Síntesis informativa - 7 de marzo 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Huawei Sues U.S. Government Over What It Calls an Unfair Ban
HONG KONG — The Chinese electronics giant Huawei sued the United States government on Wednesday, arguing that it had been unfairly and incorrectly banned as a security threat.
The lawsuit will force the government to make its case against the company more public, but it could also leave Huawei vulnerable to deeper scrutiny of its business practices and relationship with the Chinese government.
The United States has argued that Huawei poses a risk because its equipment could be used by the Chinese authorities to spy on communications and disrupt telecommunications networks. That position has led major wireless carriers in the United States to avoid Huawei’s equipment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/business/huawei-united-states-trade-lawsuit.html
Italy May Split With Allies and Open Its Ports to China’s Building Push
ROME — In a move certain to cause consternation among American officials and leaders of the European Union, Italy appears poised to help China extend its vast global infrastructure push deeper into Western Europe, part of Beijing’s sweeping plan to advance its economic interests and influence around the world.
A first step toward Italy’s cooperation on the Chinese initiative, One Belt, One Road, would be the signing of a memorandum of understanding when President Xi Jinping of China visits Rome this month, Michele Geraci, Italy’s under secretary in the economic development ministry, said in an interview on Wednesday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/world/europe/italy-ports-china.html
U.N. Rights Chief, Denouncing ‘Gross Inequalities,’ Jabs at China and Israel
GENEVA — The United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet mentioned potential rights violations in China and Israel in an address on Wednesday that condemned a litany of “gross inequalities” at play across the world today.
Ms. Bachelet pressed China to allow an independent inquiry into reports of abuses and enforced disappearances in the country, particularly in the western region of Xinjiang, where the Muslim Uighur minority resides.
Stability and security in Xinjiang, an area at the center of China’s $1 trillion “Belt and Road” initiative, “can be facilitated by policies which demonstrate the authorities’ respect of all people’s rights,” she said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/world/europe/un-rights-bachelet.html
THE GUARDIAN
North Korea: Trump voices disappointment at missile-site activity
On Thursday South Korean media reported that cargo vehicles had recently been spotted moving around a factory at Sanumdong in Pyongyang. The site previously produced the first intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) capable of reaching the US.
South Korea’s spy chief, Suh Hoon, said he viewed the activity as missile-related, the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper reported.
The head of the US Indo-Pacific command, Adm Phil Davidson, said the US was keeping a close watch on North Korea. He said he was committed to maintaining UN sanctions against North Korea and a “readiness of our forces there”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/07/trump-very-disappointed-if-north-korea-rebuilding-rocket-site
Huawei sues US over government ban on its products
In a statement on Thursday, the Chinese telecoms equipment and smartphone manufacturer said it had filed a lawsuit in the US district court in Plano, Texas, home to the company’s US headquarters, calling for the ban on US government agencies buying Huawei equipment or services to be overturned.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/07/huawei-sues-us-over-government-ban-on-its-products
Grenade attack injures 18 in restive Kashmir region
Police suggested the blast could have been aimed at fomenting tensions between different communities in Jammu city, home to about half a million people.
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AL JAZEERA
Hundreds of ISIL fighters surrender in Syria's Baghouz: SDF
US-backed SDF says hundreds of ISIL soldiers captured or surrendered while fleeing armed group's last enclave.
Angry civilians evacuating from Baghouz chanted "Islamic State will remain" - underscoring the defiance of ISIL fighters and their supporters even as their defeat looms.
Separate offensives by different forces in both countries steadily drove it back, inflicting major ISIL defeats in 2017, and eventually forcing it back on Baghouz, a little cluster of hamlets and farmland on the Euphrates.
Trump revokes Obama-era order to report civilian drone deaths
Officials were required to disclose civilian deaths outside war zones but Trump administration calls it a 'distraction'.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that revoked an Obama-era policy requiring United States intelligence officials to report civilian deaths in drone attacks outside active war zones.
Former President Barack Obama, put the policy in place in 2016 as part of an effort to be more transparent about drone attacks after he had dramatically increased their use against armed groups in mostly Muslim countries.
Russian S-400 missile purchase a done deal, Turkey's Erdogan says
Ignoring US warnings, President Erdogan says contracts for the advanced Russian missile defence system already signed.
Turkey will never turn back from a deal to buy S-400 missile defence systems from Russia, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding that Ankara may subsequently look into buying S-500 systems.
In an interview with broadcaster Kanal 24, Erdogan also said on Wednesday the United States should not try to discipline Turkey through trade measures, adding Ankara had its own penalties prepared.
The US has warned that procuring the S-400 systems from Russia could jeopardise defence industry deals between the NATO allies, and this week decided to end preferential trade with Turkey.
RUSSIA TODAY
Israeli Navy ready to block Iranian oil exports in transit – Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is prepared to throw the power of its naval force – and urges the world to join in – to block the Iranian oil shipments circumventing unilaterally imposed US sanctions against Tehran.
“Iran is trying to bypass the sanctions on it through the covert smuggling of petroleum via the sea. As these attempts expand, the navy will have a more important role in efforts to block these Iranian actions,” Netanyahu said at a navy cadets’ graduation ceremony in Haifa on Wednesday.
Failing to explain how exactly Israel’s relatively small naval force would impose the suggested blockade against Iranian oil tankers, Netanyahu only emphasized that Israeli sailors are well-trained and adept at carrying out sea missions against adversaries.
https://www.rt.com/news/453212-israel-navy-iranian-oil/
We aren’t slaves’: Erdogan defies US pressure over S-400 deal with Russia, says S-500 may follow
nkara is not a slave to an America in which Washington decides which weapons system Turkey can purchase, the country’s president proclaimed, stressing its deployment of Russia's S-400 air defense systems will proceed as planned. Ankara’s resilience against US pressure over the purchase of the S-400 systems remains rock solid, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan clarified on Wednesday, stressing that Turkey is a sovereign nation which has the right to choose its trade partners and arms suppliers.
“It’s done. There can never be a turning back. This would not be ethical, it would be immoral. Nobody should ask us to lick up what we spat,” Erdogan told Kanal 24.
https://www.rt.com/news/453206-s400-deal-erdogan-slave/
Blackwater founder caught off guard when asked about his ‘chanting barbarians’ in Iraq comment
Erik Prince, founder of the notorious private military firm Blackwater, struggled to explain his apparent anti-Muslim sentiment when confronted by Al Jazeera host Mehdi Hasan.
During his Head to Head talk show, Hasan asked Prince why he called people in Iraq “chanting barbarians American troops had been sent to liberate” in his memoir. Prince explained that people who set off car bombs in packed squares to hurt American troops deserve the name, especially given that civilians are also hurt.
Hasan immediately called him out: “You were not sent to liberate terrorists. Sounds like you are talking about Iraqis.”Prince was left speechless for a moment as the audience burst into applause. Attempting to smooth things over, the Blackwater founder replied that he did not have any role in making the decision to “liberate” Iraq.
https://www.rt.com/news/453232-prince-blackwater-interview-barbarians/
Russian MPs approve legislation punishing for fake news & insults directed at the state
Spreading fake information and insulting the Russian state could result in hefty fines for individuals and organizations, according to a new law, adopted by the lower house of parliament in the final reading.
The new legislation includes two bills, dedicated to different types of misinformation. One bill prohibits spreading “socially important” false information which “endangers life and well-being of citizens,” incites mass disturbance of social order or breaches public security. Minor infringements will apparently not be punished.
The bill suggests fines up to 400,000 rubles ($6,000) for private individuals, up to 900,000 rubles ($13,645) for public officials and up to 1.5mln rubles ($22,000) for organizations. The law doesn’t criminalize disinformation activities even if they result in death or major disruption.
https://www.rt.com/russia/453243-duma-fake-news-law/
Su-27 intercepts & chases US spy plane away from Russia’s borders (VIDEO)
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet has intercepted and escorted an American RC-135 spy plane over the waters of the Baltic Sea near the Russian border, the Defense Ministry has said, releasing a short video of the engagement.
Captured from the cockpit of the super-maneuverable Russian fighter aircraft, the video of the encounter shows the jet safely approaching from behind and aligning with a large aircraft, identified as an RC-135 reconnaissance plane. The exact time of the engagement was not revealed.
https://www.rt.com/russia/453208-su27-intercepts-rc135-spy-plane/
AL MAYADEEN
Rouhani: Estados Unidos sin lograr sus objetivos respecto a Irán
En otro momento de su discurso, el mandatario iraní recalcó que la nación alcanzó la autosuficiencia en la producción de gasolina y trigo.
Asimismo, señaló que la Administración de Washington trató de presionar a Irán con la imposición de nuevas rondas de sanciones, con el fin de provocar a Irán para que viole sus compromisos.
Al referirse a la cumbre de Varsovia (13 y 14 de febrero), aseguró que Estados Unidos tenía la intención de crear una “coalición” contra la República Islámica, pero fracasó.
Equipo de la ONU visitará Venezuela el próximo domingo
Tras la invitación hecha por el Gobierno del presidente constitucional Nicolás Maduro, la Alta Comisionada para los Derechos Humanos (DD.HH.) de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), Michelle Bachelet, anunció este miércoles que el próximo domingo 10 de marzo un equipo de avanzada del organismo llegará a Venezuela.
Entre los objetivos de la visita se encuentran verificar si es real o no el estado de crisis humanitaria que denuncian sectores de oposición al proceso bolivariano, además de abordar temas referidos a salud, alimentación, libertad de expresión, conflictividad social, vulneración de derechos laborales y violación a los DD.HH. Para ello se reunirán con organizaciones civiles y representantes del Gobierno.
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