Síntesis informativa - 9 de septiembre 2020

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Covid-19 Live Updates: Vaccine Trial Is Halted After Patient’s Adverse Reaction

The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca halted global trials of its coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday because of a serious and unexpected adverse reaction in a participant, the company said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/world/covid-19-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

U.S. to Reduce Troop Levels in Iraq to 3,000

WASHINGTON — The United States is cutting troop levels in Iraq roughly in half, to 3,000 forces, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East said Wednesday, in a long-expected move that will help fulfill President Trump’s goal of reducing the Pentagon’s overseas deployments.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/us/politics/iraq-troops-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

Federal Report Warns of Financial Havoc From Climate Change

WASHINGTON — A report commissioned by federal regulators overseeing the nation’s commodities markets has concluded that climate change threatens U.S. financial markets, as the costs of wildfires, storms, droughts and floods spread through insurance and mortgage markets, pension funds and other financial institutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/climate/climate-change-financial-markets.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

Afghan Vice President, Staunch Opponent of Taliban, Survives Blast

KABUL, Afghanistan — Amrullah Saleh, Afghanistan’s senior vice president and a staunch opponent of the Taliban, survived a bombing that targeted his convoy in the capital on Wednesday, the second deadly attack against him in a little over a year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/world/asia/afghanistan-vice-president-attack.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

 

Fire Destroys Most of Europe’s Largest Refugee Camp on Greek Island of Lesbos

A fast-moving fire destroyed most of Europe’s largest refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, leaving most of its 12,000 residents homeless just days after they were collectively quarantined because of a coronavirus outbreak there.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/world/europe/fire-refugee-camp-lesbos-moria.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

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RUSSIA TODAY

US to pull back 2,200 troops from Iraq, Pentagon confirms…but several thousand more still to stay

The Pentagon will reduce presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 troops this month, it announced on Wednesday in a long-anticipated move. The withdrawal is touted as acknowledging Baghdad’s progress in building its own forces.

https://www.rt.com/news/500265-us-iraq-troops-withdrawal/

 

Norwegian MP nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after Israel-UAE peace deal

Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian parliament, has nominated US President Donald Trump for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, lauding his efforts toward “resolving protracted conflicts worldwide.”

https://www.rt.com/news/500245-trump-nobel-peace-nomination/

 

'Matter of concern & regret': EU anxious at Serbian, Kosovan promises to open embassies in Jerusalem

A pledge by Belgrade and Pristina to the US that they would move their diplomatic missions in Israel to Jerusalem has sparked concern in Brussels, which warned the move could put the pair’s European prospects at risk.

https://www.rt.com/news/500195-eu-serbia-kosovo-embassy-jerusalem/

 

(WATCH) More cat & mouse over Baltic Sea: Russian Su-27 jet shadows American & Swedish spy planes near Russia's borders

Russia was forced to scrambled an Su-27 fighter jet on Tuesday to intercept two Western military aircraft approaching its airspace over the Baltic Sea, the National Defense Control Center has said.

https://www.rt.com/russia/500229-sukhoi-jet-baltic-intercept/

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THE GUARDIAN

Congress launches investigation after 28 soldiers die at Texas army base this year

Congress will launch an investigation into sexual assault, disappearances, deaths and leadership response at Fort Hood – as 28 soldiers stationed at the US army base in Texas have died this year, two leaders announced on Tuesday.The letter said that according to army data there were an average of 129 felonies committed annually at Fort Hood between 2014 and 2019, including cases of homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, robbery and aggravated assault.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/08/fort-hood-deaths-soldiers-congress-investigation

 

Cheng Lei: China says Australian news anchor was arrested on national security grounds

Cheng, a business journalist for the state broadcaster CGTN, was taken into secretive detention in mid-August, the Australian government revealed last week. Consular staff were able to visit Cheng by videolink but were not told why she had been detained.

On Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the foreign ministry, Zhao Lijian, told a daily press conference Cheng was “suspected of carrying out illegal activities endangering China’s national security”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/08/cheng-lei-china-says-australian-news-anchor-was-arrested-on-national-security-grounds

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LE MONDE

Face au blocage des tractations sur le Brexit, Londres veut contester une partie de l’accord de divorce avec l’UE

Le respect de ce compromis arraché de haute lutte fin 2019 est un prérequis pour les Européens, dans l’espoir de se mettre d’accord sur les modalités de la relation future avec le Royaume-Uni.

Cécile Ducourtieux y Virginie Malingre

S’agit-il d’une forme de chantage avec les Européens ? Une tentative pour décrocher un accord commercial à sa convenance d’ici à la fin de l’année ? Il est vrai que les discussions portant sur le futur accord commercial entre le Royaume-Uni et l’UE patinent et que Londres n’est pas en position de force, face à vingt-sept Etats membres toujours aussi unis. A moins que le premier ministre britannique ne souhaite délibérément provoquer un arrêt des discussions : n’a-t-il pas assuré il y a quelques jours que son pays pourrait « prospérer » même en cas de « no deal » ?

https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/09/08/face-au-blocage-des-tractations-sur-le-brexit-londres-veut-contester-une-partie-de-l-accord-de-divorce-avec-l-ue_6051445_3210.html

Une entreprise américaine à l’origine de campagnes de désinformation en Amérique latine

CLS Strategies a dépensé plus de 3 millions d’euros en publicités ciblées sur Facebook et Instagram en Bolivie, au Venezuela et au Mexique, pour soutenir des candidats conservateurs.

Damien Leloup

Sollicitée par le Washington Post, CLS strategies affirme que ses opérations en Amérique latine ne sont pas comparables aux opérations d’influence comme celles, émanant de Russie, qui avaient perturbé la campagne électorale de 2016 aux Etats-Unis. « Notre travail en Amérique latine, et notamment l’opposition à des régimes dictatoriaux, n’est pas effectué pour le compte d’entités étrangères – notre travail est financé et dirigé par des clients des pays en question », affirme le PDG de l’entreprise, Bob Chlopak, dans un communiqué transmis au quotidien américain. L’entreprise affirme avoir lancé une enquête interne, avec l’appui d’un cabinet d’avocats, et mis à pied la directrice de sa branche latino-américaine.

https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2020/09/09/une-entreprise-americaine-a-l-origine-de-campagnes-de-desinformation-en-amerique-latine_6051554_4408996.html

 

« Cette nouvelle épreuve russe est un test de maturité pour l’Europe, qui l’affronte sans les Etats-Unis »

La double crise de la répression en Biélorusse et de l’empoisonnement d’Alexeï Navalny intervient dans un contexte exceptionnel, où Européens, Américains et Russes n’ont plus de cadre commun en état de fonctionner, explique dans sa chronique Sylvie Kauffmann, directrice éditoriale au « Monde ».

Sylvie Kauffmann

C’est en tout cas le message qui émane ces jours-ci de Berlin, où le choc est d’autant plus fortement ressenti qu’Alexeï Navalny y est soigné. L’évocation, par la chancelière elle-même, de l’hypothèse de l’abandon du gazoduc germano-russe Nord Stream 2, un projet qu’elle a toujours soutenu en dépit de l’opposition des Etats-Unis et de celle, plus discrète, de Paris, donne une idée du tournant que l’Allemagne semble prête à prendre à l’égard de Moscou. La France, qui avait elle-même annulé la vente de ses navires Mistral à la Russie après l’annexion de la Crimée, affiche la même ligne. Même si le président Macron ne semble pas encore se résigner à renoncer à l’idée qu’un dialogue est possible avec M. Poutine, lequel n’y met pourtant pas la moindre bonne volonté.

https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/09/09/cette-nouvelle-epreuve-russe-est-un-test-de-maturite-pour-l-europe-qui-l-affronte-sans-les-etats-unis_6051468_3232.html

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BLOOMBERG

Tiffany Sues LVMH Over Move to Call Off $16 Billion Deal

The luxury industry’s biggest takeover is unraveling as LVMH moved to call off a $16 billion purchase of Tiffany & Co., which countered with a lawsuit to try to keep the deal on track.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-09/lvmh-pulls-out-of-16-billion-tiffany-deal-citing-u-s-tariffs?srnd=premium

 

Uber Sets Goal to Reach Net-Zero Emissions by 2040

All rides worldwide would be in electric cars powered by carbon-free electricity.

Uber Technologies Inc., one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, is pledging to eliminate all emissions from every trip booked on its platform globally by 2040. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-08/uber-sets-goal-to-reach-net-zero-emissions-by-2040?srnd=premium

 

Trump Plans to Announce New U.S. Troop Reductions in Iraq

President Donald Trump plans to announce further U.S. troop reductions in Iraq on Wednesday, an administration official said late Tuesday night.

The U.S. commander in the Middle East, General Frank McKenzie, said the current level of 5,200 military personnel would be reduced to 3,000 in September, CNN reported Wednesday morning.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-09/trump-plans-to-announce-new-u-s-troop-reductions-in-iraq?srnd=premium

 

Nigeria’s Fidelity Bank Plans $261 Million Bond Sale for Capital

Fidelity Bank Plc, a mid-tier Nigerian lender, plans to issue a 100 billion-naira ($261-million) bond in the local currency to boost its capital ratios and funding capacity.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-09/nigeria-s-fidelity-bank-plans-261-million-bond-sale-for-capital?srnd=premium

 

A Worthless Oil Field and the CEO’s $100 Million Windfall

It was February 2014. Frye, at the time a senior engineer with Anadarko Petroleum Corp., had the job of calculating how much oil was waiting to be extracted from fields Anadarko owned. She was known to be forthright about her analyses. “She tells the truth no matter the circumstances,” her manager said in a later performance review.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-09/anadarko-s-100-million-ceo-ensnared-in-oilfield-fraud-lawsuit?srnd=premium

 

How China Is Closing In on Its Own Digital Currency

While there’s no launch date yet, the People’s Bank of China is likely to be the first major central bank to issue a digital version of its currency, the yuan, seeking to keep up with -- and control of -- a rapidly digitizing economy. Trials have been held this year in a handful of cities and tests have started with some e-wallets and online apps, with the Covid-19 pandemic and need for social distancing providing a new sense of urgency. Unlike cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, dealing in the digital yuan won’t have any presumption of anonymity, and its value will be as stable as the physical yuan, which will be sticking around too. Behind China’s rush is a desire to manage technological change on its own terms. As one PBOC official put it, currency isn’t only an economic issue, it’s also about sovereignty.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-08/how-china-is-closing-in-on-its-own-digital-currency-quicktake?srnd=premium 

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WALL STREET JOURNAL

Netflix Names Bela Bajaria as New Head of Global TV

Cindy Holland, key architect of the streaming giant’s original-content strategy, is leaving

In a major overhaul at Netflix Inc., Bela Bajaria has been put in charge of global television and Cindy Holland, an architect of the streaming giant’s original-content strategy, is leaving, the company said Tuesday. 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/netflix-names-bela-bajaria-as-new-head-of-global-tv-11599615773?mod=hp_lead_pos4

 

Is Europe the New FAANG? Not So Fast

European stock markets look more exposed than before to new-economy industries, but for better or worse it is a numerical mirage

European stock markets look a bit more like the technology-rich Nasdaq than they used to. Looks, though, can be deceptive.

On Tuesday, the Nasdaq Composite fell again, taking the total drop since last week’s peak to 10%—so-called correction territory. This is partly the result of unraveling bets made through options contracts by both a wave of amateur day traders and mammoth Japanese investor SoftBank. European equities have fared better, falling less than 2%. They even managed to pull off an impressive contrarian rally on...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-europe-the-new-faang-not-so-fast-11599646555?mod=hp_lista_pos3

 

Apple Countersues ‘Fortnite’ Maker Epic Games, Seeks Punitive Damages

Tech giant’s filing comes in response to Epic’s push to get popular videogame returned to App Store

Apple Inc. swung back at Epic Games Inc. in a counter-lawsuit accusing the software developer of duplicity and greed, intensifying a legal battle over the iPhone maker’s online software store that could reshape how the marketplace operates.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-countersues-fortnite-maker-epic-games-seeking-to-halt-in-app-payments-11599592017?mod=hp_lista_pos2 

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PÁGINA 12

Evo Morales, Lula da Silva  y Rafael Correa

Ninguno de los tres gobierna hoy en su país. Transformaron Brasil, Bolivia y Ecuador, pero están proscriptos, corridos del escenario electoral por una derecha que los exilió o los encarceló, con una coordinación que ni siquiera es disimulada y responde a intereses internos, pero sobre todo externos. El mejor ejemplo de ello es la inhabilitación en simultáneo, el mismo día y con apenas minutos de diferencia, para Rafael Correa y Evo Morales, quienes se disponían a participar como candidatos a vicepresidente y senador, respectivamente, en elecciones ya viciadas de origen. Un mensaje contundente: mismo día, casi misma hora, los dos afuera de la cancha.

https://www.pagina12.com.ar/290757-evo-morales-lula-da-silva-y-rafael-correa

 

El candidato presidencial Luis Arce aseguró que el MAS acata el fallo contra Evo Morales

Luego del revés judicial a la candidatura a senador del exmandatario Evo Morales, el candidato presidencial del Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS), Luis Arce, dijo que el partido acata el fallo y que Morales seguirá siendo jefe de campaña. El Tribunal Departamental de Justicia de La Paz rechazó el lunes un recurso de amparo interpuesto por la defensa de Morales y ratificó su inhabilitación para postularse a una banca en el Senado. El exjuez de la Corte Suprema y actual miembro de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni, dijo que la inhabilitación no lo sorprende porque en Bolivia operan "grupos armados que amenazan a los jueces".

https://www.pagina12.com.ar/290763-el-candidato-presidencial-luis-arce-aseguro-que-el-mas-acata

 

Rafael Correa aseguró que, pese a la persecución, su partido va a "arrasar" en las elecciones

El exmandatario ecuatoriano Rafael Correa aseguró que la ratificación de la condena por corrupción, que lo inhabilita a ser candidato a vicepresidente, no le impedirá a su partido "arrasar" en los comicios de febrero de 2021. "Nos estamos preparando para ganar conmigo o sin mí", dijo el exmandatario luego de conocer el rechazo al recurso que había presentado por caso "Sobornos". El lunes, la Corte Nacional de Justicia (CNJ) había reafirmado la sentencia a ocho años de cárcel contra Correa. El expresidente brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, impedido de disputar las elecciones presidenciales de 2018 debido a una condena por corrupción, afirmó que Correa también fue víctima del "uso político de la justicia".

https://www.pagina12.com.ar/290786-rafael-correa-aseguro-que-pese-a-la-persecucion-su-partido-v

 

Una célula del ejército paraguayo, detrás de las muerte de dos niñas argentinas

Hace una semana dos menores argentinas murieron baleadas en Paraguay durante un operativo del gobierno contra el grupo guerrillero Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP). El procedimiento había sido realizado por la Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta (FTC), unidad creada por el expresidente Horacio Cartes con el objetivo de acabar con el EPP. Las versiones de los hechos que dieron tanto el presidente Mario Abdo Benítez, así como el Ministerio Público, generaron cuestionamientos por parte de organismos internacionales. Las familias de las niñas denunciaron que se trató de una masacre llevada a cabo por la FTC. Por su parte, el gobierno abrió una investigación formal contra el EPP por tener menores entre sus filas.

https://www.pagina12.com.ar/290774-una-celula-del-ejercito-paraguayo-detras-de-las-muerte-de-do

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EL TIEMPO

Crecen voces contra el candidato de Trump al BID

Elegir al estadounidense Mauricio Claver-Carone como presidente del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) no solo desataría una crisis institucional sin precedentes en el ente hemisférico sino que pondría en riesgo el vital respaldo de Washington a esta entidad.

Eso dicen cuatro "pesos pesados" de la política estadounidense en una carta publicada este fin de semana y a pocos días de que las directivas del BID se reúnan virtualmente para definir si Claver-Carone termina imponiéndose como reemplazo del colombiano Luis Alberto Moreno.

https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/eeuu-y-canada/eleccion-de-claver-desatara-crisis-institucional-en-el-bid-536638

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LA JORNADA

Declara Fonatur desierta licitación del tramo 5 del Tren Maya

Ciudad de México. Tras ocho días de retraso, el Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo (Fonatur) declaró este martes desierto el concurso para el proyecto carretero Cancún-Tulum, cuyo único interesado era BlackRock.

El organismo a cargo de Rogelio Jiménez Pons detalló que la propuesta económica presentada por las empresas Greenfield, BlackRock México Infraestructura,  Promotora y Desarrolladora Mexicana, Promotora y Desarrolladora Mexicana de Infraestructura, Prodemex Construcciones y Constructora de Infraestructura Nacional no resultó ser solvente.

https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/economia/2020/09/08/declara-fonatur-desierta-licitacion-del-tramo-5-del-tren-maya-5978.html

 

Denuncia Maduro que opositor busca suspender elecciones en Venezuela

Caracas.  El presidente venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, denunció este martes que el dirigente opositor Henrique Capriles Radonsky estaría encabezando una campaña para suspender las elecciones parlamentarias en Venezuela previstas para el próximo 6 de diciembre.

https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/mundo/2020/09/08/denuncia-maduro-que-opositor-busca-suspender-elecciones-en-venezuela-7582.html

 

Rebelión de policías en Argentina alentada por "sectores extremistas"

Buenos Aires. A la sombra de la situación creada por la pandemia del Covid 19, la oposición de la alianza derechista Juntos por el Cambio despliega un armado de desestabilización, evidente hoy con la rebelión de un sector de policías de la provincia de Buenos Aires, por un tema salarial, pero alentada por ”sectores extremistas” opositores como se denuncia aquí.

https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/mundo/2020/09/08/rebelion-de-policias-en-argentina-alentada-por-sectores-extremistas-4895.html

 

Catastrófica "guerra contra el terror" de EU

Miércoles 9 de septiembre de 2020. Nueva York. Entre 37 y 59 millones de personas han sido desplazadas por la llamada guerra global contra el terror de Estados Unidos desde 2001 al presente, más que en cualquier otra guerra o desastre a lo largo del siglo XX con la excepción de la Segunda Guerra Mundial– de acuerdo con una nueva investigación del Instituto Watson de la Universidad Brown presentada ayer.

https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/09/09/catastrofica-guerra-contra-el-terror-de-eu-6603.html

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