Síntesis informativa - 25 de septiembre 2018
The Guardian
'A smell of death:' Mexico's truck of corpses highlights drug war crisis
The truck itself was unremarkable – a white tractor unit pulling a refrigerated tailer emblazoned with a polar bear logo – but it came with a police escort.
Inside were scores of human bodies, wrapped in garbage bags, bound with duct tape and piled haphazardly on top of each other.
The macabre discovery came on the country’s national holiday, and seemed to offer a damning comment on the state of the nation: in the 12 years since Mexico launched its militarized war on drugs, more than 200,000 people have died and another 35,000 gone missing.
Shockingly, Guadalajara is not the first city whose morgue has been overwhelmed by the sheer number of dead – although it is by far the largest.
“There are 20 other states with the same problem,” said Octavio Cotero, who was fired as director of the Jalisco Forensic Science Institute (IJCF) after the trailer’s discovery.
But the incident offered a perfect symbol for a crisis which affords no dignity to its victims – and which provokes indifference from the population, and mere expedience from the authorities.
Border walls are life-threatening and 'waste of tax dollars', report says
It finds that the 654 miles of walls along the United States’ southern border do not fulfill their ostensible purpose of “securing the border” – in other words, making the country safer or reducing smuggling. Rather, border walls exacerbate flooding by acting like dams; destroy indigenous cultural sites and sensitive ecosystems; and have contributed to thousands of deaths by pushing migrants into more remote, dangerous areas.
enlace al informe: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/aclu-report-updates_0.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/25/border-wall-security-dangers-flooding
Aquarius cannot disembark in Marseille, says French minister
France is not ready for now to let the Mediterranean rescue ship Aquarius dock and disembark dozens of migrants at the port of Marseille, the country’s finance minister has said.
“For the moment it’s no,” Bruno Le Maire said when asked on BFM TV if Paris was ready to respond positively to a request from charities for permission to dock with 58 people onboard in the southern French port.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/25/aquarius-cannot-disembark-in-marseille-says-french-minister
Rising oil prices fuel fears of damage to global economy
Some market watchers have predicted prices between $90 and $100 by the year’s end after Opec last weekend rebuffed Donald Trump’s demands for the oil cartel to rein in prices by expanding production.
Trump tweeted last week that the “Opec monopoly must get prices down now”, but when the cartel met in Algiers on Sunday it focused on how a previously agreed increase would be divvied up, rather than a new boost.
Observers expect prices to keep rising, mainly due to concerns over the impact of US sanctions on Iranian oil exports from November.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/25/rising-oil-prices-fuel-fears-damage-global-economy
Bolsonaro could drag Brazil back into dictatorship, cultural legends warn
With less than a fortnight until the 7 October vote, Bolsonaro, a pro-torture former army captain who recently called for his political opponents to be shot, leads polls with about 28% of the vote.
But in an online manifesto that reflects mounting anxiety over a possible Bolsonaro presidency, 150 prominent artists and thinkers denounced him as “a clear threat to our fundamental civilisational heritage”. Signatories include Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque and Gilberto Gil, a trio of politically engaged composers who all spent time in European exile during Brazil’s 1964-1985 dictatorship.
One anti-Bolsonaro samba circulating on social media features the lyric: “[Under Bolsonaro] we’ll have bullets, revolvers and grenades on our plates instead of rice and beans. Not him! Not him! Not him. For the love of God, not him! … If this chap gets elected and sees this video, I’m off to Japan. Not him! Not him! Not him. For the love of God, not him!”
MeToo's hidden activists? Working class women
Last Tuesday, McDonald’s workers in 10 US cities walked off the job to protest pervasive sexual harassment. A week earlier, female janitors in California marched 100 miles from San Francisco to the state capitol in Sacramento to support anti-harassment legislation. The janitors’ union, SEIU, in partnership with the East LA Women’s Center, has been quietly training women in self-defense and promoting peer-to-peer anti-harassment workshops and an assault crisis hotline. And Monday’s mass walkout of protestors around the nation in support of Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor who has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to sexually assault her when they were high-school students, was another stunning step.
These efforts represent an element of the MeToo movement seen and heard too little – the protest and outcry of ordinary women, rather than that of celebrity MeToo advocates, which is often evinced at awards ceremonies or on Twitter.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/sep/25/metoo-activism-working-class-women-sexual-harassment
The New York Times
Iran's Terms to Reopen Nuclear Talks? Trump Has to Back Down
President Hassan Rouhani of Iran, visiting the United States for the first time since President Trump exited the 2015 Iran nuclear accord, said Monday that the only way his country would consider new talks with Washington is for Mr. Trump to reverse himself and honor the agreement.
Speaking to a group of two dozen academics, former government officials and journalists, Mr. Rouhani argued that going back "six months ago is much easier than going back six years," when the first efforts to negotiate an agreement were broached.
While he declared that Mr. Trump's strategy of trying to crush the Iranian economy with sanctions would fail, he expressed no anger and portrayed his government as the one that was abiding by international agreements that the United States had tossed aside.
But when pressed on how long Iran planned to play a military role in Syria, Mr. Rouhani was unrelenting. "We will be in Syria until terrorism is completely eradicated," he said, and as long as Iran remained invited there by the Syrian government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-talks-trump-rouhani.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld
Russia Promises Advanced Missiles to Syria After Rift With Israel
President Vladimir V. Putin said Monday that Russia would supply the Syrian military with a sophisticated air defense system, a move that reflects Russia's increasing tensions with Israel and that could heighten the risks of the air war over Syria.
Israel, which has long opposed the weapons transfer, has carried out more than 200 strikes on Iranian-affiliated targets in Syria in the past two years as Russia, Syria's main patron, has mostly looked the other way.
But relations between Russia and Israel have frayed since a Russian military plane was shot down over Syria a week ago, killing 15 Russian service members. The plane was accidentally shot down by Syria in response to an Israeli airstrike.
After Russia initially blamed Israel, Mr. Putin appeared last week to accept the loss as an accident.
But on Monday, Russia's defense minister said the decision to send the sophisticated S-300 missiles to Syria was made in response to Israel's disregard for the safety of Russian military personnel. Israeli pilots, he said, had intentionally maneuvered near the Russian plane to shield themselves from attack by Syria, putting the Russian crew at risk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/world/middleeast/russia-syria-missiles-israel.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld
Thousands Are Arrested in Ethiopia After Ethnic Violence
he Ethiopian government has arrested thousands of people around the capital, Addis Ababa, over the last week and sent many of them to military camps for "rehabilitation," the authorities said on Monday, as the government sought to respond to mounting criticism from Ethiopians who say it has done little as ethnic violence has flared.
Ethiopia, to a degree unusual in Africa, has long exercised a degree of surveillance and control over its citizens. But earlier this year it embarked on a whirlwind series of reforms, mainly guided by the country's new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, 42, a former army officer.
Ethiopia has sought peace with its longtime adversary, Eritrea; it has freed prisoners; opened access to websites and television channels that it had blocked for political reasons; and it invited banned political organizations and their leaders to return from exile.
This has brought more breathing room for Ethiopians and represents a dramatic change in direction for Africa's second most populous nation — one that until recently had seemed to take China for its model. But amid these changes there have been growing episodes of ethnic violence around the country, and in the middle of this month that violence reached Addis Ababa and the surrounding area.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/world/africa/ethiopia-ethnic-violence-arrests.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld
Jair Bolsonaro, Candidate in Brazil, Faces Women's Calls: #NotHim
Brazilian women may not have galvanized behind any one candidate in the coming presidential election, but a growing number have taken to social media to make clear whom they will not vote for: the far-right front-runner Jair Bolsonaro.
A social media campaign called #EleNão — or #NotHim — is the most recent example of how women in Brazil are mobilizing against a politician who has publicly called women ignorant, too ugly to rape, or undeserving of the same salary as men. In one speech, Bolsonaro, who is the father of four sons and one daughter, called having a female child a "moment of weakness."
"Not him because he's machista, not him because he's homophobic, not him because he's racist, not him because he's a throwback for our democracy," a popular Brazilian singer, Daniela Mercury, said in a videoposted to Instagram over the weekend. She urged Brazilians to attend nationwide protests repudiating Mr. Bolsonaro on Saturday.
Hundreds of thousands of people have signed up on Facebook for planned "Women Against Bolsonaro" marches, and 2.9 million have joined the "Women United Against Bolsonaro" Facebook group, which turned private after it was repeatedly hacked.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/world/americas/brazil-election-jair-bolsonaro.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld
What We're Watching at the U.N. General Assembly
Diplomats at the United Nations have by now learned to expect the unexpected from President Trump, who threatened to annihilate North Korea and "crush loser terrorists" during his debut speech at the General Assembly a year ago.
But at this year's convergence of world leaders in New York, which begins in earnest on Tuesday, Mr. Trump will command an additional stage. Aside from his speech, he will lead a meeting of the 15-member Security Council, the most powerful body of the United Nations.
There are plenty of pressing issues for world leaders to discuss — wars in Yemen and Syria that have killed hundreds of thousands of people; negotiations over North Korea's nuclear program; and the fate of the Iran nuclear accord, which Mr. Trump repudiated but European leaders want to preserve.
Underlying Mr. Trump's appearance is an increased sense that the United States, which helped found the United Nations after World War II, is isolating itself. His administration has moved to cut the United Nations budget and renounced participation in some of the organization's most prominent agreements and agencies.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/world/americas/un-general-assembly.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld
Xinhua
Cancilleres chino e iraní se reúnen para tratar asunto nuclear
NACIONES UNIDAS, 24 sep (Xinhua) -- El consejero de Estado y canciller de China, Wang Yi, y el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores iraní, Mohammad Javad Zarif, discutieron el compromiso bilateral en torno al acuerdo internacional sobre el asunto nuclear iraní durante la reunión celebrada aquí el lunes.
Wang extendió las condolencias a las víctimas del último ataque terrorista en Irán, y lo condenó enérgicamente.
Respeto al tema nuclear iraní, Wang dijo que China apoya a Irán a la hora de defender sus derechos legítimos, se opone al unilateralismo y acciones hegemónicas, y llama a sostener el acuerdo integral sobre la cuestión.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-09/25/c_137491966.htm
Sistema S-300 en Siria "pondrá en peligro" a Medio Oriente, dice oficina de Netanyahu
JERUSALEN, 24 sep (Xinhua) -- La oficina del primer ministro israelí Benjamin Netanyahu dijo hoy que el primer ministro dijo al presidente ruso Vladimir Putin que equipar a Siria con un sistema de misiles sofisticado "pondrá en peligro" al Medio Oriente.
Hoy con anterioridad, el Kremlin dijo que Putin informó por teléfono a Netanyahu que Rusia tiene planeado desplegar en Siria el avanzado sistema de misiles antiaéreo ruso S-300.
Rusia dijo en el pasado que entregaría el sistema de misiles S-300 a Siria, pero suspendió el plan por la presión estadounidense e israelí.
En los últimos 18 meses, Israel ha realizado cerca de 200 ataques aéreos y afirma que los ataques tienen como objetivo evitar los convoyes de armas iraníes e impedir que Irán establezca una presencia militar en Siria.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-09/25/c_137490367.htm
Cancilleres de China y Australia esperan que lazos diplomáticos bilaterales regresen a la normalidad
NACIONES UNIDAS, 24 sep (Xinhua) -- Los ministros de Relaciones Exteriores de China y Australia expresaron hoy martes la esperanza de que los lazos entre las dos naciones puedan reanudar el desarrollo saludable tras el caos causado por el gobierno australiano anterior.
En reunión con Marise Payne, ministra australiana de Asuntos Exteriores, Wang Yi, también consejero de Estado de China, dijo que ambas economías son altamente complementarias y respaldan el multilateralismo, el libre comercio y la solución pacífica de las disputas, mientras que los asuntos en común son más importantes que las diferencias.
Además, Wang dijo que la promesa del gobierno australiano de adherirse a la política de una sola China demuestra que respeta los intereses centrales de su país.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-09/25/c_137491937.htm
Deutsche Welle
Angela Merkel rejects UK Brexit proposal
Angela Merkel has said the UK cannot pick and choose which parts of the single market it wants to keep after Brexit. The chancellor insisted that Germany would stand up against any attempts to hollow out global trade.
https://www.dw.com/en/angela-merkel-rejects-uk-brexit-proposal/a-45627800
Iran threatens Saudi Arabia after Iran parade attack
Tehran has blamed Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the US for acting from the shadows in the terror attack on a military parade in Ahvaz. Will Iran retaliate with military action as threatened — or is it just posturing?
Iran's relations with its Gulf neighbors such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), along with the United States, are tense after a terrorist attack on a military parade in the Iranian city of Ahvaz on Sunday left at least 25 people dead. Both the "Islamic State" (IS) and Arab separatists groups in Iran have claimed responsibility for the attack.
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-threatens-saudi-arabia-after-iran-parade-attack/a-45620799
China protesta por venta de armamento estadounidense a Taiwán
La venta de recambios por valor de 330 millones de dólares para los aviones de combate de Taiwán anunciada ayer daña severamente las relaciones bilaterales entre Estados Unidos y China, alertan desde Pekín.
China exigió el martes (25.09.2018) a Estados Unidos que cancele la anunciada venta de equipamiento militar por valor de 330 millones de dólares a Taiwán, advirtiendo de un "daño severo" a las relaciones bilaterales y la cooperación bilateral si Washington no da marcha atrás. "La venta de armamento a Taiwán viola severamente el derecho internacional y las normas básicas que rigen las relaciones internacionales, así como los tres comunicados chino-estadounidenses firmados entre ambos países", dijo en rueda de prensa el portavoz del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de China Geng Shuang.
https://www.dw.com/es/china-protesta-por-venta-de-armamento-estadounidense-a-taiw%C3%A1n/a-45628955
Noticias de América Latina
73ª Asamblea de la ONU: ocho presidentes latinoamericanos intervienen en la primera jornada (vea transmisión en vivo)
La Asamblea General de la ONU abre hoy el debate de alto nivel de su 73 período de sesiones, bajo la premisa de hacer a las Naciones Unidas relevantes para todas las personas.
Esta primera jornada estará marcada por la intervención de varios presidentes latinoamericanos: el de Brasil, Ecuador, México, Perú, Guatemala, Paraguay, Argentina y República Dominicana, de acuerdo con el programa previsto por la ONU.
Argentina: Paro total en todo el país contra Macri y su política de devastación
En medio del paro general convocado por la CGT, uno de sus secretarios generales, Juan Carlos Schmid, aseguró esta mañana que "la huelga de hoy va a ser una de las demostraciones de mayor contundencia de los últimos tiempos".
"Si no hay un cambio del rumbo económico esto se va a volver a repetir. Si el rumbo es este, el conflicto social va a seguir", advirtió el dirigente gremial durante una entrevista en radio La Red..
Venezuela pedirá a España una extradición por el ataque a Maduro
El Gobierno venezolano trata de convertir el atentado fallido contra Nicolás Maduro en un caso internacional a partir del testimonio de algunos de los detenidos. El líder chavista aseguró la noche de este lunes que pedirá a España la extradición de uno de los supuestos implicados en el ataque, llevado a cabo con drones el pasado 4 de agosto durante una parada militar. Maduro, que en una intervención televisada de más de una hora dio unos detalles de la operación que llevó al arresto de 28 sospechosos, no identificó a esa persona. Se limitó a señalar el motivo de la solicitud. Estaba, dijo, "directamente desde España dirigiendo las operaciones para proteger a los terroristas después del atentado"
https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/09/25/america/1537840030_638731.html
El vicecanciller, Valdrack Jaentschke, denuncia un "intento de golpe de Estado"
El vicecanciller de Nicaragua, Valdrack Jaentschke aseguró durante una entrevista concedida a CNN en Español que los promotores del golpe de Estado en el país, además de promover la muerte, atentaron contra la paz y la reconciliación que el pueblo venía profundizando durante 10 años.
Los muertos son terribles en cualquier lugar, pero también la reconciliación fue una de las víctimas en este proceso. Nicaragua después de décadas, de más de un siglo de estar en confrontación, en los últimos 10 años de este Gobierno Sandinista había comenzado a avanzar en la reconciliación; y ese es el crimen fundamental que se cometió. Las víctimas son consecuencia de esa polarización y esa polarización es producto de un pequeño grupo de políticos que no tiene ningún reparo en promover la violencia, dijo Jaentschke.
Venezuela insiste en vincular a Colombia, Chile y México en atentado
El gobierno de Venezuela insistió este lunes en que diplomáticos de Colombia, Chile y México en Caracas habrían colaborado con venezolanos vinculados por las autoridades a la explosión de dos drones en un acto encabezado por el presidente Nicolás Maduro.
El gobierno de Maduro, a través de su ministro de Comunicación e Información, Jorge Rodríguez, había pedido el domingo a los tres países aclarar su "posible participación en apoyo" a personas que han sido vinculadas al caso de aparatos que estallaron en agosto durante una parada militar en honor a la Guardia Nacional.
Berta Cáceres, la justicia que no llega
Tras dos años y medio de espera, toda la atención de ecologistas y activistas de los Derechos Humanos en Centroamérica estaban puestos en un tribunal de Tegucigalpa (Honduras), donde el pasado lunes debía comenzar el juicio contra los asesinos de la líder ecologista Berta Cáceres. En el banquillo están sentados nueve hombres –responsables de la empresa hidroeléctrica DESA, exmilitares y sicarios a sueldo–, pero minutos después de que empezara, el tribunal fue recusado por la familia de Cáceres y el juicio entró en un receso que deberá resolverse en los próximos días.
https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/09/24/america/1537746116_801594.html
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