Síntesis informativa - 22 de junio 2020
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Health officials say the increased caseload in the U.S. is not solely the result of more testing.
As the curve of infections in the United States begins to bulge again after flattening in the spring, the Trump administration tried to reset expectations about its efforts to contain the coronavirus and acknowledged that there would most likely be another wave of cases this fall.
What’s Facebook’s Deal With Donald Trump?
Last Nov. 20, NBC News broke the news that Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump and a Facebook board member, Peter Thiel, had dined together at the White House the previous month. “It is unclear why the meeting was not made public or what Trump, Zuckerberg and Thiel discussed,” the report said.
Brazilian Ex-Minister Makes Quick Exit to U.S. as Inquiries Rattle Government
In a tumultuous week for President Jair Bolsonaro, his education minister resigned and landed in Miami under the cloud of a criminal investigation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/world/americas/bolsonaro-minister-scandals.html
North Korea Vows to Dump Millions of Leaflets and Trash on the South
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s printing shops have been working overtime to revive a favorite weapon of Cold War-era psychological warfare: sending millions of propaganda leaflets across the world’s most heavily armed border and scattering them over South Korea.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/world/asia/north-korea-leaflets-south-korea.html
China-U.S. feud over coronavirus heats up
China on Sunday temporarily suspended poultry imports from a U.S. slaughterhouse where workers were infected with the coronavirus, a day after President Trump blamed China for recent U.S. economic troubles, saying the country “sent us the plague.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/briefing/us-china-coronavirus-hong-kong-japan.html
Law Will Tighten Beijing’s Grip on Hong Kong With Chinese Security Force
China released a sweeping blueprint on Saturday to tighten its control over Hong Kong, revealing plans to establish a security agency in the territory to help Beijing extinguish challenges to its power after months of unrest.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/20/world/asia/china-hong-kong-security-law.html
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RUSSIA TODAY
Trump warns of ‘RIGGED’ election, claims millions of mail-in ballots will be forged by foreign powers
The upcoming presidential election will be the scandal of the century, Donald Trump has predicted, stating that the use of mail-in ballots opens the door to widespread vote fraud as well as foreign meddling.
https://www.rt.com/usa/492579-trump-election-rigged-mail-ballots/
Second night of chaos in CHAZ sees more shooting, at least one person wounded – reports
Gunfire has reportedly erupted for the second night running in the controversial ‘autonomous zone’ created by Seattle protesters, leaving at least one person hospitalized. Police are investigating reports of multiple shootings.
https://www.rt.com/usa/492544-chaz-shooting-wounded-seattle-protest/
Beijing ‘reserves right to respond’ after Japanese city changes disputed area name
China said on Monday it reserves the right to respond to a Japanese city’s decision to rename the administrative area that includes remote islands claimed by both Beijing and Tokyo. The row over the uninhabited East China Sea islets may add to tension caused by Japan’s criticisms of Beijing’s plan to impose a new national security law in Hong Kong, Reuters said.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/492565-china-japan-respond-name/
Guarded hope: Russia & US start talks on nuclear weapons control in Vienna
Arms control talks between the United States and Russia began in Vienna on Monday. The US envoy has made clear that the talks will be about nuclear weapons, suggesting they will cover the issue of replacing the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which expires in February.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/492548-russia-us-nuclear-weapons/
Israeli Pegasus spyware used on Moroccan journalist just after its maker vowed to respect human rights – Amnesty
Israel’s infamous NSO Group is in the spotlight again, with its controversial spying tool – deployed against journalists and activists around the globe – allegedly helping spy on another victim, an award-winning Moroccan reporter.
https://www.rt.com/news/492536-pegasus-software-moroccan-journalist/
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THE GUARDIAN
US v China: is this the start of a new cold war?
As the US squares up to China over the coronavirus pandemic, it appears as if many of the world’s democracies are, as rapidly as in 1946, reaching a new perception of the world order. Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has declared the Chinese Communist party to be the number one threat to security, greater than international terrorism, and a growing number of countries seem to agree.
Those who argued that the a more economically liberal Chinawould produce a more politically liberal China fear they have found themselves on the wrong side of history. The US is demanding that its allies not only admit to previous naivety but join it in an anti-China alliance. China, perhaps less overtly, is lobbying countries to to join its rival power bloc.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/22/us-v-china-is-this-the-start-of-a-new-cold-war
US-Russia nuclear envoys make guarded comments as talks begin in Vienna
Trump’s new US arms control envoy, Marshall Billingslea, is leading a delegation meeting the Russian deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, in Vienna. Trump had repeatedly asked for Beijing to send a representative, but the Chinese government has refused.
The envoys made only guarded comments shortly before they met on Monday morning. “We’ll see,” Billingslea told Reuters when asked what he expected to come of the talks. Ryabkov was equally cautious, telling reporters soon afterwards: “Let’s see, let’s see. We are always very hopeful.”
Trump had been insistent that China join what has for decades been bilateral dialogue. China’s stockpile, estimated by the Federation of American Scientists at 320 warheads, is less than a twentieth the size of the US or Russian arsenal.
Global report: South Korea has Covid-19 second wave as Israel ponders new lockdown
Authorities in South Korea have said the country is experiencing a second wave of the coronavirus in and around Seoul, and warned that stronger physical-distancing measures will be reimposed if the daily increase in infections does not come down.
Confirmation of the new wave came as the Israeli government said a lockdown could be reintroduced amid a sharp rise in cases, and a team of contact tracing experts prepared to deploy to the Australian state of Victoria to tackle a new outbreak in Melbourne.
Meat plant must be held to account for Covid-19 outbreak, says German minister
The owners of Europe’s largest meat-processing plant must be held to account for a mass coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 1,500 of its workers, Germany’s labour minister has said.
Germany’s coronavirus reproduction or R rate leapt to 2.88 over the weekend largely as a result of the outbreak at the plant at Gütersloh in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). About 7,000 people have been sent into quarantine as a result of the outbreak, and schools and kindergartens in the region that had been gradually reopened have been forced to close until at least after the summer holidays.
US demand for clean energy destroying Canada's environment, indigenous peoples say
Canada’s indigenous leaders say an unprecedented push for clean energy in the United States is inadvertently causing long-term environmental damage to the traditional hunting grounds on their public lands.
The Nunatsiavut government, which governs 2,700 Inuit in the area, says those dams will disrupt the hydrologic cycle underpinning the ecosystem, and increase exposure to a toxin associated with dam reservoirs.
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AL JAZEERA
Indian forces kill armed fighters in Kashmir's main city
Three fighters have been killed in a shoot-out with Indian government forces in the heart of Kashmir's main city of Srinagar, police said on Sunday, two days after eight rebels were killed in another gun battle.
New Delhi has stepped up military operations in the disputed territory since the nationwide coronavirus lockdown was imposed in late March. Indian-administered Kashmir has been under a security lockdown since August last year when the Muslim-majority region's limited autonomy was revoked.
EU, China summit to cool tensions over coronavirus, Hong Kong
The European Union and China will seek to cool tensions on Monday at a video summit, their first formal talks since ties soured over European accusations that Beijing had spread disinformation about the novel coronavirus.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel - the EU's chief executive and chairman - will hold video conferences with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and President Xi Jinping.
Taiwan boosts domestic defence with flight of new jet trainer
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has overseen the first public test flight of a new domestically-designed and made advanced jet trainer on Monday, part of her government's plan to boost defences in the face of a growing challenge from China.
Taiwan's armed forces are mostly equipped by the United States, but Tsai has made the development of an advanced home-grown defence industry a priority, especially as China, which claims the island as its own, steps up military modernisation efforts.
North Korea promises 'retaliatory punishment' for the South
North Korea said on Monday that it had readied thousands of balloons and millions of leaflets in preparation for "retaliatory punishment" against South Korea.
The detail, in a state media report, came a day after North Korea said it was preparing to begin an anti-South Korea leaflet campaign following a series of vitriolic condemnations of Seoul because of anti-North Korea leaflets floated across the border.
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GLOBAL TIMES
How can the EU avoid being a casualty in a new Cold War?
In stark contrast to the status of the once highly-anticipated China-US Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) that has entered a complete standstill, positive progress is being made in the negotiations over the China-EU BIT, indicating an increasing possibility that the China-EU deal could be inked earlier than the China-US one.
With a sweeping investment treaty, the EU would have an upper hand in enjoying China's opening-up of dividends and accessing the Chinese market compared to the US. There would also be more space for China and the EU to develop their economic ties in areas like trade, investment and financing.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192338.shtml
India knows ‘it can’t have a war with China’
Chinese analysts and some reasonable voices inside India warned that New Delhi should cool down the nationalism at home.
Modi is playing with words in order to avoid an escalation as he does not want to really unleash his army by encouraging them to actively start another clash. China's capability not only in terms of the military, but also overall and international influence, is superior to India's, Wei said.
In a potential self-defense counterattack, China will secure its own territory and not likely claim Indian territory after emerging victorious, but the battle will deeply hurt India so much that global position and economy would go backwards to decades ago, Chinese analysts said.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192345.shtml
China releases report on US military presence in Asia-Pacific, warns of increased conflict risk
The report notes that since the Trump administration took office in early 2017, it identified "great-power competition," reminiscent of the Cold War, for the first time in a strategy document on national security, and its Indo-Pacific strategy took shape by the end of 2018, which is ultimately aimed at protecting US supremacy in global and regional affairs, covering not only security but also political and economic issues.
According to the report, the US has 375,000 enlisted members of its Indo-Pacific Command, including 60 percent of its Navy ships, 55 percent of its Army and two-thirds of its Marine Corps. In addition, with 85,000 forward-deployed soldiers and a large amount of high-tech and new weaponry, the US military has maintained its absolute supremacy in the Asia-Pacific over the years, while also keeping to seek new deployments, budgets and resources using China's and Russia's military development as excuses.
This is also not wished by other countries in the region, as they would be forced to choose sides between China and the US since any military conflict between the two countries will get them involved, the report said
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192340.shtml
Pompeo’s accusation reflects Cold War mentality, spreads ‘political virus’: FM
Zhao Lijian, spokesperson of the ministry, said at a press conference that China firmly opposes Pompeo's groundless accusations against China which try to drive a wedge between China and other countries.
Zhao's comments came after Pompeo viciously attacked China at the virtual 2020 Copenhagen Democracy Summit on Friday and forced European countries to choose between Beijing and Washington. Observers said Pompeo's Friday speech demonstrated his "petulance" for not being able to promote things according to his wishes.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192422.shtml
US, Russia start nuclear arms talks
US Ambassador Marshall Billingslea and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov nonetheless discussed the future of the New START treaty, which was agreed in 2010 and expires in February 2021.
The current treaty limits each side to 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads.
Russian political analyst Fyodor Lukyanov said there was no reason to expect any progress in Vienna.
"The Trump administration has rejected nearly all the restraints linked to the treaties agreed in the past," Lukyanov said.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192417.shtml
How can the EU avoid being a casualty in a new Cold War?
In stark contrast to the status of the once highly-anticipated China-US Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) that has entered a complete standstill, positive progress is being made in the negotiations over the China-EU BIT, indicating an increasing possibility that the China-EU deal could be inked earlier than the China-US one.
While it is understandable that these decisions are incredibly complex for the EU, we still encourage the EU side to make efforts in pushing China-EU relations forward. After all, there is always much to gain after a great challenge.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192338.shtml
China joins Arms Trade Treaty for right reasons
China's lawmakers on Saturday approved the decision to join the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at a legislative session of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, running from Thursday to Saturday.
The ATT is a multilateral treaty which attempts to regulate the trade of conventional weapons and crack down on illegal arms transfers. The treaty stipulates that arms cannot be sold to those who might facilitate terrorist attacks, gender-based violence, or violent and organized crimes.
China's decision to join the treaty demonstrates its commitments to multilateralism and embodies its stance as a responsible major power.
On one hand, the Trump administration announced in April 2019 it would withdraw from the ATT signed by the US under the tenure of Barack Obama in 2013. On the other, the Trump administration is increasingly set on trying to bring Beijing into the nuclear arms negotiations between Washington and Moscow. What are its considerations?
Pulling the US out of the ATT means the country is likely to act unscrupulously when it comes to arms deals. Weapons of mass destruction may fall into the hands of terrorists or criminal groups. This will bring greater threats to regional and world peace and harm the development and ultimately survival of people across the globe.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1192324.shtml
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LE MONDE
Election présidentielle aux Etats-Unis : le fiasco de Tulsa souligne la mauvaise passe de Donald Trump
Le meeting était censé relancer la campagne du président américain, mais la foule n’a pourtant pas été au rendez-vous, et Donald Trump s’est retrouvé piégé par ses promesses.
Gilles Paris
Samedi soir, il a mis le fiasco de Tulsa sur le compte de contre-manifestants que sa présence avait attirés. Ces derniers auraient dissuadé ses fidèles de venir le soutenir. Une explication particulièrement peu convaincante, mais qui lui a permis de faire l’impasse sur la menace que représente la pandémie de Covid-19. Cette dernière garde une certaine vigueur aux Etats-Unis, comme en témoigne la hausse des contaminations dans de nombreux Etats initialement épargnés comme l’Arizona, le Texas et la Floride. Ils sont tous dirigés par des gouverneurs républicains peu désireux d’appliquer à la lettre les recommandations des Centres de contrôle et de prévention des maladies (CDC). Cette agence fédérale déconseille par ailleurs les rassemblements dans des espaces fermés semblables à celui où s’est tenu le meeting de Tulsa.
Le fonds immobilier Deutsche Wohnen chasse Lufthansa du DAX
Le groupe immobilier, très controversé, a profité de la hausse spectaculaire des prix des logements à Berlin depuis une décennie.
Cécile Boutelet
Lundi 22 juin, la compagnie aérienne allemande emblématique, Lufthansa, devait officiellement quitter l’indice, ébranlée par la baisse du trafic aérien au point d’être partiellement nationalisée. A sa place, la société Deutsche Wohnen (« habitat allemand ») y a fait son entrée. Le groupe immobilier a fait fortune en misant sur la hausse des prix berlinois. Après Vonovia en 2015, c’est le second groupe immobilier à prendre place au sein du DAX.
Barrage sur le Nil : le Soudan met en garde contre une escalade
La tension monte après l’échec des négociations en vue d’un accord sur le remplissage du réservoir et la mise en service du grand barrage de la Renaissance.
L’Ethiopie veut commencer le remplissage du réservoir en juillet, avec ou sans l’accord des deux autres pays. L’Egypte, qui considère ce projet comme une menace « existentielle », a appelé le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU à intervenir, évoquant l’attitude « non positive » de l’Ethiopie et son « insistance à vouloir remplir le barrage de manière unilatérale ».
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DEUTSCHE WELLE
Germany: Stuttgart reckons with youth 'rage' after riots rock city
The unrest erupted on Saturday night and early Sunday morning after police started carrying out drug checks at the city's main square, Schlossplatz
The tensions have become particularly raw in light of the protests against police brutality that launched in the United States.
https://m.dw.com/en/germany-stuttgart-reckons-with-youth-rage-after-riots-rock-city/a-53893055
German police arrest Syrian doctor for 'crimes against humanity'
The man, identified only as Alaa M. in accordance with Germany's privacy laws, was a suspected member of the Syrian military intelligence agency. He allegedly worked in a regime prison and allegedly tortured a detainee on least two occasions.
https://m.dw.com/en/german-police-arrest-syrian-doctor-for-crimes-against-humanity/a-53895002
Blacks in the US targeted by an unfair justice system
Black people make up a much greater proportion of the US prison population than whites. This is down to more than a century of systemic legal injustices — racist policing practices are just one part of the problem.
https://m.dw.com/en/blacks-in-the-us-targeted-by-an-unfair-justice-system/a-53884696
Pressure on EU leaders to seal coronavirus recovery deal
The coronavirus crisis has sent Europe spinning into recession, and money is needed for an upswing. European leaders agree that a coronavirus recovery fund
https://m.dw.com/en/pressure-on-eu-leaders-to-seal-coronavirus-recovery-deal/av-53878100
Small businesses face bankruptcy amid coronavirus disruptions
Businesses around the world have been devastated by the global coronavirus pandemic. But small and medium-sized companies are being hit particulary hard
https://m.dw.com/en/small-businesses-face-bankruptcy-amid-coronavirus-disruptions/av-53896952
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EL PAÍS
Trump asegura estar abierto a reunirse con Maduro
En una entrevista con el medio digital Axios, el presidente estadounidense expresa dudas respecto a Guaidó y sugiere un insólito giro en su política con Venezuela
Usuarios de TikTok y fans del K-pop aseguran que boicotearon el mitin de Trump
centenares de adolescentes usuarios de la red social TikTok y fans del K-pop, el pop coreano que arrastra multitudes en Internet, se han atribuido parte de la responsabilidad.
La UE impulsa un pacto migratorio basado en el blindaje de fronteras y la expulsión de irregulares
Bruselas ultima una propuesta sin cuotas para evitar el veto de Polonia y Hungría
Una operación contra el narco en Guanajuato golpea la estructura financiera del cártel Santa Rosa de Lima
El Gobierno ha anunciado el arresto de tres mujeres relacionadas con las finanzas y el capo del grupo criminal se duele de la detención de su madre en un vídeo
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PÁGINA 12
Preocupación del Partido Justicialista por la proscripción al espacio político de Correa
A través de un comunicado, el Partido Justicialista de Argentina manifestó su profunda preocupación por la proscripción al partido del expresidente ecuatoriano, Rafael Correa. "En un nuevo intento por limitar la democracia y el Estado de Derecho en nuestra Región, el gobierno de Ecuador busca impedir la participación política de una agrupación legalmente constituida, y que en el último proceso electoral seccional alcanzó importantes espacios de representación en las provincias más grandes del país", señala el documento.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/273809-preocupacion-del-partido-justicialista-por-la-proscripcion-a
La corrupción, la otra pandemia de América latina
Mientras América latina se convierte dramáticamente en el nuevo foco de la pandemia, los esfuerzos para enfrentar la crisis se ven obstaculizados por una larga lista de escándalos de corrupción. Compra de insumos con sobreprecios, reparto irregular de fondos y falta de transparencia en licitaciones son sólo algunos de los casos de corrupción vinculados a la emergencia sanitaria. En países como Brasil, Bolivia, Ecuador o Perú, decenas de funcionarios públicos y empresarios locales están acusados de enriquecerse ilícitamente a costa de la salud de la población.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/273741-la-corrupcion-la-otra-pandemia-de-america-latina
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EL TIEMPO
Aseguran que Trump se distanció de Guaidó y no rechaza cita con Maduro
El portal de noticias 'Axios' publicó este domingo un artículo en el cual asegura que el viernes tuvo "una entrevista en la Oficina Oval" con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, en la cual el mandatario habría sugerido que "tenía dudas sobre su decisión de reconocer a Juan Guaidó como el líder legítimo de Venezuela" y en la que también se habría mostrado "abierto a reunirse" con Nicolás Maduro, jefe del régimen del vecino país.
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LA JORNADA
La pandemia en la reflexión: Žižek y Chomsky*/ Víctor Flores Olea
Ciudad de México. Resulta extraordinariamente interesante encontrar las reflexiones de ciertos filósofos “profesionales” como Slavoj Žižek o Noam Chomsky sobre la pandemia que vivimos, que ha puesto de cabeza al mundo y a nosotros nos ha dejado, por lo pronto, en el encierro, incluyendo atisbos acerca del futuro que abre la enfermedad.
Bolton culpa a Trump por no poder resucitar Doctrina Monroe
Nueva York. John Bolton, ex asesor de Seguridad Nacional de la Casa Blanca, sigue furioso de que su objetivo de resucitar la Doctrina Monroe, derrocar al gobierno de Venezuela y dañar a Cuba fracasaron, y culpa a su ex jefe, Donald Trump. Por ello, en su libro que está por salir a la venta el martes, copia adelantada del cual fue obtenida por La Jornada.
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