Síntesis informativa - 14 de enero 2022

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Hackers Bring Down Government Sites in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — Hackers brought down several Ukrainian government websites on Friday, posting a message on the site of the Foreign Ministry saying, “Be afraid and expect the worst.” It was the latest in a long line of cyberattacks targeting the country amid its conflict with Russia.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/world/europe/hackers-ukraine-government-sites.html

 

Fear of Russia Brings New Purpose and Unity to NATO, Once Again

Mr. Putin’s insistence that NATO stop enlargement and remove allied forces from member states bordering Russia would draw a new Iron Curtain across Europe, and that threat has concentrated minds. It may be just what a lagging alliance has needed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/world/europe/nato-russia-ukraine-europe.html

 

North Korea Fires 2 Ballistic Missiles After Lashing Out

SEOUL — North Korea fired two ballistic missiles on Friday, its third missile test this month, hours after it warned of “stronger and certain reaction” if the United States helped impose more sanctions on the North in response to its recent series of missile tests.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/world/asia/north-korea-missiles-us-sanctions.html

 

U.S. Considers Backing an Insurgency in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — For years, U.S. officials have tiptoed around the question of how much military support to provide to Ukraine, for fear of provoking Russia. Now, in what would be a major turnaround, senior Biden administration officials are warning that the United States could throw its weight behind a Ukrainian insurgency should President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia invade Ukraine.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/us/politics/russia-ukraine-biden-military.html

 

New Sanctions for Russian Gas Pipeline Fall Short in Senate

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday rejected a bid to impose sanctions on a Russian natural-gas pipeline, as Democrats set themselves against a Republican-led measure endorsed by Ukrainian leaders but opposed by the Biden administration amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/politics/senate-russia-gas-pipeline-ukraine.html

 

Rockets Possibly Fired by Pro-Iran Assailants Target U.S. Embassy in Iraq

BAGHDAD — Four rockets targeted the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday night, the latest in a series of aerial attacks amid Iranian threats and political violence as Iraq’s factions struggle to form a new government.

The Iraqi military said one rocket had landed inside a school across the street from the U.S. Embassy in the heavily fortified Green Zone, with shock waves from the blast slightly wounding an Iraqi child and an Iraqi soldier. There were no immediate reports of casualties or details about damage from the other three rockets.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/world/middleeast/baghdad-embassy-rockets-iran.html

 

Britain’s Security Agency MI5 Warns Lawmakers of China’s Political Interference

LONDON — Britain’s domestic security agency, MI5, sent an unusual alert on Thursday to lawmakers warning that an agent of the Chinese government was actively working to subvert the political processes of Parliament.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/world/europe/britain-mi5-china-agent-parliament.html

 

US Refines Tool to Evaluate 'Havana Syndrome' Cases

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is refining a screening tool it developed last year to evaluate the symptoms and injuries of people who experienced the so-called Havana syndrome, as it continues to search for a cause and prepares to compensate federal officials who have been affected.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/politics/havana-syndrome-evaluation-tool.html

 

NATO Won’t Let Ukraine Join Soon. Here’s Why.

WASHINGTON — The tense talks this week among the United States, Russia and European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have made one thing clear: While the Biden administration insists it will not allow Moscow to quash Ukraine’s ambitions to join NATO, it has no immediate plans to help bring the former Soviet republic into the alliance.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/politics/nato-ukraine.html

 

Russia, at an Impasse With the West, Warns It Is Ready to Abandon Diplomacy

VIENNA — Russian officials signaled on Thursday that they might abandon diplomatic efforts to resolve the security crisis surrounding Ukraine, bringing a whirlwind week of European diplomacy to an ominous end and deflating hopes that negotiators could forge a path toward easing tensions in Eastern Europe.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/world/europe/russia-ukraine-talks.html

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THE GUARDIAN

Russia threatens military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela as diplomacy stalls.

Russia has refused to rule out a military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela if talks with the west on European security and Ukraine fail to go its way, while warning the latest discussions with Nato were hitting a dead end.

In an apparent attempt to up the ante with the Biden administration, Sergei Ryabkov, who led Russia’s delegation in a meeting with the US on Monday, told Russian television he could neither confirm nor exclude sending military assets to Cuba and Venezuela if talks fail. Asked about these steps, he said “it all depends on the actions by our US counterparts”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/13/russia-says-talks-with-nato-over-ukraine-are-hitting-a-dead-end?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1642115910

 

MI5 accuses lawyer of trying to influence politicians on behalf of China.

An unprecedented security warning from MI5 was circulated to MPs and peers on Thursday that accused a lawyer, Christine Lee, of seeking to improperly influence parliamentarians on behalf of China’s ruling Communist party.

It is the first time that MI5 has issued an “interference alert". The alert names and pictures Christine Ching Kui Lee, who has allegedly “knowingly engaged in political interference activities on behalf of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Chinese Communist party”.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/13/chinese-national-trying-to-improperly-influence-politicians-says-mi5?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1642076260

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PÁGINA 12

Chile: Gabriel Boric rechaza una millonaria licitación para explotar litio

El gobierno de Chile anunció una millonaria adjudicación a dos empresas para la extracción de litio, lo que motivó una rápida reacción del presidente electo, Gabriel Boric, quien anticipó que va a "revisar" la decisión. El ministerio de Minería confirmó que el gigante automotriz de origen chino ByD y la compañía nacional Servicios y Operaciones Mineras del Norte obtuvieron los contratos de extracción del mineral ligero por 61 y 60 millones de dólares, respectivamente, durante 20 años.

https://www.pagina12.com.ar/395205-chile-gabriel-boric-rechaza-una-millonaria-licitacion-para-e

 

Francia: los docentes protestan contra la gestión de la pandemia

Una jornada particular en Francia: huelga en la educación nacional en protesta por la aproximativa gestión de la pandemia, bloqueo parlamentario en torno a la adopción de un proyecto de ley para transformar el pase sanitario en otro protocolo (pase vacuna) y el ministro de Salud, Olivier Véran, aislado debido a que se contagió con la covid-19.

https://www.pagina12.com.ar/395184-francia-los-docentes-protestan-contra-la-gestion-de-la-pande

 

Colombia: al menos 78 defensores de derechos humanos fueron asesinados en 2021

Al menos 78 defensores de derechos humanos fueron asesinados en Colombia en 2021, la mayoría de ellos en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, informó la Oficina de la ONU para los Derechos Humanos en el país. El organismo internacional aclaró que la cifra no representa la totalidad de los asesinatos en Colombia sino los casos que han recibido y verificado. La violencia contra los líderes sociales, así como las masacres de civiles, se convirtieron en uno de los principales problemas para el gobierno de Iván Duque, blanco de frecuentes críticas de la comunidad internacional y de organizaciones no gubernamentales que exigen acciones para frenar las muertes.

https://www.pagina12.com.ar/395216-colombia-al-menos-78-defensores-de-derechos-humanos-fueron-a

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LA JORNADA

Conato de bronca entre migrantes y policías en inmediaciones de la Comar.

Elementos de la policía capitalina cercaron los ingresos a las instalaciones de la Comisión Mexicana de Ayuda al Refugiado (Comar) en la Ciudad de México, luego que un grupo de cerca de cincuenta migrantes haitianos realizaron una protesta por la falta de respuesta ante sus trámites de solicitud de refugio y permisos migratorios.

Tras la llegada de los elementos, por la mañana, se registraron jaloneos entre los uniformados y los manifestantes.

https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2022/01/13/politica/conato-de-bronca-entre-migrantes-y-policias-en-inmediaciones-de-la-comar/