Síntesis informativa - 27 de noviembre 2019

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Trump Says U.S. Will Designate Drug Cartels in Mexico as Terrorist Groups

President Trump said in an interview posted online Tuesday that he planned to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, owing to what he said was the high number of Americans killed by their activities. The comments, which were made in an interview with the former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly and posted to his personal website, represent a shift in United States policy that the Mexican foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, told reporters on Monday he did not believe would happen.



Deadly violence by drug cartels in Mexico gained new attention in the United States in recent weeks after the killing of six children and their three mothers, all dual Mexican and American citizens, who were part of a fundamentalist Mormon community in the north of the country. After that ambush, Mr. Trump said on Twitter that the time had come “for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth.”



In the interview posted online Tuesday, Mr. Trump declined to say what measures he would consider taking once the cartels had been designated as terrorist organizations. When Mr. O’Reilly asked if drone strikes in Mexico were a possibility, the president replied, “I don’t want to say what I am going to do, but they will be designated.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/us/trump-drug-cartels-terrorists.html

 

Trump Keeps Losing in Court. But His Legal Strategy Is Winning Anyway.

WASHINGTON — Critics of President Trump cheered on Monday when a federal judge ruled that the former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II must testify to Congress — and scathingly labeled “fiction” the administration’s arguments that top White House aides are immune from congressional subpoenas.



Indeed, the outcome was the latest in a string of lower-court losses for Mr. Trump as he defends his stonewalling of lawmakers’ oversight and the impeachment investigation. Other fights are playing out in the courts over Mr. Trump’s financial records and grand-jury evidence in the Russia investigation. But from a realist perspective, Mr. Trump is winning despite losing.

Meanwhile, time is on Mr. Trump’s side. The realistic window for Congress to consider impeaching him is closing, with the 2020 election less than a year away. If the overriding goal is to keep information from coming out while his term and potential re-election hang in the balance, the Trump legal strategy is succeeding despite all the adverse rulings.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/us/politics/trump-legal-strategy.html

 

‘Evo Morales Is Like a Father to Us’

VILLA TUNARI, Bolivia — The road to Evo Morales’s political stronghold, in the heart of Bolivia’s coca farming region, is nearly impassable these days. Thousands of coca farmers — men, women and children — are camped around the town’s strategic river bridge, obstructing Bolivia’s main highway and paralyzing its national economy. With no movement of goods, there are food and fuel shortages in major cities.



“Evo Morales is like a father to us,” said Antonietta Ledezi, a coca farmer who traveled 30 miles to Villa Tunari to join the blockade two weeks ago. “If he doesn’t return, there won’t be peace.” Bolivia this week began to move toward resolving the vicious political crisis that led to Mr. Morales’s resignation from office earlier this month after 14 years as president. His downfall came after violent protests over a disputed election that he claimed to win, and after he had lost the backing of the military and the police.



New elections — in which Mr. Morales is banned from standing — are planned. For the 50,000 local coca farming families, the ousting of Mr. Morales represents more than the end of a government that gave them a political voice and vast improvements in infrastructure, education and health. It is a threat to the peace that Mr. Morales, called Evo by everyone here, brought to this stigmatized and violent region.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/world/americas/evo-morales-bolivia-coca.html

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THE GUARDIAN

As Hong Kong suffers, China risks losing its financial window on the world

The most recent violence in the autonomous Chinese region have been the worst disturbances of the six-month long pro-democracy protests. US lawmakers have passed legislation threatening Hong Kong’s special trading status and the territory has slumped into its worst recession for 10 years.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/27/as-hong-kongs-suffers-china-risks-losing-its-financial-window-on-the-world

 

Piñera asks for troops back on Chile's streets despite reports of 'grave' abuses

The continuing protests in Chile over inequality and a shortfall in some social services have left at least 26 dead and thousands injured. They have also hobbled the capital’s public transport system, once the envy of Latin America, and caused billions in losses for private business.

Piñera sent a bill to Congress on Tuesday morning to allow the military to protect transmission lines, electric plants, airports, hospitals and other public infrastructure in order to assure “basic services”.

He said the move would “free up the police force … to protect the security of our citizens”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/26/chile-troops-sebastian-pinera-reports-abuses

 

Revealed: how UK technology fuelled Turkey's rise to global drone power

The vital assistance from a factory in Brighton has helped Turkey on its way to become the second biggest user of armed drones in the world – one of a number of countries emulating methods first used by the US in its “war on terror”.

Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones were heavily used in Ankara’s three operations to date against Kurdish-led forces in Syria, responsible for the killing of 449 individuals in one of them, amounting to a fifth of the officially declared fatalities.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/nov/27/revealed-uk-technology-turkey-rise-global-drone-power

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XINHUA

Iran's FM meets Taliban delegation over Afghan's peace process

TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- A Taliban delegation has met with the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Iran's capital Tehran to discuss developments over Afghanistan peace plans, Press TV reported on Wednesday. In the meeting took place on Tuesday, Zarif voiced Iran's readiness to help restoration of peace and stability to the neighboring country.



"Iran is ready to take part in efforts aimed at facilitating such peace process that would be participated by Kabul government and all influential Afghan political forces," Zarif was quoted as saying. Iran is also prepared to expand its economic and cultural cooperation with the Afghan government and people on the basis of common interests, he said. The Taliban delegation was led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of Taliban's Qatar-based political bureau.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/27/c_138587630.htm

 

U.S. to press allies on burden sharing at NATO summit in London

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The delegation of the United States will highlight the progress on burden sharing, security and defense cooperation as well as the future development of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the upcoming NATO summit, said the U.S. State Department on Tuesday.



U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the U.S. delegation led by President Donald Trump to attend the NATO Leaders Meeting on Dec. 3-4, the State Department said in a statement. The leaders of NATO members will gather to commemorate the alliance's 70th anniversary in London next week, while the bloc's unity has been widely questioned.

The Trump administration has repeatedly complained about NATO allies' free-riding on the U.S. military. Besides, there are disagreements within the alliance over the Iran nuclear issue, Turkey's operations in northern Syria as well as the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project between Germany and Russia.French President Emmanuel Macron said in a recent interview that the alliance was experiencing "brain death," triggering a backlash from Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/27/c_138586601.htm

 

Xi stresses cultivating new type of military personnel

BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for efforts to cultivate a new type of military personnel who are competent, professional and possess both integrity and ability. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the requirement at the opening of a training session for heads of military academies and schools held in Beijing.



On behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, Xi extended greetings to the heads of military academies and schools as well as those working in the military education field.



In the morning, Xi met with all members of the training session and took photos with them at the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army, where the opening was held. The military education policy in the new era, Xi said, upholds the Party's absolute leadership over the military, serves the goal of building a strong country with a strong military, and aims to train a new type of military personnel who are competent, professional and possess both integrity and ability.

To deepen reform and innovation of military academies and schools, Xi emphasized efforts to strengthen the top-level design and long-term plans, develop better academic disciplines, build a high-caliber teaching staff and improve support systems and institutions. Xi required the heads of military academies and schools to have high political integrity, possess a good knowledge of education, warfare research and management while subjecting themselves to strict self-discipline.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/27/c_138587576.htm

 

China-made detecting aircraft for remote sensing delivered

XI'AN, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's aircraft maker Xi'an Aircraft Industry Co. (XAC) has delivered two high-performance Xinzhou-60 aircraft for remote sensing to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for aerial observation missions. The aircraft maker started to develop the aircraft in 2014.



Wu Yirong, a CAS academician and president of the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the academy, said the new type of aircraft has obtained an airworthiness certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The refitted Xinzhou-60 airplanes have wide applications in emergency support, disaster relief, agriculture and water conservancy, said Wu adding that researchers from around the world can make use of the science data collected by the aircraft.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/27/c_138587102.htm

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AL JAZEERA

Bolivia's interim government appoints first US envoy in 11 years

Walter Serrate Cuellar's appointment comes as the new government moves to reset the country's foreign policy.

The high-profile appointment, which has to be approved by the Senate controlled by Morales' the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party, comes as the interim government prepares to hold new elections that will exclude the former leftist leader.

Anez's conservative government has also broken ties with the communist-ruled Cuba and Venezuela under socialist leader Nicolas Maduro.

Looming new elections and talks between the interim government and opposition groups have helped defuse tensions after weeks of deadly protests.

In La Paz and other cities, normal activities are resuming with schools and businesses reopening this week and blockades of major transport routes mostly removed.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/bolivia-interim-government-appoints-envoy-11-years-191127054342066.html

 

Protests spread in east DRC as fury against UN peacekeepers rises

Demonstrators in volatile region say local and international forces are failing to keep them safe from deadly attacks.

Demonstrators accuse both the DRC's security forces and MONUSCO - the world's biggest peacekeeping mission that has operated in DRC for the past two decades - of not doing enough to stop rebel attacks on civilians.

"We are aware of the demonstrators who are making their way and we are making every effort to continue the dialogue with these demonstrators and their leaders, as well as the national authorities ... to ensure calm and return to peace and security," Omar Aboud, the United Nations chief of military forces in Beni, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday.

Nearly a month ago, the DRC's armed forces announced they had launched an offensive to wipe out armed groups in eastern DRC.

Since then, dozens of civilians in the region have been killed, according to officials. During previous military operations against the ADF, its fighters retaliated by attacking civilians, local activists say.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/protests-spread-east-drc-fury-peacekeepers-rises-191127074511102.html

 

US-China trade deal in its 'final throes', says Trump

Top US trade negotiators have been invited to Beijing for in-person talks, say US officials, as China's economy slows.

Trump said Washington was in the "final throes" of work on a deal that would defuse a 16-month trade war with Beijing, which has contributed to a slump in China's industrial profits.

Trump said that a trade deal was near, but also underscored Washington's support for protesters in Hong Kong, a potential huge sore point with China.

China said it had summoned US Ambassador Terry Branstad on Monday to protest the passage in the US Congress of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, saying the bill amounted to interference in a Chinese internal matter.

US and Chinese officials, legislators and trade experts warn such follow-on negotiations may prove difficult given the November 2020 US presidential election, the difficulties in getting the first stage done, and the White House's reluctance to work with other countries to pressure Beijing.

"We continue to negotiate," Conway said. "But those forced tech transfers, the theft of intellectual property, the trade imbalance of a half a trillion a year with the world's second-largest economy, China - this makes no sense to people.

https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/china-trade-deal-final-throes-trump-191127012352330.html

 

China: Border tax will damage global climate change efforts

Carbon tax expected to raise price of Chinese goods in the European market, a move Beijing believes violates Paris deal.

The EU's new climate commissioner Frans Timmermans said in October that research would begin on the new tax, which is aimed at protecting European firms from unfair competition by raising the cost of products from countries that fail to take adequate action against climate change.

Any border tax would probably increase the price of Chinese goods in the European market, and Beijing believes it would violate a core principle of the Paris agreement on climate change, which says richer countries should bear the greater responsibility for cutting emissions.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/china-border-tax-damage-global-climate-change-efforts-191127015849740.html

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AL MAYADEEN

Turquía y Rusia planean firmar nuevo contrato sobre los sistemas antiaéreos S-400 en 2020

Rusia y Turquía planifican suscribir el segundo contrato para la adquisición de los avanzados sistemas antiaéreos S-400 el próximo año, aseguró Alexandr Mijéev, director general de la compañía Rosoboronexport, la mayor exportadora rusa de armas.

La adquisición de los S-400 rusos provocó tensiones entre Ankara y Washington. La Casa Blanca amenazó con imponer sanciones y excluyó a Turquía del programa de suministros de aviones de combate F-35.

https://espanol.almayadeen.net/news/politica/1363380/turqu%C3%ADa-y-rusia-planean-firmar-nuevo-contrato-sobre-los-sist

 

Palestina no descarta romper totalmente las relaciones diplomáticas con EEUU

El presidente de la Autoridad Nacional Palestina (ANP), Mahmud Abás, declaró que tomará medidas decididas para hacer frente al reconocimiento por parte de Estados Unidos de los asentamientos ilegales israelíes, que pueden incluir hasta la ruptura total de las relaciones diplomáticas con Washington.

La semana pasada el secretario de Estado del país norteamericano, Mike Pompeo, afirmó que la Casa Blanca ya no considera que los asentamientos judíos establecidos por Israel en el territorio palestino ocupado de Cisjordania violen el derecho internacional.

"En cuanto a la iniciativa de Benjamín Netanyahu de adoptar una ley sobre la anexión del Valle del Jordán por parte de (Israel), seguimos atentamente sus pasos en esta dirección; si el primer ministro israelí realmente emprende algo así, nosotros acudiremos a la ONU y la CPI, así como romperemos de manera definitiva y irrevocable todas las relaciones con (Israel)", dijo Abbas.

Los palestinos insisten en que las futuras fronteras entre los dos Estados soberanos se tracen acorde a las líneas previas a la guerra de 1967 y admiten un intercambio de territorios, con la esperanza de crear su Estado en Cisjordania y la Franja de Gaza con la capital en Jerusalén Este.

http://espanol.almayadeen.net/news/politica/1363386/palestina-no-descarta-romper-totalmente-las-relaciones-diplo

 

EEUU continuará imponiendo sanciones a Irán por presunto abusos a los derechos humanos

"Recibimos hasta la fecha cerca de 20 mil mensajes, vídeos, fotos, notas de abusos del régimen a través del servicio de mensajería Telegram. Espero que nos sigan mandando", dijo el funcionario a periodistas, y añadió: "Seguiremos sancionando a funcionarios que sean responsables de esos abusos a los derechos humanos".

La semana pasada, EEUU impuso sanciones al ministro de Información de Irán, Mohammad-Javad Asari Jahromi, a quien acusó de haber dirigido la política de censura de Internet en el país desde 2017 y de estar involucrado en la vigilancia contra activistas de la oposición.

http://espanol.almayadeen.net/news/politica/1363383/eeuu-continuar%C3%A1-imponiendo-sanciones-a-ir%C3%A1n-por-presunto-abu

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