Síntesis informativa - 20 de noviembre 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Five Killed as Political Violence Keeps Grip on Bolivia
EL ALTO, Bolivia — At least five people were killed in clashes outside a major fuel depot in Bolivia that had been blockaded for days by supporters of the ousted president, Evo Morales, as the political violence that has rocked the country for weeks inched closer to its seat of power.
A New York Times reporter saw the bodies of five young men with gunshot wounds in a church in El Alto, a working-class city outside La Paz, the country’s de facto capital. Witnesses said the men died when a military unit guarding the Senkata gasoline plant opened fire on protesters who had surrounded it for over a week.
Bolivia’s armed forces said in a statement on Tuesday that violence had flared outside Senkata after the military temporarily broke the protesters’ siege in an effort to lead a convoy of gasoline trucks from the plant to La Paz. Protesters responded by storming the plant and breaching its walls with dynamite, before being repelled by soldiers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/world/americas/bolivia-deaths-sentaka.html
Impeachment Hearing Live Updates: Gordon Sondland Ties Trump to Ukraine Pressure Campaign
Gordon D. Sondland, the Republican megadonor turned ambassador to the European Union, told the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that he and other advisers to President Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Democrats “because the president directed us to do so.”
n much-anticipated testimony opening the fourth day of public impeachment hearings, Mr. Sondland said that he, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Kurt D. Volker, the special envoy for Ukraine, were reluctant to work with Rudolph W. Giuliani, the president’s personal attorney, on the pressure campaign and agreed only at Mr. Trump’s insistence.
While Republican lawmakers have derided other officials who have testified in the impeachment hearings because they had only secondhand information and had not spoken with the president, Mr. Sondland had direct contact with Mr. Trump and cannot be easily dismissed as a hearsay witness. But in his written opening statement, Mr. Sondland gave away few details of any conversations with Mr. Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/politics/impeachment-hearings.html
Tonight’s Democratic Debate: When It Is and What to Watch For
Ten Democratic presidential candidates will take the debate stage in Atlanta on Wednesday night, but the spotlight is likely to follow two contenders who have risen to the top of polls over the last several months: Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind.
The debate is 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time. It is being held in Atlanta and co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post. There will be no opening statements. Candidates will have 75 seconds to answer questions from the moderators: Rachel Maddow of MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell and Kristen Welker of NBC and Ashley Parker of The Washington Post. Each candidate will have 45 seconds for rebuttals or follow-ups, as well as a 75-second closing statement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/us/politics/when-next-democratic-debate.html
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XINHUA
Iran repels "enemies in military, political, security warfare": top leader
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said here that "Iran has successfully pushed back enemies in the military, political, and security warfare being waged against the Islamic republic," the semi-official FARS news agency reported on Wednesday.
"Both friends and enemies should know that we pushed the enemy back in the arenas of military, political, and security warfare," said Khamenei on Tuesday. Protests had broken out in some cities in Iran since Friday against the government's measures of rationing subsidized gasoline and increasing its price.
The top leader noted that "the recent actions were security issues, not from the people," adding that the enemies were expelled in various areas, and will also be definitely defeated "in the economic war."
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/20/c_138570203.htm
Brazil's Bolsonaro officially leaves party
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro officially left the Social Liberal Party (PSL) on Tuesday, as he prepares to launch his own political party.
Bolsonaro joined PSL last year to take part in the presidential race. However, he and Luciano Bivar, PSL president, have been at odds for months now, and their disagreements culminated on Bolsonaro's decision to leave the party.
The Brazilian president has already declared he will found a new party, which is to be named Alliance for Brazil. The official announcement is expected to be made on Thursday and the new party will have before March to fulfill the requirements for its national registration.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/20/c_138569803.htm
Israeli medical center says becomes world's first VR-based hospital
JERUSALEM, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Israel's Sheba Medical Center (SMC) announced on Wednesday that it has become the first fully VR-based (virtual reality-based) hospital in the world. According to the hospital's statement, this is realized by utilizing XRHealth VR technology platform throughout all departments in the hospital.
XRHealth, a leading Israeli-U.S. company in extended reality and therapeutic applications, has developed the VR platform for cognitive therapy, physical therapy, pain relief, behavioral therapy and many others. The platform is particularly useful for medical professionals since it can analyze patient data in real time to track their recovery both on site and remotely.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/20/c_138570373.htm
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AL JAZEERA
Zimbabwe police use force to disperse opposition crowd
MDC supporters had gathered at party headquarters in Harare to listen to a speech by party leader Nelson Chamisa.
Hundreds of police officers on Wednesday blocked roads leading to the headquarters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Harare but supporters continued to gather, singing and chanting before the arrival of party leader Nelson Chamisa, who was set to address them.
Political tension is rising in Zimbabwe, where the population is grappling with a severe economic crisis that has seen rolling power cuts lasting up to 18 hours a day and shortages of foreign currency, fuel and medicines.
Most public sector doctors have been on a strike over pay since September, which has paralysed government hospitals where the poor seek treatment. Other public sector workers are demanding US dollar-indexed salaries to protect them from soaring inflation.
Cathedral siege ends as UN urges Nicaragua to end repression
Protesters in Managua able to leave a day after government supporters break into building in a bid to dislodge them.
The activists, who were demanding the release of political prisoners, were able on Tuesday to leave the building in Managua where they had taken refuge after the government dislodged its supporters from the surroundings.
The Catholic Church has a powerful role in the country but Ortega has accused bishops of being "coup plotters" for supporting the protesters.
Vice President Rosario Murillo said in a statement on Tuesday that Nicaragua "does not live in times of fierce capitalism, but in times of equity".
'Horrific pattern': Amnesty says 106 killed in Iran protests
Rights group calls for end to 'brutal crackdown' on anti-government demonstrations, reporting 106 deaths in 21 cities.
Since Friday, Iran has been rocked by nationwide protests sparked by growing anger and frustration after authorities rolled out a petrol-rationing scheme and slashed subsidies in a move that sent prices soaring by 50 percent.
President Hassan Rouhani has promised the price increase will be used to fund new subsidies for poor families.
But the decision unleashed widespread anger among Iranians such as Maryam Kazemi, a 29-year-old accountant in the southern Tehran suburb of Khaniabad, who said the new cost of fuel was "putting pressure on ordinary people".
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/pattern-amnesty-106-killed-iran-protests-191119182957473.html
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AL MAYADEEN
Cúpula golpista de Bolivia recibió entrenamiento en Escuela de las Américas
Al menos seis de los conspiradores del golpe de Estado que forzó la renuncia del presidente constitucional de Bolivia, Evo Morales, eran exalumnos de la tristemente célebre Escuela de las Américas, una dependencia del Ejército estadounidense, conocida hoy como Instituto del Hemisferio Occidental para la Cooperación en Seguridad.
El fallecido exagete de la CIA Phillip Agee denunció en un libro cómo la inteligencia de los Estados Unidos se basaba tradicionalmente en el reclutamiento de oficiales militares y policiales extranjeros, incluidos los agregados de embajadas, como activos fundamentales para el cambio de régimen y las operaciones de contrainsurgencia.
En Bolivia, el papel de los oficiales militares y policiales entrenados por los Estados Unidos fue fundamental para forzar ese "cambio de régimen".
Túnez advierte sobre graves consecuencias de legalización de asentamientos en territorios palestinos ocupados
El comunicado reafirmó la posición firme y de principios de Túnez en apoyo al pueblo palestino en su lucha por restaurar todos sus derechos legítimos, en primer lugar, el establecimiento de un estado independiente con Jerusalén como su capital.
Además, el comunicado hizo un llamado a la comunidad internacional, especialmente a las Naciones Unidas, a asumir sus responsabilidades legales y morales.
Asimismo, enfatizó que Túnez no escatimará esfuerzos para defender la causa palestina y apoyarla en todos los foros regionales e internacionales, y respaldar todas las energías destinadas a encontrar un acuerdo justo que restablezca los derechos de sus propietarios y logre la seguridad, la estabilidad y la paz duradera en la región.
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