weather-beaten fishing boats.
In an edited televised confession, broadcast by Venezuelan state television on Thursday, Berry claimed one of the group’s key objectives was to commandeer the heavily fortified Miraflores palace in the capital, Caracas.
Asked how they planned to extract Maduro from the 19th-century building, the Iraq veteran answered: “I’m not exactly sure – however necessary.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/07/venezuela-us-mercenary-nicolas-maduro
'His head wasn't in the world of reality': how the plot to invade Venezuela fell apart
The plan to overthrow Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and bundle him off to Florida to face drug trafficking charges seemed foolproof to a former US army staff sergeant, Jordan Goudreau, as he mapped it out in a luxury Miami apartment in late 2019. The 43-year-old Canadian-American was certain his years as a green beret in Iraq and Afghanistan had prepared him for the task.
Representatives of Juan Guaidó – the opposition leader recognised as Venezuela’s legitimate president by the US and most of its allies – signed a fat contract engaging Goudreau to overthrow Maduro.
But in interviews with the Guardian, a senior opposition figure said they grew to doubt Goudreau and eventually broke with him months before he launched a disastrous raid this week that echoed the botched 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
Sea levels could rise more than a metre by 2100, experts say
Based on new knowledge of climate sensitivity and polar ice melt, the experts say coastal cities should prepare for an impact that will hit sooner than predicted by the United Nations and could reach as high as 5 metres by 2300.
In the worst-case scenario – with rising emissions and global heating of 4.5C above pre-industrial levels – the study estimates the surface of the world’s oceans in 2100 will be between 0.6 and 1.3 metres higher than today, which would potentially engulf areas home to hundreds of millions of people.
Uber, Lyft and Airbnb cut thousands of jobs as pandemic batters Silicon Valley
On Wednesday, Uber became the latest company to announce cuts, revealing in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission that it will lay off 3,700 workers – roughly 14% of its global workforce.
Yet not all tech firms are suffering in equal measure. In the first three months of 2020, Amazon made more than $33m per hour, according to its earnings report last week, boosted by a surge in ordering from customers locked down at home. The delivery startup Instacart had to hire 300,000 workers in less than a month as more people began to order groceries online. The online video conference tool Zoom, which was valued at $36 per share when it went public in 2019, is now valued at $150 per share and its user base recently surpassed 300 million.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/08/tech-layoffs-coronavirus-uber-airbnb
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LE MONDE
La Russie adresse de petits signaux d’impatience au régime syrien
Des articles très critiques à l’égard de Bachar Al-Assad ont été publiés par la presse russe.
L’existence de désaccords, voire de conflits, entre les alliés russe et syrien n’est pas une nouveauté, même si ceux-ci restent le plus souvent tus. L’équation, insoluble, est connue depuis longtemps : sans Moscou, Assad a perdu ; hors Assad, Moscou est perdu.
Sauf que, ces dernières semaines, les agendas des deux parties ont fortement divergé : mise à mal par la chute des cours du pétrole et l’épidémie due au coronavirus, la Russie veut éviter de nouvelles escalades, notamment avec la Turquie, alors que Damas pousse à la confrontation dans le nord-ouest du pays, à Idlib.
Google met fin à son projet de « smart city » à Toronto
La société invoque la crise économique liée au coronavirus pour abandonner ses plans controversés de quartier futuriste dans la métropole canadienne.
Waterfront Toronto peut en théorie réutiliser le travail préparatoire effectué par Sidewalk Labs pour développer un nouveau projet sur cette friche portuaire, avec des acteurs locaux qui voyaient d’un mauvais œil la société new-yorkaise se tailler la part du lion. Le maire de la ville, John Tory, a déjà assuré que le départ de Sidewalk Labs ouvrait une « formidable nouvelle opportunité » et qu’il veillerait à ce que les futurs projets créent des emplois, un environnement « neutre en carbone » et des logements abordables. Une vision optimiste, dans le contexte économique difficile qui s’annonce.
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DEUTSCHE WELLE
China's new spacecraft lands back on earth
After a three-day mission the spacecraft had a "successful" landing. China is hoping to have a permanent space station by 2022 as part of plans to send astronauts to the moon.
https://m.dw.com/en/chinas-new-spacecraft-lands-back-on-earth/a-53368627
Libya: Turkish strategy leaves Haftar on the defensive
In recent months however, Turkey's technological and tactical backing for the militias aligned with Fayez Serraj's Government of National Accord (GNA) in the west has seen Haftar's advance stopped and even reversed in some strategic areas.
Turkey signed a maritime and military deal with the GNA late last year, and it started bearing fruit in April, with GNA forces making significant gains over the last month.
Part of that strategy was installing new air defense systems, which allowed Turkish drones to start a major campaign of air strikes, crippling Haftar's ability to resupply and the UAE's own drone strikes.
https://m.dw.com/en/libya-turkish-strategy-leaves-haftar-on-the-defensive/a-53365043
China y Estados Unidos se comprometen a implementar acuerdo comercial
Representantes de comercio de China y Estados Unidos acordaron el viernes (08.05.2020) implementar el acuerdo comercial firmado en enero, a pesar de las crecientes tensiones por la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus, informaron funcionarios chinos.
"Ambas partes señalaron que deberían fortalecer la cooperación macroeconómica y en salud pública, esforzarse por crear una atmósfera y condiciones favorables para la implementación de la fase uno del acuerdo económico y comercial entre Estados Unidos y China, promoviendo resultados positivos", señaló la nota.
https://m.dw.com/es/china-y-estados-unidos-se-comprometen-a-implementar-acuerdo-comercial/a-53367062
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EL PAÍS
Argentina llega a la fecha límite para evitar el ‘default’ sin acuerdo con sus acreedores
Decenas de economistas de prestigio mundial apoyan al gobierno de Buenos Aires
El ministro de Hacienda, Martín Guzmán, negociador por parte argentina, publicó el lunes en el diario londinense Financial Times un artículo en el que daba por cerrada su oferta. “Nuestra propuesta”, explicaba, “incluye un período de gracia de tres años, una reducción del 5,5% en el nominal de los bonos y una reducción del 62% en los intereses.
México asfixia el crecimiento de las energías renovables
La suspensión de nuevas plantas eólicas y solares mientras dure la crisis del coronavirus suscita el rechazo y el temor de la iniciativa privada
El Centro Nacional de Control de Energía (Cenace), el organismo encargado del buen funcionamiento de la red eléctrica, ha suspendido esta semana de forma temporal la entrada en operación de nuevas plantas eólicas y solares para “garantizar la calidad” del sistema tras la repentina caída de la demanda. La acción se da en el marco de la crisis del coronavirus y responde a instrucciones de la Secretaría de Energía, empeñada en reflotar la industria petrolera y la producción eléctrica estatal.
https://elpais.com/economia/2020-05-08/mexico-asfixia-el-crecimiento-de-las-energias-renovables.html
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PÁGINA 12
García Linera: "Los estados oscilarán entre dos asíntotas: más democratización o más monopolio"
El exvicepresidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia, Álvaro García Linera , brindó el jueves una extensa conferencia bajo el título "El Estado post-coronavirus: entre la protección proveedora y el autoritarismo patrimonializado". A tono con el presente de pandemia y confinamiento que atraviesa el mundo entero, la actividad fue transmitida de forma virtual a través del canal de Youtube de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. La coordinación estuvo a cargo del doctor en Ciencias Sociales Julián Rebon y contó con la participación de las doctoras en Historia, Patricia Funes, y Ciencias Sociales, Gisela Catanzaro. García Linera permanece exiliado en la Argentina desde el 13 de diciembre del año pasado junto a su pareja, Claudia Fernández, y la hija de ambos, Alba, tras el golpe de Estado en Bolivia.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/264538-garcia-linera-los-estados-oscilaran-entre-dos-asintotas-mas-
Jair Bolsonaro contra las cuarentenas: "la libertad es más importante que la propia vida"
El presidente de Brasil Jair Bolsonaro pidió que se escuche el clamor de los empresarios para flexibilizar las cuarentenas por el coronavirus. “La libertad es más importante que la propia vida", sostuvo el mandatario en una visita sorpresa al Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF). De esa manera evidenció sus prioridades mientras los muertos se cuentan de a miles en el país. Más de 8.500 personas ya perdieron la vida y 125 mil contrajeron la covid-19. Este jueves se confirmó que el portavoz de la Presidencia, el general Otávio Rego Barros, también tiene la enfermedad. Ante el avance letal del virus algunos estados decretaron el confinamiento total en decenas de ciudades.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/264426-jair-bolsonaro-contra-las-cuarentenas-la-libertad-es-mas-imp
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EL TIEMPO
'Si yo quisiera ir a Venezuela, no lo haría en secreto': Donald Trump
Donald Trump, presidente de Estados Unidos, volvió a negar que tenga algún tipo de implicación o vínculo con la incursión armada que ocurrió en Venezuela el pasado domingo.
Durante una entrevista con 'Fox News', Trump declaró que si quisiera ir a Venezuela, "no lo haría en secreto". Y luego agregó: "Yo no mandaría un pequeño grupo. No, no, no. Sería un ejército (...) y eso sería llamado una invasión", agregó el mandatario de los estadounidenses, quien ha sido señalado por el régimen de Nicolás Maduro de estar implicado en esta operación.
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LA JORNADA
Pegasus no se usa porque no se renovó la licencia
Durante esta administración no se ha hecho uso del software de vigilancia Pegasus, utilizado en el gobierno de Enrique Peña Nieto para espiar a periodistas, activistas y políticos, pues no se renovó la licencia del programa, afirmó la Secretaría Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana (SSPC).
La institución que dirige Alfonso Durazo dio a conocer que caducó la vigencia de la licencia de la plataforma de origen israelí adquirida en 2014 por el Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional, hoy Centro Nacional de Información.
https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/05/08/politica/016n3pol
Canciller venezolano convoca a repudiar las agresiones de EU
Caracas. El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, apremió ayer a la comunidad internacional a pronunciarse en contra de las agresiones de Estados Unidos a la república bolivariana, al tiempo que su par estadunidense, Mike Pompeo, renovó su llamado a que renuncie el presidente Nicolás Maduro.
El canciller venezolano calificó de incoherente el accionar de Pompeo por no asumir la responsabilidad sobe la fallida invasión marítima a cargo de mercenarios ocurrida el pasado domingo en medio de la crisis sanitaria por el Covid-19.
https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/05/08/mundo/023n1mun
Poco convincente, el deslinde de la Casa Blanca: gobierno ruso
Moscú. Mientras Estados Unidos, por boca de su secretario de Estado, Mike Pompeo, insiste en que nada tuvo que ver con la reciente incursión marítima de un grupo de mercenarios en Venezuela –siguiendo el habitual guion de marcar distancias respecto de operaciones ilegales que terminan en rotundo fracaso–, Rusia afirma que la pretendida aclaración del jefe de la diplomacia estadunidense, por decir lo menos, resulta poco convincente.
Tras condenar de modo resuelto e inequívoco el intento de los mercenarios, entre ellos dos ciudadanos estadunidenses, de desembarcar en territorio venezolano para perpetrar atentados contra representantes de las autoridades legítimas de este país y sus dirigentes, el gobierno de Rusia asevera, mediante un comunicado de su cancillería, que ya no sorprenden hechos que son resultado de la ceguera política y la obsesión por derrocar al presidente legítimo de Venezuela.
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