Síntesis informativa - 19 de enero 2021
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Live Updates: Biden’s Nominees Face Hearings as Trump Plans Final Pardons
As Congress returns, the fate of the Senate trial for President Trump’s second impeachment remains unknown, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not indicated when the House will send the article of impeachment to the Senate. Part of the delay stems from a concern that a trial would hamper the start of the Biden administration, where advisers are growing concerned about the sluggish start to confirming his cabinet nominees.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/19/us/inauguration-day-biden
Pentagon Accelerates Efforts to Root Out Far-Right Extremism in the Ranks
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is intensifying efforts to identify and combat white supremacy and other far-right extremism in its ranks as federal investigators seek to determine how many military personnel and veterans joined the violent assault on the Capitol.
In Tunisia, Some Wonder if the Revolution Was Worth It
TUNIS — It felt like an echo of the wildfire protests that brought down Tunisia’s dictator, leading to a series of revolts that ripped across the Middle East 10 years ago: young people in the streets of more than a dozen Tunisian cities over the last three nights. Fury that corruption seemed to be everywhere, jobs nowhere. Clashes with security forces led to more than 600 arrests by Monday.
U.S. to Impose Sanctions on Ship Involved in Russian Gas Pipeline
BERLIN — The United States has informed Germany that it will impose sanctions on a Russian-owned ship involved in the construction of an undersea pipeline that is to carry natural gas directly to Germany from Russia, German officials said Monday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/world/europe/us-sanctions-russian-gas-pipeline-ship.html
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RUSSIA TODAY
Commandos & paratroopers: Iranian army launches massive drills near mouth of Persian Gulf (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
The Iranian army has started a massive military exercise involving commando and paratrooper units. The drills are the latest in a series of war games held by the country in recent weeks, amid soaring tensions in the Persian Gulf.
https://www.rt.com/news/512952-iran-army-military-drills/
Guatemalan police start clearing US-bound migrant caravan camp after violent clashes (VIDEOS)
Police in Guatemala have started breaking up a caravan of hundreds of mostly Honduran migrants who had camped on a street while trying to reach the US, after their journey was halted by officials, migration authorities have said.
https://www.rt.com/news/512900-guatemala-migrant-caravan-clashes-police/
Trial of former French PM begins over alleged international arms deal kickbacks
Former French Prime Minister Édouard Balladur has gone on trial in the Court of Justice of the Republic in Paris, over accusations that he'd financed his 1995 presidential bid with illegal kickbacks from arms deals.
https://www.rt.com/news/512978-trial-former-french-pm-edouard-balladur/
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THE GUARDIAN
Lights go out on Trump's reality TV presidency but dark legacy remains
The first person elected to the White House with no previous political or military experience, he represented a shock to the system and rebuke to the establishment. Trump, by all accounts, tried to govern by gut instinct, refusing to read national security briefs but hanging on the words of hosts on the Fox News network. His Twitter feed gave an astonishing window on his thinking and frayed the nation’s nerves. He showed a narcissist’s craving for attention from the media and affirmation from West Wing staff, who came and went at a record rate.
In his first year alone, Trump signed an executive order to prevent people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US, fired the FBI director, James Comey, and other officials whose loyalty was less than absolute, announced America’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and responded to deadly white nationalist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, by insisting that there were “very fine people on both sides”.
As his term went on, Trump oversaw a “zero-tolerance” policy at the border that separated immigrant parents from children and stripped away environmental regulations.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/19/donald-trump-reality-tv-presidency-dark-legacy
Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced
Electric vehicles are a vital part of action to tackle the climate crisis but running out of charge during a journey is a worry for drivers. The new lithium-ion batteries were developed by the Israeli company StoreDot and manufactured by Eve Energy in China on standard production lines.
Dozens of companies around the world are developing fast-charging batteries, with Tesla, Enevate and Sila Nanotechnologies all working on silicon electrodes. Others are looking at different compounds, such as Echion which uses niobium oxide nanoparticles.
Fighting climate crisis made harder by Covid-19 inequality, says WEF
The body that organises the annual gathering of the global elite in the Swiss town of Davos said warning signs of the threat posed by infectious disease had been ignored for the past 15 years, with disastrous results.
Despite the loss of almost 2 million lives to Covid-19, the WEF’s global risks report found that environmental issues were considered to pose the biggest danger in the coming years, both in terms of impact and likelihood.
Klaus Schwab, the executive chairman of the WEF, said: “In 2020, the risk of a global pandemic became reality. As governments, businesses and societies survey the damage inflicted over the last year, strengthening strategic foresight is now more important than ever.”
enlace al lanzamiento del informe Global risks report 2021: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/01/global-risks-report-2021/
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/19/climate-crisis-covid-19-inequality-wef
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LE MONDE
Après Trump, les Européens doutent de la restauration du lien transatlantique avec Biden
Dans un sondage effectué pour l’ECFR, 67 % des Européens estiment qu’ils ne peuvent compter sur Washington en cas de crise majeure.
Par Philippe Ricard
D’après cette vaste étude, les attitudes des Européens à l’égard des Etats-Unis ont connu « un changement massif » lors des années Trump. Le sondage a été réalisé avant l’invasion du Capitole par les supporters ultras du président défait, le 6 janvier. Mais la majorité des sondés considèrent, dans la plupart des pays étudiés, que le système politique américain est « brisé ». Ils jugent que la Chine sera plus puissante que les Etats-Unis d’ici à une décennie. Et sont d’avis que le continent européen ne doit plus dépendre autant d’un pays sur le déclin pour assurer sa défense ou représenter ses intérêts.
En Centrafrique, une étrange coalition militaire pour défendre le pouvoir
Dans un pays contrôlé aux deux tiers par les groupes armés, la Minusca, des soldats rwandais et des paramilitaires russes combattent ensemble pour le régime du président fraîchement réélu, Faustin-Archange Touadéra.
Par Cyril Bensimon
En dépit des formations étrangères, seules quelques unités centrafricaines ont participé au combat. L’essentiel de la protection du régime est laissé aux mains des soldats rwandais et des troupes privées russes. Si, pour les premiers, se pose la question de leur collaboration avec leurs concitoyens engagés sous la bannière de l’ONU, les interrogations sont encore plus fortes concernant l’implication de Moscou dans la crise centrafricaine.
Sahara : importantes manœuvres algériennes à la frontière marocaine
L’exercice de l’Armée nationale populaire a mobilisé des chars, des véhicules tout-terrain, des hélicoptères, des avions de combat et des appareils ravitailleurs.
Le Monde avec AFP
Pendant près d’un quart d’heure, la télévision a montré un exercice tactique à tirs réels de missiles, dont la dernière version du missile antichar russe Kornet. Al-Hazm 2021 a mobilisé des chars, des véhicules tout-terrain, des hélicoptères Mi28, des avions de combat Soukhoï SU-30 MKA et des appareils ravitailleurs Illiouchine IL-78 Midas. Seul armement non russe en démonstration, l’armée algérienne a pour la première fois exhibé un avion américain de reconnaissance électronique Beechcraft 1900 MMSA-Hissar.
« En suspendant les comptes de Trump, les réseaux sociaux endossent un rôle de contre-pouvoir »
Pour restaurer leur image, les géants de la tech s’affichent en garants de la démocratie, analyse la chercheuse Maud Quessard dans une tribune au « Monde ». Pour elle, cette « régulation spontanée » va dans le sens du « plan d’action » prôné par l’Union européenne.
Maud Quessard
Face à ces nouvelles menaces, le débat public s’est d’abord intéressé aux mesures prises par les géants du numérique pour rassurer leurs utilisateurs quant au bon déroulement du processus démocratique : sensibilisation aux phénomènes de désinformation pour favoriser la résilience de la société civile, fact checking, bandeaux d’avertissements pour les utilisateurs quant à d’éventuelles fausses informations pendant la campagne présidentielle…
« Pour la Chine, occuper la “position dominante” passe par une nouvelle division du monde, où les Etat-Unis et leurs alliés seraient progressivement marginalisés »
Jouant de son statut consolidé de deuxième puissance économique mondiale, la Chine va cherche à se positionner face à l’administration Biden comme le pays sauveteur de l’économie mondiale, estime la sinologue Alice Ekman dans une tribune au « Monde ».
Alice Ekman
La Chine, elle, va continuer sa politique d’élargissement de son « cercle d’amis », ambition affichée en ces termes par le président chinois depuis 2018. Car, pour la Chine, occuper la « position dominante » passe par une nouvelle division du monde, où les Etat-Unis et leurs alliés seraient progressivement marginalisés face à un large groupe d’« amis de la Chine », soutenant fidèlement ses positions sur le Xinjiang, Hongkong, Taïwan, et autres enjeux d’intérêts fondamentaux pour Pékin. Déjà, en octobre 2020, la Chine est parvenue à obtenir le soutien de plus de 53 pays sur le Xinjiang aux Nations unies, en réponse aux protestations conjointes de 39 pays contre les violations des droits fondamentaux dans la province.
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DEUTSCE WELLE
Guatemala frena por la fuerza la primera gran caravana de migrantes en 2021
Los hondureños confiaban en una eventual flexibilización de las políticas migratorias por parte del futuro gobierno de Joe Biden, pero Washington rechazó esa posibilidad.
Miles de hondureños que marchaban en caravana hacia Estados Unidos comenzaron a retornar a su país este lunes (18.01.2021), luego de ser contenidos y reprimidos en Guatemala por la policía
Los uniformados actuaron ante el riesgo de contagios de COVID-19, según un decreto del presidente Alejandro Giammattei, que autoriza el uso de la fuerza pese al rechazo de organismos de derechos humanos.
Gobierno de Bukele busca ampliar período presidencial en El Salvador
.La reforma, de ser aprobada, entraría en vigor en 2029, lo que deja nula la posibilidad que Nayib Bukele continúe en el poder.
El vicepresidente de El Salvador, Félix Ulloa, propondrá a la Asamblea Legislativa una reforma constitucional para ampliar el período presidencial a seis años y que se establezca la posibilidad de una consulta para revocar el mandato, informó este sábado (16.01.2021) la Vicepresidencia
Coronavirus: WHO chief blasts rich countries for hoarding vaccines
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the rich countries' behavior would only prolong the coronavirus pandemic, adding that the restrictions needed to contain COVID-19 would increase human and economic suffering.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has warned that the inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines between rich and poor countries will prolong the pandemic
https://m.dw.com/en/coronavirus-who-chief-blasts-rich-countries-for-hoarding-vaccines/a-56271314
Pandemic, climate change threaten global stability: WEF
.The scars of the COVID-19 pandemic will be visible for years with many of them manifesting into some of the most critical threats to the world, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
A survey that forms the basis of this year's Global Risks Report has revealed mass unemployment, digital inequality and prolonged economic stagnation as some of the risks that could pose a danger in the next two years.
"The elder part of the millennials those who are now in their mid-30s, they have essentially lived through two crises. They have seen the global financial crisis of 2008-09 when they first joined the workforce and now they are seeing the recession of today. So, for them their working lives have been bookended by these two crises," Saadia Zahidi, managing director of the World Economic Forum, told DW.
https://m.dw.com/en/world-stability-at-risk-pandemic-climate-change/a-56265470
Germany: New COVID variant found in Bavaria
A mutation of the coronavirus has been discovered among 35 newly infected patients in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is different to the one found originally in the UK, but doctors do not yet know if it is highly infectious.
https://m.dw.com/en/germany-new-covid-variant-found-in-bavaria/a-56269615
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EL PAÍS
El Gobierno de México avisa de que la vacunación se retrasará hasta el 15 de febrero por una demora de Pfizer
El subsecretario de Salud, Hugo López-Gatell, admite que parte del personal sanitario deberá esperar una semana más para recibir la segunda dosis
El abogado del chamán de QAnon: “¿Causó Trump el asalto al Congreso? Sin ninguna duda”
El letrado Albert Watkins defiende que “hay una culpabilidad del presidente que exculpa” a su cliente. Las defensas de los detenidos ofrecen a los demócratas argumentos para el juicio en el Senado
Biden nombrará a la exembajadora en México Roberta Jacobson coordinadora de la frontera
La diplomática se sumará al Consejo de Seguridad Nacional y supervisará temas de migración y seguridad
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Microsoft Bets Bigger on Driverless-Car Space With Investment in GM’s Cruise
Tech giant will host cloud services for GM’s autonomous-vehicle subsidiary; Financing brings Cruise’s valuation to $30 billion
Microsoft Corp. is investing in General Motors Co. ’s driverless-car startup Cruise as part of a strategic tie-up, another sign of renewed interest in the autonomous-technology space after a relatively quiet period.
The Debt Question Facing Janet Yellen: How Much Is Too Much?
Treasury secretary nominee supports Biden plans that add trillions to U.S. borrowing, a turnabout in economic thinking
In the past four years, U.S. government debt held by the public has increased by $7 trillion to $21.6 trillion. President-elect Joe Biden has committed to a spending program that could add trillions more in the year ahead. At 100.1% of gross domestic product, the debt already exceeds the annual output of the economy, putting the U.S. in company with economies including Greece, Italy and Japan.
Great Lakes Pipeline Adds Heat to U.S.-Canada Energy Tensions
Michigan has ordered Enbridge to close pipeline supplying Canada’s most populous region
TORONTO—Canadian and U.S. officials are at odds over the fate of a pipeline underneath the Great Lakes, exacerbating disagreements over energy policy between the two nations as the Biden administration prepares to take office.
Oil Giant Total Buys Stake in World’s Biggest Solar Developer
French energy company to pay $2.5 billion for 20% of Adani Green Energy
LONDON—French energy giant Total SE said it would pay $2.5 billion for a 20% stake in the world’s largest solar developer, the latest move by an oil major to expand in renewable power.
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BLOOMBERG
GM, Microsoft Lead $2 Billion in Funding for Driverless Startup
General Motors Co. and Microsoft Corp. are leading a $2 billion investment round in self-driving car startup Cruise LLC in a deal that will bring the software giant’s cloud and edge-computing capabilities to the venture.
Trump Halts Huawei Supply in Final China Blow, Reuters Says
The U.S. government notified several of Huawei Technologies Co.’s suppliers that it’s revoking their licenses to work with the Chinese company and rejecting other applications in the last days of Donald Trump’s presidency, Reuters reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
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PÁGINA 12
Fuerte sismo de 6.4 de magnitud en San Juan
Un fuerte sismo se produjo esta noche en la provincia de San Juan y se sintió en varias provincias como Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Córdoba y San Luis. El temblor registró una magnitud de 6.4 en la escala de Richter, con una profundidad de 10 kilómetros.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/318240-fuerte-sismo-de-6-4-de-magnitud-en-san-juan
Donald Trump se despedirá del gobierno con una batería de indultos
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ultima una nueva batería de indultos que anunciará el martes, su último día completo como mandatario. Medios locales como Washington Post y la cadena CNN recogieron detalles de una reunión celebrada el domingo en la Casa Blanca. Trump prevé emitir alrededor de unos cien indultos y conmutaciones de penas entre los que, en principio, no se incluiría a él mismo. Las acciones de clemencia incluirían a varios criminales de cuello blanco, reconocidos raperos y aliados políticos. El magnate republicano seguirá el miércoles la asunción presidencial de Joe Biden desde su exclusivo club en Mar-a-Lago, estado de Florida, rompiendo con histórica tradición del país.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/318125-donald-trump-se-despedira-del-gobierno-con-una-bateria-de-in
Vacuna de Pfizer: Noruega descartó un vínculo con las 33 muertes registradas
Las autoridades de Noruega afirmaron que no hay un vínculo establecido entre la vacuna Pfizer/BioNTech contra el Covid-19 y las muertes de personas vacunadas en este país. Sin embargo, recomendó realizar una evaluación médica a las personas pertenecientes a los grupos de riesgo antes de inocularlos.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/318271-vacuna-de-pfizer-noruega-descarto-un-vinculo-con-las-33-muer
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EL TIEMPO
Invasora del Congreso quería vender computador de Pelosi a Rusia: FBI
Una joven que participó en la invasión del Congreso de Estados Unidos el pasado 6 de enero robó una computadora portátil perteneciente a la principal legisladora demócrata de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi, y esperaba venderla a una agencia de espionaje rusa, según una denuncia penal del FBI divulgada este lunes.
Rusia abre nueva tensión con Occidente tras detención de Navalni
El comité de investigación ruso abrió en julio este caso por difamación contra Navalni, acusado de haber difundido informaciones "mentirosas e injuriosas para el honor y la dignidad" de un veterano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945).
México descarta que caso Cienfuegos afecte cooperación con EE. UU.
El presidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador descartó este lunes que el caso del exministro de Defensa Salvador Cienfuegos, acusado por la DEA por narcotráfico pero exonerado por la Fiscalía mexicana, vaya a afectar la colaboración con Estados Unidos.
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LA JORNADA
AMLO: sin ética, la pesquisa de la DEA; “no callaremos”
Ciudad de México. Ante las críticas del Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos por el procedimiento en México en torno al general Salvador Cienfuegos, el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador reviró en contra de la actuación estadunidense. “No es posible que se lleve a cabo una investigación con tanta irresponsabilidad, sin sustento y que nos quedemos callados”. Acusó a quienes “armaron esto” de actuar sin profesionalismo y carentes de ética para redondear sus imputaciones: “es el parto de los montes”.
Envían a México principio activo de la vacuna de AstraZeneca
Ciudad de México. La madrugada de este martes llega a México la sustancia activa de la vacuna contra el Covid-19, desarrollada por el laboratorio AstraZeneca, para que en la planta del laboratorio nacional Liomont se realice la última parte del proceso de fabricación. A finales de marzo estará listo el primer millón de dosis, el cual se distribuirá entre México y países de América Latina, informó Hugo López-Gatell, subsecretario de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud.
"Fracaso moral catastrófico" en distribución de vacunas: OMS
Ginebra. El mundo está al borde de un “fracaso moral catastrófico” en la distribución de vacunas, advirtió el director de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, al condenar la actitud “egoísta” de algunos países ricos y compañías farmacéuticas.
Guatemala: dispersan a golpes a la caravana hondureña
Vado Hondo. Policías y soldados guatemaltecos dispersaron ayer con violencia a miles de migrantes hondureños apostados durante el fin de semana en el kilómetro 177 de la carretera de Vado Hondo, Chiquimula, quienes huyeron en diferentes direcciones, muchos de ellos con niños en brazos.
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