Síntesis informativa - 8 de octubre 2018
THE GUARDIAN
We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN
The world’s leading climate scientists have warned there is only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5 °C, beyond which even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people.
US economists win Nobel prize for work on climate and growth
The Swedish Riksbank said William Nordhaus and Paul Romer were being honoured for their research into two of the most “basic and pressing” economic issues of the age.
Nordhaus made his name by warning policymakers during the first stirrings of concern about climate change in the 1970s that their economic models were not properly taking account of the impact of global warming and he is seen as one of the pioneers of environmental economics.
The co-winner – Romer – is seen as the prime mover behind the endogenous growth theory, the notion that countries can improve their underlying performance if they concentrate on supply-side measures such as research and development, innovation and skills.
Trust in Vladimir Putin declines steeply among Russians, poll shows
In a poll by the independent Levada Centre, 39% of Russians listed Putin as a politican they trust. That is a 20% decrease from November 2017, when Putin was named by 59% of Russians, according to the same polling agency.
“People think that the state is trying to solve its problems at the expense of the population,” Lev Gudkov, the head of Levada, told Vedomosti, a Russian business newspaper. “It’s encroaching on something the people consider their own – their pensions savings.”
'The world is against them': new era of cancer lawsuits threaten Monsanto
In an historic verdict in August, a jury ruled that Monsanto had caused a man’s terminal cancer and ordered the agrochemical corporation to pay $289m in damages. The extraordinary decision, exposing the potential hazards of the world’s most widely used herbicide, has paved the way for thousands of other cancer patients and families to seek justice and compensation in court.
Roughly 8,700 plaintiffs have made similar cases in state courts across the country, alleging that exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides led to various types of cancer. The impact could be huge if Monsanto continues to fight and lose in jury trials, and an accumulation of wins could force the company to consider settling with plaintiffs.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/07/monsanto-trial-cancer-appeal-glyphosate-chemical
‘I spent seven years fighting to survive’: Chelsea Manning on whistleblowing and WikiLeaks
Her job as an intelligence analyst for the US army, using data to profile enemy combatants – to be targeted and maybe killed – gave her an acute understanding of its potential uses and abuses. She understood the power of Facebook to profile and target long before the Cambridge Analytica scandalerupted. “Marketing or death by drone, it’s the same math,” she says. There’s no difference between the private sector and the military. “You could easily turn Facebook into that. You don’t have to change the programming, just the purpose of why you have the system.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Brazil Election: Jair Bolsonaro Heads to Runoff After Missing Outright Win
A far-right candidate who has spoken fondly of Brazil’s onetime military dictatorship came close to an outright victory in the country’s presidential election on Sunday, as Brazilians expressed disgust with politics as usual and endorsed an iron-fisted approach to fighting crime and corruption.
Voters delivered a first-round victory to Jair Bolsonaro, who had stunned the political establishment by rising to the top of a crowded presidential field despite a long history of offensive remarks about women, blacks and gays.
With 99.9 percent of votes tallied, Mr. Bolsonaro had 46 percent of the vote; he needed 50 percent to avoid a runoff. His nearest rival finished far behind, with 29 percent.
With the presidency in sight, Mr. Bolsonaro said Sunday night he intended to unite a nation that is “on the brink of chaos” and said, “Together we will rebuild our Brazil.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/world/americas/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-election.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage
Interpol Chief Was China’s Pride. His Fall Exposes the Country’s Dark Side.
A year ago, the chief of Interpol, Meng Hongwei of China, watched as his country’s president, Xi Jinping, proudly told the organization that China would play a growing role in global law enforcement. China was among the safest countries in the world and “abided by international rules,” Mr. Xi told 1,000 delegates at Interpol’s general assembly in Beijing.
Now, Mr. Meng has fallen afoul of the opaque, highly politicized legal system that critics said should have disqualified him from appointment to Interpol in the first place. On Monday, China’s minister of public security, Zhao Kezhi, told a meeting of senior police officials in Beijing that Mr. Meng was accused of taking bribes and other crimes.
Neither Mr. Zhao nor the Foreign Ministry gave details of Mr. Meng’s supposed transgressions, or said whether they had taken place before or after his election as Interpol’s president in 2016.
In any case, Mr. Meng’s abrupt and mysterious disappearance has left a cloud of uncertainty hanging over Chinese officials and the international bodies that are increasingly giving them leadership roles. It dealt a spectacular, self-inflicted blow to China’s efforts to prove itself ready for more prominent roles in global affairs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/world/asia/china-interpol-meng-hongwei.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Mike Pompeo and His Chinese Counterpart Trade Harsh Words
In unusually blunt language to an American secretary of state, China’s foreign minister accused the United States on Monday of interfering in its internal affairs and of harming his nation’s interests on the question of Taiwan.
In a face-to-face exchange with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the foreign minister, Wang Yi, chided the Trump administration for “ceaselessly elevating” trade tensions and “casting a shadow” over relations between the two countries.
Mr. Pompeo, who sat across the table from Mr. Wang at the start of talks in Beijing, said in a tart response that the United States had a “fundamental disagreement” on the issues that China raised.
The sharp tit-for-tat stripped away the customary veneer of diplomatic niceties during public remarks. It came days after Washington laid down a tough new China policy announced by Vice President Mike Pence, who declared in a speech that the United States would “not stand down.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/world/asia/pompeo-china-tariffs-taiwan.html?action=click&module=In%20Other%20News&pgtype=Homepage&action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage
Tech Workers Now Want to Know: What Are We Building This For?
Jack Poulson, a Google research scientist, recently became alarmed by reports that the company was developing a search engine for China that would censor content on behalf of the government.
While Dr. Poulson works on search technologies, he had no knowledge of the product, which was code-named Dragonfly. So in a meeting last month with Jeff Dean, the company’s head of artificial intelligence, Dr. Poulson asked if Google planned to move ahead with the product and if his work would contribute to censorship and surveillance in China.
According to Dr. Poulson, Mr. Dean said that Google complied with surveillance requests from the federal government and asked rhetorically if the company should leave the United States market in protest. Mr. Dean also shared a draft of a company email that read, “We won’t and shouldn’t provide 100 percent transparency to every Googler, to respect our commitments to customer confidentiality and giving our product teams the freedom to innovate.”
The next day, Dr. Poulson quit the company. Mr. Dean did not respond to a request for comment, and Google declined to comment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/technology/tech-workers-ask-censorship-surveillance.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld
17 Years to the Day the U.S. Invaded, 54 Are Killed Across Afghanistan
At least 54 people have been killed across Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, according to a tally based on interviews with officials on Sunday — 17 years to the day American forces invadedthe country to topple the Taliban regime.
The violence was a reminder that the war has only raged deadlier with time, taking a toll on both the Afghan security forces and the civilians caught in the crossfire. On average, the conflict has taken the lives of 30 to 40 Afghan forces and at least 13 civilians a day. There are no tangible signs of momentum for peace talks with the Taliban.
Among the killed were at least 35 members of Afghan security forces and 19 civilians. While most of the fatalities of the security forces came from Taliban attacks, residents and local officials said a majority of the civilian casualties in the past 24 hours had resulted from two episodes of firing by government forces in central Afghanistan and an airstrike in the country’s east that they said was carried out by the United States. American forces denied they had carried out a strike in the area.
A large number of Taliban fighters were also killed in attacks that Afghan officials said they had carried out in 14 of the country’s 34 provinces. But the toll was difficult to verify; analysts estimate Taliban casualties usually number about the same as Afghan forces, if not more because of the airpower used against them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/world/asia/afghanistan-casualties-anniversary.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fworld
DEUTSCHE WELLE
Rusia y Turquía acuerdan zonas desmilitarizadas en Idlib
Rusia y Turquía acordaron los límites de la zona desmilitarizada en la provincia de Idlib, en el noroeste de Siria, anunció hoy el viceministro de Asuntos Exteriores ruso Serguéi Vershinin.
El 17 de septiembre pasado los presidentes de Rusia, Vladímir Putin, y de Turquía, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, acordaron crear una zona desmilitarizada de entre 15 y 20 kilómetros a lo largo de la línea de separación entre las tropas gubernamentales sirias y los destacamentos de la oposición armada.
El acuerdo, refrendado en un memorándum firmado por los ministros de Defensa de ambos países, señala que la zona desmilitarizada debe crearse para el día 15 de este mes.
https://www.dw.com/es/rusia-y-turqu%C3%ADa-acuerdan-zonas-desmilitarizadas-en-idlib/a-45795581
China acusa al expresidente de Interpol de haber recibido sobornos
China acusó hoy al expresidente de Interpol, el chino Meng Hongwei, de haber recibido sobornos, pocas horas después de confirmar su detención por una presunta "violación de la legislación estatal".
Además, el FBI anunció ayer (7.10.2018) su dimisión "con efecto inmediato". El Ministerio chino de Seguridad Pública informó este lunes (8.10.2018) en un comunicado, citado por los medios locales, de la acusación contra Meng, cuya familia denunció su desaparición después de que viajara al país asiático el pasado 25 de septiembre.
https://www.dw.com/es/china-acusa-al-expresidente-de-interpol-de-haber-recibido-sobornos/a-45794124
XINHUA
RPDC y EEUU acuerdan una segunda cumbre que se hará pronto
PYONGYANG, 8 oct (Xinhua) -- La República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC) y Estados Unidos acordaron este domingo hacer una segunda cumbre entre ambos en el futuro próximo.
El máximo líder de la RPDC, Kim Jong Un, y el secretario de Estado de EEUU, Mike Pompeo, anunciaron en Pyongyang su compromiso para adelantar el encuentro, informó la agencia oficial de noticias de la República Popular Democrática de Corea KCNA
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-10/08/c_137518118.htm
Irán está listo para establecer banco conjunto con Irak para facilitar comercio
TEHERAN, 8 oct (Xinhua) -- Bancos privados de Irán han expresado su disposición a establecer un banco conjunto con sus pares iraquíes, informó hoy el sitio periodístico en línea Eghtesad.
El banco funcionará bajo las normas de los bancos centrales de los dos países para facilitar la transferencia de dinero, indicó Al-e Es'haq.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-10/08/c_137518734.htm
Pompeo informa a República de Corea sobre viaje a RPDC
WASHINGTON, 7 oct (Xinhua) -- El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos indicó hoy que el secretario de Estado Mike Pompeo informó a República de Corea sobre su recién concluido viaje a República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC).
De acuerdo con la vocera del Departamento de Estado Heather Nauert, Pompeo visita Seúl el 7 y 8 de octubre y se ha reunido con el presidente y el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores surcoreanos para "darles un informe sobre su viaje del 7 de octubre a Pyongyang".
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-10/08/c_137517100.htm
Pyongyang y Seúl piden el fin de la guerra en la península
PYONGYANG, 6 oct (Xinhua) -- La República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC) y la República de Corea pidieron un final total de los peligros de una guerra, informó hoy aquí la agencia oficial de noticias de la RPDC, KCNA.
El llamamiento se emitió este viernes en un evento celebrado en Pyongyang para celebrar el 11° aniversario de la cumbre intercoreana de 2007 y se publicó el sábado en la KCNA.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-10/06/c_137514501.htm
AL JAZEERA
Why do countries want to buy the Russian S-400?
The system is an upgrade to the S-300, which Syria recently purchased, with potential clients such as India and Turkey.
by: Yarno Ritzen
The Vostok-2018 war games in eastern Siberia last month marked Russia's biggest military exercise in more than 30 years, with about 300,000 Russian, Chinese and Mongolian troops taking part.
More than just an exercise, the war games were a public relations opportunity to showcase military hardware, Russia's second-biggest source of income after oil.
"In the technological sense, the S-400 would certainly be a step forward [for Turkey], but it's not necessarily in the best interest of NATO to have that weapons system integrated within its broader architecture," Brand said.
….there is the risk that Russia has ill intentions, Brand said.
Cameroon vote count begins, President Paul Biya likely to return
Results of the presidential election, marked by violence in Anglophone areas, expected within two weeks.
Voting ended at 17:00GMT amid fighting and threats from separatists that prevented residents in English-speaking regions from casting their ballots. Results are expected in two weeks.
Gunfighting between the military and separatists began on Saturday in at least six towns and villages including Nkambe, Mamfe and Kumbo.
Cameroon is also battling Boko Haram fighters in its far north, where more than more than 230,000 people have been displaced.
Pompeo: North Korea ready to invite inspectors to nuclear site
US Secretary of State said 'significant progress' towards denuclearisation made in a meeting with Kim Jong Un.
North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear testing site, located inside a mountain near the border with China, has been the site of all six of the country's nuclear tests.
Following the visit to North Korea - his fourth - Pompeo said Kim had also agreed to arrange a second summit with Trump to take place "at the earliest date possible".
AMÉRICA LATINA
EU asistió a conferencia de ministros de defensa en México
El secretario de Defensa de Estados Unidos, James N. Mattis, viajará el domingo próximo a Cancún, México, para participar en la XIII Conferencia de Ministros de Defensa de las Américas (CMDA), informó hoy el Pentágono.
"El secretario Mattis se reunirá con líderes clave para reafirmar las relaciones de defensa y celebrar reuniones bilaterales con altos funcionarios", precisó en un comunicado.
EE.UU. y Japón coordinan estrategias
El secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Mike Pompeo, se reunió ayer en Tokio con el primer ministro nipón, Shinzo Abe, para unificar posturas frente a Corea del Norte antes de viajar a Pionyang con la misión de avanzar en el diálogo para la desnuclearización. La capital nipona es la primera parada de la gira asiática emprendida por el jefe de la diplomacia estadounidense, cuyo objetivo principal es preparar una nueva cumbre entre el presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, y el líder norcoreano, Kim Jong-un.
"Queremos coordinar nuestras políticas ante los asuntos de los secuestros, y los test nucleares y de misiles del Norte", dijo Abe al comienzo de su encuentro con Pompeo.
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/147054-ee-uu-y-japon-coordinan-estrategias
El jefe del ejército mexicano cree que la legalización de la amapola ayudaría a poner fin a la violencia
El general Salvador Cienfuegos, titular de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional de México (Sedena), dijo este viernes que legalizar la amapola con fines científicos y medicinales, podría ser una salida para combatir el problema de la violencia en el país. Cienfuegos señaló que el tema deberá debatirse, pero a su criterio, esta alternativa se debe tomar de forma seria.
https://elpais.com/internacional/2018/10/06/mexico/1538788412_571766.html
Díaz Canel refuerza el control económico pero también abre Cuba al capital extranjero
Díaz Canel refuerzan el control económico, por medio de restricciones caprichosas al crecimiento del trabajo por cuenta propia y al sector no estatal, abren la oferta de Cuba al capital extranjero de una manera que jamás se había visto en la historia postrevolucionaria.
A todos los niveles, desde la existencia de dos monedas, la estrategia del Estado cubano se acomoda a esa dualidad, que puede asegurarle el éxito en el actual traspaso de poderes y reconstitución del sistema, o puede generarle escenarios de conflicto interno, difícilmente manejables sin ciertos mínimos democráticos. Me referiré solo a tres escenarios de conflicto: uno en la política económica, otro en las relaciones internacionales y uno más en la siempre tensa relación entre cultura e ideología en Cuba.
https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/10/05/opinion/1538752258_340275.html?rel=str_articulo#1539001099512
Bolsonaro gana elección pero deberá ir a segunda vuelta en Brasil
El ultraderechista Jair Bolsonaro ganó este domingo por amplio margen la primera vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales de Brasil, pero deberá medirse con el izquierdista Fernando Haddad el 28 de octubre.
Con casi el 86 por ciento de las urnas escrutadas, Bolsonaro, un excapitán del Ejército, de 63 años, tenía 47,60 % de los votos, frente al 27,24 % de Haddad, designado candidato del Partido de los Trabajadores (PT) por el encarcelado expresidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
TWEETS DEL DÍA
Se realiza la 13 Conferencia de ministros de defensa de América Latina en Cancún.
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Guardia Nacional Bolivariana incauta 47,5 Kg de cocaína en la Bahía de Jose
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Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas de Venezuela desmantela banda de "Los rapiditos"
https://twitter.com/MIJPVenezuela/status/1049334719719063552
Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta OMEGA en coordinación con la Policía de Colombia ubican deposito ilegal de armas durante el Plan Diamante
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Batallón de Infantería de Selva n.° 50 del Ejercito realizan brigadas de salud bajo el programa Plan de Intervenciones Colectivas de Salud Pública
https://twitter.com/Ejercito_Div6/status/1049265581525020672
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