Síntesis informativa - 30 de junio 2020
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Trump Got Written Briefing in February on Possible Russian Bounties, Officials Say
American officials provided a written briefing in late February to President Trump laying out their conclusion that a Russian military intelligence unit offered and paid bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan, two officials familiar with the matter said.
China Passes Security Law Giving It Sweeping Powers Over Hong Kong
China passed a contentious new law for Hong Kong on Tuesday that would empower the authorities to crack down on opposition to Beijing, risking deeper rifts with Western governments that have warned about the erosion of freedoms in the territory.
U.S. Halts High-Tech Exports to Hong Kong Over Security Concerns
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration placed new restrictions on U.S. exports of defense equipment and certain high-technology products to Hong Kong on Monday, in response to a new Chinese law aimed at tightening Beijing’s control over the territory.
A New Superpower Competition Between Beijing and Washington: China’s Nuclear Buildup
The Trump administration is portraying the small but increasingly potent Chinese arsenal — still only one-fifth the size of the United States’ or Russia’s — as the big new threat.
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RUSSIA TODAY
Here we go again: AP doubles down on unverified ‘Russian bounties’ story, cites ‘sources’ claiming WH aware of intel in 2019
The Associated Press has added fresh speculation to an unconfirmed report alleging Russia offered bounties on US troops. Citing unnamed sources, the outlet claims the White House knew about the plot last year.
https://www.rt.com/usa/493326-ap-russia-afghanistan-bounty-claim/
China passes controversial national security law for Hong Kong, prohibiting secession and foreign interference
China’s top legislative body unanimously approved a controversial national security law for Hong Kong, stoking fears that the new regulation might undermine the territory’s promised autonomy. Xi Jinping signed the law on Tuesday. The specific details of the new legislation, which is aimed at dealing with separatism, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with external forces, are yet to be made public.
https://www.rt.com/news/493351-hong-kong-security-law/
Beijing ‘concerned’ about India banning Chinese mobile apps, says rights of businesses must be upheld
China said on Tuesday it was concerned about New Delhi’s move to ban Chinese mobile apps including TikTok and WeChat. The Foreign Ministry in Beijing also said that China was making checks to verify the situation, Reuters reports.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/493320-china-india-mobile-apps/
Leaders of Russia, Turkey & Iran to discuss Syria on Wednesday, Kremlin says
The three countries held talks in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana (now called Nur-Sultan) in 2018, aimed at settling the situation in Syria. The previous meeting of the three states – the guarantors of the Astana process – was held in Ankara in September 2019.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/493342-russia-turkey-astana-syria/
Taliban discusses Afghanistan peace process in video talks with Pompeo – spokesman
The head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a video conference to discuss the Afghan peace process, the Islamist group said on Tuesday. The aim was to remove hurdles in the path to peace talks.
https://www.rt.com/newsline/493331-taliban-afghanistan-peace-pompeo/
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THE GUARDIAN
Putin appeals to Russians to vote to allow him to stay in office until 2036
Standing before a new statue commemorating the efforts of Soviet soldiers during the second world war on the day before voting ends, Putin appealed to ordinary Russians’ patriotism and their desire for stability without mentioning the stark political implications the vote would have by resetting his term limits and allowing him to seek re-election twice more as president.
China accuses Australia of mass espionage, peddling rumours and stoking confrontation
In a statement sent to Australian media on Tuesday morning, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said a report in the Global Times which claimed Australian spies in China were instigating defections, spying on Chinese students and feeding fake news to the media to hype up theories about Chinese spying, was only “the tip of the iceberg”.
Lijian accused Australia of playing “the part of the victim” publicly, despite “peddling rumors and stoking confrontation by staging a farce of the thief crying ‘stop thief’.”
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AL JAZEERA
'It will be a disaster': Palestinians prepare for annexation
Palestinian farmers living in the occupied Jordan Valley say they are worried about what the future holds with Israel's impending annexation of the territory, which could begin as early as Wednesday.
Concerns abound the annexation will prevent them from accessing their land and they will be cut off from the rest of the West Bank, destroying their export business and only source of income.
The strategic, and fertile, Jordan Valley is known as the "breadbasket" for Palestinians, constituting half the total agricultural area providing food for Palestinians in the West Bank.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/disaster-palestinians-prepare-annexation-200630040049248.html
China passes Hong Kong security law, deepening fears for future
China's President Xi Jinping has signed into law a controversial national security legislation for Hong Kong that Beijing says is necessary to deal with separatism and foreign interference but critics say will outlaw dissent and destroy the autonomy promised when the territory was returned to China in 1997.
Details of the law - which comes in response to last year's often-violent pro-democracy protests in the city - are due out later on Tuesday.
France's Macron slams Turkey's 'criminal' role in Libya
France's president has accused Turkey of importing large numbers of fighters into Libya, labelling Ankara's intervention "criminal".
Emmanuel Macron also lambasted Russian President Vladimir Putin's ambivalence towards his country's mercenaries operating in the oil-rich North African state.
Egypt warns of 'existential threat' from Ethiopia dam
Egypt has told the United Nations it faces an existential threat from a hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile that Ethiopia plans to start filling in the coming weeks.
At a virtual meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday, Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry warned of conflict if the UN fails to intervene.
Otros medios
Intel: Democrats try to stymie Trump’s 'secure the oil' mission in Syria (Al-Monitor)
Democrats are turning up the heat on President Donald Trump’s “secure the oil” mission in northeast Syria.
The House’s version of the 2021 defense authorization bill, released this weekend, would require the defense secretary to certify that no US “military forces are being used or have been used for the extraction, transport, transfer or sale of oil from Syria.”
Libaneses protestan contra interferencia de la embajadora de EEUU en los asuntos de su país (Al Mayadeen)
Varios manifestantes en el Líbano efectuaron una sentada de protesta frente al Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores del Líbano, por llamamientos de las fuerzas nacionales y activistas de la sociedad civil, para rechazar la interferencia de la embajadora estadounidense en los asuntos libaneses.
https://espanol.almayadeen.net/news/politics/1407278/libaneses-protestan-contra-interferencia-de-la-embajadora-de
Israel's annexation plans explained in nine questions (Middle East Eye)
The Israeli government has suggested that plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank could be revealed from 1 July.
Such a move has been condemned by Israel's allies and rivals alike as a dangerous escalation that could destabilise the Middle East.
Middle East Eye answers some key questions about what Israel is seeking to do, and what could happen next:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-annexation-west-bank-plan-explained-questions
Israeli PM Netanyahu warns Syria's Assad to stay out of Iran (Al Arabiya)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday he would be “risking the future” of his regime if he allowed Iran to be entrenched militarily in his country.
“We will not allow Iran to establish a military presence in Syria,” he told reporters alongside visiting US point man on Iran policy, Brian Hook.
The two men called for an extension of an arms embargo on Iran, arch foe of both their countries, that expires in October.
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/06/30/Israeli-PM-Netanyahu-warns-Syria-s-Assad-to-stay-out-of-Iran.html
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GLOBAL TIMES
China will not tolerate US meddling in domestic HK affairs ever again
The National Security Law for Hong Kong was passed by China's top legislature on Tuesday. Steps of revoking US preferential treatment to Hong Kong have started to be taken by the US as a response.
Defining China as its "competitor" since 2017, the US has spared no effort to crack down on China. The US has imposed sanctions on Hong Kong over the national security law. However, it's only a new excuse for the US to contain China.
The US moves jeopardize the already deteriorating China-US ties.
Hong Kong will no longer be base for US to infiltrate and interfere in China affairs with the national security law enacted. There will be fewer levers the US can use to contain China.
Vietnam is the one among the few. Washington will ramp up its effort to infiltrate and impact Hanoi and urge this Southeast Asian country to embrace Western values. Then, the US could use Vietnam as an important base to influence China.
The US may offer additional support to Taiwan's secessionist forces in the future, but be cautious not to violate China's red line
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1193088.shtml
Indian ban on Chinese app will backfire
Analysts said that the Indian government's ban on 59 apps developed by Chinese companies will hurt India's technology and internet start-ups as they lose Chinese investment.
The ban targets apps ranging from browsers to e-commerce, including three Alibaba Group apps: UC Browser, UC News and video platform VMate. Club Factory, which claims to be India's third-largest e-commerce platform, was also banned. ByteDance's TikTok, for which India is the biggest overseas market, is among the banned apps
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1193097.shtml
Using SWIFT settlements to threaten China will backfire
Russian media recently reported that the US may even roll out extreme financial blockades to hamstring China and Russia, which could mean excluding the two countries from the US dollar denominated international payment network or SWIFT, a drastic move that will bring huge destruction to the international financial system.
From restricting exports of US technological products to China, slapping punitive tariffs on Chinese imports, forcing US firms to leave China market, to cracking down on the world's top telecom equipment maker Huawei, the US has been tightening its economic and trade restrictions on China using all means at its disposal.
SWIFT was nominally a non-profit organization before the September 11 terror attacks in 2001. Its operation mechanism was then altered by the George W. Bush administration, which forcibly broke the global payment network's operating rights. Its safety, reliability, speed, standardization and automation were greatly damaged so that the network could become a US foreign policy tool, a feature which has since dominated the system's operation.
the US financial watchdogs can monitor the non-cash circulation of every cent.
Although America's superpower status will not be immediately at risk, the US dollar hegemony will collapse given that China is the second-largest economy, with huge dollar reserves and bonds.
The animosity held by the US cannot be overlooked. Amid the current COVID-19 pandemic, China's viable route for a stable growth is to continue promoting the development of the yuan, including the promotion of the digital yuan and the yuan-denominated transactions, and expanding the usage of the yuan in trade and investment.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1193106.shtml
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LE MONDE
Afghanistan : la Maison Blanche minore l’affaire des primes russes
Donald Trump nie avoir été informé d’une opération, prêtée à Moscou, visant à inciter des insurgés afghans à tuer des soldats américains
Gilles Paris y Jazques Follorou
Les accusations du New York Times ont suscité des réactions divergentes de la part des élus républicains et démocrates. Ces derniers s’alarment d’une éventuelle nouvelle preuve de faiblesse du président des Etats-Unis vis-à-vis de la Russie. L’affaire pourrait en effet avoir coïncidé avec les efforts déployés par Donald Trump pour ouvrir à Moscou le sommet du G7 initialement prévu en juin, mais repoussé sine die du fait de la pandémie de Covid-19. Lors du sommet d’Helsinki, en juillet 2018, le président des Etats-Unis avait spectaculairement donné crédit aux dénégations de son homologue Vladimir Poutine à propos de l’ingérence prêtée à son pays par le renseignement américain lors de la présidentielle de 2016.
Venezuela : le président Nicolas Maduro demande à l’ambassadrice de l’UE de quitter le pays
Le président a donné soixante-douze heures à Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa pour faire ses valises, une réponse aux sanctions européennes qui visent des fonctionnaires vénézuéliens.
Le bras de fer entre l’Europe et le Venezuela s’est donc durci lundi, avec des sanctions adoptées contre 11 représentants vénézuéliens, parmi lesquels figurent Luis Parra, allié de Maduro désigné par la Cour suprême comme président de l’Assemblée nationale, Juan José Mendoza, président de la chambre constitutionnelle de la Cour suprême, et le général José Ornelas, qui dirige le conseil national de défense.
Plus de 1 million de personnes déplacées par les violences dans l’est de la RDC en six mois
Le Haut-Commissariat de l’ONU pour les réfugiés s’est dit « alarmé » mardi par le nombre croissant d’attaques menées par des groupes armés contre des civils déplacés en République démocratique du Congo.
Au cours des huit dernières semaines, le HCR et ses partenaires ont enregistré de multiples attaques perpétrées par des groupes armés dans des sites et des villages hébergeant des déplacés. Ces attaques se sont produites principalement dans le territoire de Djugu dans la province de l’Ituri, dans les territoires de Fizi et de Mwenga dans la province du Sud-Kivu, et dans les territoires de Masisi et de Rutshuru dans la province du Nord- Kivu.
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DEUTSCHE WELLE
China's Hong Kong security law sparks global outcry
EU Council President Charles Michel has said the law risks "undermining the rule of law" and that the council "deplores" the decision. Meanwhile, the US has withdrawn preferential economic treatment for the territory.
Japan, Taiwan and the United States also denounced the law, which critics say infringes on the territory's autonomy and could be used to quash dissent.
https://m.dw.com/en/chinas-hong-kong-security-law-sparks-global-outcry/a-53993606
Germany seeks reform of EU asylum
When Germany takes over the rotating EU presidency, it will seek to tackle the long-stalled reform of EU asylum rules. The pressure to act is almost as great as the resistance to reform ideas.
Germany wants a fairer spread of asylum seekers across all EU members. The European Commission put a proposal forward in 2016 but it faced severe resistance from countries unwilling to take on migrants arriving in southern Europe — in particular from Eastern EU members Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
https://m.dw.com/en/germany-seeks-reform-of-eu-asylum/a-53985540
US senators move to block Trump troop withdrawal from Germany
Politicians from across Washington's political divide are moving to limit the ability of President Donald Trump to withdraw troops from Germany. Senators plan to hold back funds that would be used for the redeployment.
https://m.dw.com/en/us-senators-move-to-block-trump-troop-withdrawal-from-germany/a-53992769
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EL PAÍS
La economía argentina cae un 26% durante el primer mes en cuarentena
El derrumbe de la actividad registrado en abril no tiene antecedentes históricos. En marzo de 2002, cuando Argentina se hundía en la debacle del corralito, la economía cayó 16,7%.
Maduro ordena la expulsión de la embajadora de la Unión Europea tras el anuncio de nuevas sanciones
El líder chavista advierte a España de que también se reserva "acciones diplomáticas" sobre su embajador. Bruselas había incluido en una nueva lista a 11 funcionarios afines al régimen venezolano
López Obrador confirma que se reunirá con Trump en Washington, en su primer viaje al extranjero desde que es presidente
El mandatario defiende una relación estratégica con la Casa Blanca en el arranque del nuevo tratado de libre comercio de Norteamérica y a cuatro meses de los comicios de Estados Unidos
Detenido uno de los líderes de Guerreros Unidos, el cártel vinculado al ataque a los 43 de Ayotzinapa
José Ángel Casarrubias, capturado en el Estado de México, dirigía la organización criminal junto a cuatro hermanos
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PÁGINA 12
Cómo funcionaba la red de espionaje macrista
El grupo de espionaje ilegal Super Mario Bros reportaba, por una vía, al director de Operaciones Especiales de la Agencia Federal de Inteligencia (AFI), y por otro lado, a través del secretario personal, directamente a Mauricio Macri. El falso abogado Marcelo D'Alessio, que espiaba y armaba causas judiciales, también reportaba a través de dos comisarios a la AFI y se manejaba con el aparato judicial y mediático. Las cámaras y micrófonos colocados en el penal de Ezeiza para espiar ilegalmente a los detenidos, sus abogados y familiares, reunían material que recolectaba el Servicio Penitenciario Federal y lo mandaba a la AFI, que a su vez lo distribuía en programas de periodistas amigos.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/275289-como-funcionaba-la-red-de-espionaje-macrista
En China identificaron un nuevo virus con "potencial pandémico"
Científicos chinos identificaron un nuevo virus que tiene el potencial de generar otra pandemia. Se trata de una cepa de un virus de la gripe que portan los cerdos y que se puede transmitir con facilidad hacia los seres humanos.
Según los especialistas, el virus en cuestión es similar al de la gripe porcina que se propagó durante 2009. Los investigadores precisaron en un artículo publicado por la BBC que el virus se llama G4 EA H1N1 y manifestaron su temor de que mute y se expanda con facilidad. En ese sentido, señalaron que por tratarse de una gripe desconocida los seres humanos tendrían poca o ninguna inmunidad.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/275526-en-china-identificaron-un-nuevo-virus-con-potencial-pandemic
Irán pidió la captura internacional de Donald Trump
En un nuevo capítulo de la tensión permanente entre ambos países, la Justicia de Irán emitió una orden de arresto contra el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y otros 30 funcionarios de su gobierno por el asesinato del general Qasem Soleimani . El fiscal de Teherán, Ali Alqasimehr, acusó a Trump de los delitos de "asesinato y terrorismo", y lo señaló como responsable máximo del crimen ocurrido el tres de enero pasado, cuando aviones estadounidenses no tripulados bombardearon el vehículo en el que viajaba el reconocido militar iraní en las cercanías del aeropuerto internacional de Bagdad.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/275330-iran-pidio-la-captura-internacional-de-donald-trump
Coronavirus: China comenzó a probar una vacuna en su Ejército
China aprobó este lunes una nueva vacuna contra coronavirus para uso interno en el Ejército, desarrollada por el Instituto Científico Militar y la compañía biofarmacéutica china CanSino Biologics. La compañía indicó que su nueva vacuna recombinante de coronavirus fue aprobada por el Ejército el pasado 25 de junio para "uso por los militares" en el marco de las "medicinas para necesidades especiales".
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/275360-coronavirus-china-comenzo-a-probar-una-vacuna-en-su-ejercito
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EL TIEMPO
'Colombia sigue apoyando al presidente Guaidó, él no se ha debilitado’
La canciller Claudia Blum niega que el Gobierno respaldara una opción militar en Venezuela, como lo afirma el libro de Jhon Bolton; habla del sí del país a la decisión de Trump con el BID, de la permanencia de Pacho Santos en Washington y de las relaciones con Cuba.
El alto costo que Guayaquil pagó por la inmunización
Guayaquil, ciudad costera de Ecuador, pasó en solo dos meses de ser el epicentro del coronavirus a ser la urbe con el índice más bajo de contagios y de muertes por efectos de la pandemia provocada por el covid-19.
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LA JORNADA
Casi unánime, el Senado aprueba 5 leyes reglamentarias del T-MEC
Con el respaldo de todos los grupos parlamentarios, casi por unanimidad, el Senado de la República aprobó anoche las cinco leyes reglamentarias del Tratado entre México, Estados Unidos y Canadá, (T-MEC), acuerdo comercial que en opinión de las fuerzas políticas permitirá reactivar la economía tras los estragos generados por la epidemia de Covid-19.
https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/06/30/politica/005n1pol
Detienen a El Mochomo, líder de Guerreros Unidos
Elementos federales detuvieron en Metepec, estado de México, a José Ángel Casarrubias Salga-do, alias El Mochomo, líder del grupo delincuencial Guerreros Unidos, implicado en la desaparición de los 43 estudiantes de Ayotzina-pa, Guerrero.
https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/06/30/politica/012n1pol
Envía OMS a China equipo para indagar origen del Covid-19
Ginebra. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) enviará un equipo a China la semana próxima en el marco de la investigación sobre el origen del coronavirus, anunció su director este lunes.
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