Síntesis informativa - 3 de Octubre 2018
The Guardian
Vladimir Putin calls Sergei Skripal a scumbag and a traitor
Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were found slumped on a park bench in the English city on 4 March. Britain says they were poisoned with a nerve agent administered by Russian intelligence officers.
Speaking at an energy forum in Moscow, the Russian president accused the West of portraying Skripal, poisoned with novichok in Salisbury in March, as an innocent victim. “I see that some of your colleagues are pushing the theory that Mr Skripal was almost some kind of human rights activist,” Putin said following a question from a moderator.
“He was simply a spy. A traitor to the motherland. There is such a concept – a traitor to the motherland. He was one of those.”
First commercial flight partly fuelled by recycled waste lands in UK
The flight’s fuel blend was 5% recycled, but the sustainable element could eventually form up to 50%.
It was produced in the US by LanzaTech, which claims it could eventually supply about 20% of the aviation industry’s fuel, and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 65% compared with conventional petroleum. Virgin is bidding for government support to have plants built in the UK that could fuel all its operations.
The New York Times
Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father
The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s.
President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents, an investigation by The New York Times has found.
Mr. Trump won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted that his father, the legendary New York City builder Fred C. Trump, provided almost no financial help.
But The Times’s investigation, based on a vast trove of confidential tax returns and financial records, reveals that Mr. Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father’s real estate empire, starting when he was a toddler and continuing to this day.
Much of this money came to Mr. Trump because he helped his parents dodge taxes. He and his siblings set up a sham corporation to disguise millions of dollars in gifts from their parents, records and interviews show. Records indicate that Mr. Trump helped his father take improper tax deductions worth millions more. He also helped formulate a strategy to undervalue his parents’ real estate holdings by hundreds of millions of dollars on tax returns, sharply reducing the tax bill when those properties were transferred to him and his siblings.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Homeland Security’s Computers Couldn’t Track Separated Families, Report Finds
The Department of Homeland Security was so unprepared for the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy that its computer systems were unable to track family members separated at the Mexican border and the agency held migrant children in detention centers far longer than the law allowed, a report released on Tuesday found.
Agency officials also gave inconsistent information to migrant parents arriving at the border, so some did not understand that they would be separated from their children, according to the report by the department’s Office of Inspector General.
The agency’s problems in identifying, tracking and reuniting familiesstemmed from limits in its computer systems, the report said. For example, only one part of Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol, had systems that could send information about migrant children directly to Department of Health and Human Services computers.
But the Office of Field Operations, another part of Customs and Border Protection, could not. Customs officers, who staff ports of entry, had to send their information to Health and Human Services in emails with Microsoft Word documents as attachments. (Under federal law, unaccompanied children may be held for no more than 72 hours before being transferred to the health agency’s Office of Refugee Resettlement.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/us/politics/immigration-family-separation-dhs.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
‘Better to Drown’: A Greek Refugee Camp’s Epidemic of Misery
He survived torture in Congo, and a perilous boat journey from Turkey. But Michael Tamba, a former Congolese political prisoner, came closest to death only after he had supposedly found sanctuary at Europe’s biggest refugee camp.
Stuck for months at the camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Mr. Tamba, 31, tried to end his life by drinking a bottle of bleach. The trigger: Camp Moria itself.
“Eleven months in Moria, Moria, Moria,” said Mr. Tamba, who survived after being rushed to hospital. “It’s very traumatic.”
Mr. Tamba’s experience has become a common one at Moria, a camp of around 9,000 people living in a space designed for just 3,100, where squalid conditions and an inscrutable asylum process have led to what aid groups describe as a mental health crisis.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/world/europe/greece-lesbos-moria-refugees.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
International Court Orders U.S. to Ease Some Iran Sanctions
In a rebuke to the Trump administration, the International Court of Justice ordered the United States on Wednesday to ease some sanctions against Iran, including those related to the supply of humanitarian goods and the safety of civil aviation.
The interim ruling was made in response to a plea from Tehran after President Trump’s announcement in May that he would withdraw the United States from the 2015 international agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
There was no immediate formal response from Washington, but the United States is likely to challenge the ruling. The court in The Hague, sometimes called the World Court, is the United Nations’ highest judicial body. It has no formal power to enforce its decisions, and the United States has long ignored its rulings.
The decision on Wednesday was not the last word on Iran’s effort to overturn the sanctions since it was an interim injunction. A final ruling could take years. But Iran took the interim order as vindication.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/world/middleeast/us-iran-sanctions-international-court.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage
‘Take Out’ Russian Missiles? U.S. Envoy’s Remark Spurs Anger, and Pullback
The United States ambassador to NATO nearly set off a diplomatic incident on Tuesday when she suggested that the United States might “take out” Russian missiles that it views in violation of a longstanding arms control treaty.
Before the end of the day she was forced to issue a statement saying she did not mean to suggest that Washington was considering a pre-emptive strike against Russian missile sites.
The ambassador, Kay Bailey Hutchison, the former longtime Republican senator from Texas, made the comments during a news conference in Brussels. Her threat was ambiguous: It was not clear if she meant that the United States would consider blowing up the missiles on the launchpad or intercepting them, with antimissile defense, after a launch.
But the response from Moscow was so sharp that Ms. Hutchison turned to Twitter, often the Trump administration’s favored way of making foreign policy pronouncements, to declare, “I was not talking about pre-emptively striking Russia.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/world/europe/russia-missiles-nato-hutchison.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld
France Ties Iran to Bomb Plot, and Freezes Spy Agency Assets
France publicly linked Iran’s intelligence services to a foiled bomb plot that targeted a June meeting near Paris of an Iranian opposition group, and announced that it would freeze the assets of the Iranian spy ministry.
A plot of “such extreme seriousness on French territory could not be let go without a response,” France’s ministers of foreign affairs, interior and finance said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
“France has taken preventive, proportionate and targeted measures,” the ministers said. “In taking this decision France reiterates its determination to fight terrorism, especially on its own territory.”
The decision was particularly notable because it suggested that France, unlike the United States, believes that it is possible to punish Iran for hostile actions at the same time that it tries to preserve the Iran nuclear deal, which allowed the lifting of sanctions jointly applied by the European Union and the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/world/europe/france-iran-spy-bombing.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld
AL JAZEERA
France accuses Iran of plotting foiled Paris bomb attack
Paris accuses Iran's intelligence ministry of being behind a foiled plot to bomb an exiled opposition group's rally.
A joint statement by France's interior, economy and foreign ministers said the freezing of assets belonging to Tehran's intelligence services and two Iranian nationals on Tuesday was linked to the alleged attempt to bomb the People's Mujahideen of Iran (MEK) rally.
The hardening of relations between Paris and Tehran could have far-reaching consequences for Iran as President Hassan Rouhani's government looks to European capitals to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal after the US pulled out and reimposed tough sanctions on the country.
The MEK was formed in the 1960s to overthrow the Shah of Iran and it continues to organise opposition to the current leaders of the Islamic Republic who took power following the 1979 revolution.
Russia delivers S-300 missile system to Syria
Russia's defence minister confirms delivery of the long-range surface-to-air missile to Syrian army.
Russia has completed the delivery of an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to the Syrian military as part of new security measures following the downing of a Russian plane last month.
Shoigu said it would take three months to train the Syrian military to operate the new air defence systems, while the integration of Russian and Syrian air defence assets into a single automated system will be completed by October 20.
AL MAYADEEN Nuevo presidente de Iraq expresa compromiso de preservar unidad del país
Barzani [presidente del Partido Demócrata del Kurdistán] señaló que debió hacerse la selección de un candidato kurdo del bloque más grande o que este resolviera el asunto, y consideró que el mecanismo que se sigue actualmente es inaceptable.
Deutsche Welle
Tribunal de la ONU ordena a EE.UU. levantar parte de las sanciones contra Irán
La corte consideró que las sanciones relacionadas con la compra de productos de cáracter humanitario, como material médico, medicinas y alimentos, no deberían ser aplicadas. La decisión "tiene un efecto vinculante".
La Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) dio hoy (03.10.2018) la razón a Irán de forma parcial y ordenó a Estados Unidos levantar parte de las sanciones contra Teherán, restablecidas por Washington cuando se retiró del acuerdo nuclear multilateral firmado en 2015.
Marruecos rechaza abrir centros de asilo de migrantes en su territorio
El Gobierno justifica su posición en las políticas migratorias del país y en razones de soberanía y aseguró que era “demasiado fácil” decir que se trataba de "un asunto marroquí".
Marruecos rechazó de forma categórica la propuesta de la Unión Europea (UE) de abrir en su territorio centros de asilo destinados a albergar a los migrantes que han sido rescatados en alta mar en su intento por llegar a Europa.
US, Pakistani foreign ministers fail to break Afghanistan impasse
The US continues to demand more commitment from Islamabad on the Afghan peace process. The new Pakistani government shows willingness but has yet to act conclusively. Anwar Iqbal reports from Washington.
On Tuesday, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security advisor John Bolton in an attempt to revive relations between the two countries amid tensions involving Afghanistan, the resurgence of the Taliban and the US cutting off Pakistan's military aid.
https://www.dw.com/en/us-pakistani-foreign-ministers-fail-to-break-afghanistan-impasse/a-45738952
Xinhua
Pompeo viajará a RPDC y conversará con máximo líder Kim Jong Un
WASHINGTON, 2 oct (Xinhua) -- El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos indicó hoy que el secretario de Estado, Mike Pompeo, viajará a República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC) para continuar con las conversaciones sobre la desnuclearización del país.
En una conferencia de prensa, la vocera del Departamento de Estado, Heather Nauert, dijo que Pompeo conversará el domingo con el máximo líder de RPDC, Kim Jong Un.
Pompeo también viajará a Japón, República de Corea y China del 6 al 8 de octubre para informarles sobre su visita, añadió.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-10/03/c_137508024.htm
Nuevo presidente de Irak toma posesión
BAGDAD, 3 oct (Xinhua) -- El nuevo presidente de Irak, Barham Salih, asumió hoy el poder en sustitución de su predecesor Fuad Masoum, durante una ceremonia realizada en la Zona Verde de Bagdad.
Un comunicado de la oficina presidencial dice que Masoum recibió a Salih en su oficina en el Palacio al-Salam en la fuertemente resguardada Zona Verde en el centro de Bagdad.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-10/03/c_137509917.htm
Notas sobre América Latina
Bolivia: La geopolítica del fallo de La Haya
Toda la institucionalidad jurídica global es parida por el dólar y está diseñada para darle forma legal a todo el despojo que pretende siempre el capital transnacional. Entrar a ese juego significa constituirse en deudor de ese culto. Por eso los poderosos se valen de ese derecho internacional para imponer tratados a los Estados débiles. En ese sentido, puede que hasta sea mejor que la CIJ haya fallado a favor de Chile.
Exponer la geopolítica implícita en el fallo de la CIJ quiere decir, dejar al descubierto las razones ocultas que priman en el giro que da la supuesta consabida decisión de la Corte, después de asumirse como tribunal mundial en una controversia histórica bilateral.
http://www.resumenlatinoamericano.org/2018/10/03/bolivia-la-geopolitica-del-fallo-de-la-haya/
Argentina: por primera vez en la historia, la CIDH recibirá a familiares de represores de la dictadura
Por primera vez en la historia, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) recibirá hoy a abogados y familiares de represores detenidos por su participación en el genocidio de la última dictadura, quienes denunciaron al Estado argentino por los juicios de lesa humanidad. Se trata de una reunión que la CIDH otorgó a las agrupaciones defensoras de genocidas, de carácter privado y sin garantías de continuidad en el tratamiento de los hechos, tras la intervención que el gobierno nacional ejerció a través de la embajadora argentina ante la Organización de los Estados Americanos, Paula Bertol.
Apremian a Maduro a restaurar el sistema de salud en Venezuela
Expertos en derechos humanos de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) y la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) aseguraron que el sistema de salud en Venezuela "está en crisis" y apremiaron al gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro a actuar para restaurarlo, incluso con apoyo internacional, al tiempo que la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) llamó a naciones de la región a brindar empleo a los migrantes venezolanos.
"Se ha alcanzado un momento de crisis en el sistema sanitario de Venezuela", señalaron en un comunicado conjunto relatores de la ONU y de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), ente autónomo de la OEA.
https://www.jornada.com.mx/2018/10/03/mundo/031n1mun
Sondeos favorecen posición de Bolsonaro en Brasil
La campaña para las elecciones del domingo en Brasil se complica para el candidato del Partido de los Trabajadores (PT), Fernando Haddad, cuyo índice de rechazo aumenta al tiempo que sube el apoyo al ultraderechista Jair Bolsonaro.
Según Datafolha, el ultraderechista derrotaría a su rival del PT en segunda vuelta. En la simulación del balotaje, la encuesta arrojó que Bolsonaro obtendría un 44 por ciento de respaldo, superando el 42 por ciento de Haddad, pero dentro del margen de error de la consulta.
La Fiscalía mexicana, obligada a publicar el expediente del 'caso Odebrecht'
La investigación realizada en México sobre la constructora brasileña Odebrechtserá pública. El Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales (INAI) ha ordenado a la Fiscalía mexicana entregar toda la información recabada sobre las irregularidades detectadas entre Petróleos de México (Pemex) y una filial de Odebrecht que suman unos 2.500 millones de pesos (135 millones de dólares). Hasta el momento, ningún funcionario mexicano ha pisado la cárcel a diferencia de lo que ha ocurrido en otros países latinoamericanos implicados en la trama de corrupción.
https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/10/03/mexico/1538528523_679576.html
"A Lula le aplican una censura de tipo fascista"
Luego de visitar a Lula da Silva en Curitiba el intelectual norteamericano Noam Chomsky lo definió como el preso político más importante del mundo al que, además, se lo somete a una censura de carácter "fascista" que ni siquiera es aplicada a los jefes del narcotráfico arrestados en cárceles de máxima seguridad. A cinco días de las elecciones que serían vencidas por Lula si fuera candidato, el Supremo Tribunal Federal mantiene en pie la prohibición del ingreso de la prensa al calabozo donde está alojado desde el 7 de abril.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/146019-a-lula-le-aplican-una-censura-de-tipo-fascista
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