Síntesis informativa - 12 de noviembre 2018
THE NEW YORK TIMES
In North Korea, Missile Bases Suggest a Great Deception
WASHINGTON — North Korea is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases that have been identified in new commercial satellite images, a network long known to American intelligence agencies but left undiscussed as President Trump claims to have neutralized the North’s nuclear threat.
The satellite images suggest that the North has been engaged in a great deception: It has offered to dismantle a major launching site — a step it began, then halted — while continuing to make improvements at more than a dozen others that would bolster launches of conventional and nuclear warheads.
The existence of the ballistic missile bases, which North Korea has never acknowledged, contradicts Mr. Trump’s assertion that his landmark diplomacy is leading to the elimination of a nuclear and missile program that the North had warned could devastate the United States.
“We are in no rush,” Mr. Trump said of talks with the North at a news conference on Wednesday, after Republicans lost control of the House. “The sanctions are on. The missiles have stopped. The rockets have stopped. The hostages are home.”
Taliban Slaughter Elite Afghan Troops, and a ‘Safe’ District Is Falling
SANG-E-MASHA, Afghanistan — One pickup truck after another arrived at the government compound in a district capital in Afghanistan on Sunday, pulling around to the back of the governor’s office to unload the dead, out of sight of panicked residents.
Soldiers and police officers, many in tears, heaved bodies of their comrades from the trucks and laid them on sheets on the ground, side by side on their backs, until there were 20 of them.
The dead all wore the desert-brown boots of Afghanistan’s finest troops, the Special Forces commandos trained by the United States. Four days earlier, the soldiers had been airlifted in to rescue what is widely considered Afghanistan’s safest rural district, Jaghori, from a determined assault by Taliban insurgents.
Early on Sunday, their company of 50 soldiers was almost entirely destroyed on the front line. And suddenly, Jaghori — a haven for an ethnic Hazara Shiite minority that has been persecuted by extremists— appeared at risk of being completely overrun by the Taliban.
Saudis Close to Crown Prince Discussed Killing Other Enemies a Year Before Khashoggi’s Death
WASHINGTON — Top Saudi intelligence officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked a small group of businessmen last year about using private companies to assassinate Iranian enemies of the kingdom, according to three people familiar with the discussions.
The Saudis inquired at a time when Prince Mohammed, then the deputy crown prince and defense minister, was consolidating power and directing his advisers to escalate military and intelligence operations outside the kingdom. Their discussions, more than a year before the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, indicate that top Saudi officials have considered assassinations since the beginning of Prince Mohammed’s ascent.
Saudi officials have portrayed Mr. Khashoggi’s death as a rogue killing ordered by an official who has since been fired. But that official, Maj. Gen. Ahmed al-Assiri, was present for a meeting in March 2017 in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, where the businessmen pitched a $2 billion plan to use private intelligence operatives to try to sabotage the Iranian economy.
Deadly Gaza Raid by Israel Threatens Nascent Cease-Fire
JERUSALEM — A covert Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip apparently went bad on Sunday, leaving at least seven Palestinians dead, including one senior Hamas military commander, and puncturing a nascent cease-fire with a flurry of airstrikes and rocket fire.
An Israeli lieutenant colonel was killed and another officer was wounded in the action near Khan Younis, the first known Israeli ground incursion into Gaza since Operation Protective Edge, in July 2014, set off a seven-week war.
The impetus for the Israeli operation and its nature were unclear. Reports in the Israeli news media generally described it as an intelligence mission that went awry.
Palestinian militants responded with waves of rockets aimed at Israeli communities near Gaza, and Israeli aircraft pounded targets in Gaza for a time. With sirens going off repeatedly in the Gaza periphery, Israel ordered its citizens there to remain close to air-raid shelters and schools were closed on Monday.
U.S. Navy Carrier Suffers Second Aircraft Crash in Weeks
BEIJING — A United States Navy warplane crashed into the sea northeast of the Philippines on Monday, the second crash in less than a month involving aircraft from the carrier the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan.
The aircraft, an F/A-18 Super Hornet, had a mechanical problem during routine operations over the Philippine Sea in the Western Pacific, the Navy’s Seventh Fleet said in a statement. In October, an MH-60 Seahawk helicopter, also assigned to the Ronald Reagan, crashed shortly after takeoff, injuring a dozen sailors.
The two aviators in the jet on Monday were plucked from the sea and brought back to the carrier in good condition, the Navy said.
The crash was the latest mishap for the Seventh Fleet, the largest American fleet deployed overseas, and a moment of reckoning for the Hornet, a naval aviation workhorse that some officials have warned has become too popular for its own good.
Trump’s Nafta Plan Could Be Upended by Democrats’ House Takeover
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s promise to quickly pass a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement has been upended by the midterm elections, with Democrats who will soon control the House vowing to withhold their support to extract greater protections for American workers.
Administration officials remain confident they will corral the votes for the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which Mr. Trump speedily negotiated in September to claim a big win on one of his signature issues before the November elections.
While White House officials considered pushing the revised deal through the coming lame-duck session, they did not want to risk a backlash from lawmakers in both parties.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/nafta-trump-democratic-house.html
Poland’s Leaders March With Far-Right Groups on Independence Day
WARSAW — It was meant to foster unity and celebrate the sacrifices of past generations in the creation of the modern Polish nation. But after days of wrangling and controversy, the country’s Independence Day celebration on Sunday ended up highlighting Poland’s deep divisions.
President Andrzej Duda and senior members of the government walked at the front of a state-sponsored procession through the streets of Warsaw behind a huge red-and-white Polish flag with an inscription “For you, Poland.”
And Mr. Duda told the crowd that “this march should unite all Poles,” adding, “Let this march be for everyone.”
But hundreds of yards behind the officials from the governing Law and Justice Party were far-right activists known for promoting racist, homophobic and supremacist slogans.
Rocket Lab’s Modest Launch Is Giant Leap for Small Rocket Business
A small rocket from a little-known company lifted off Sunday from the east coast of New Zealand, carrying a clutch of tiny satellites. That modest event — the first commercial launch by a U.S.-New Zealand company known as Rocket Lab — could mark the beginning of a new era in the space business, where countless small rockets pop off from spaceports around the world. This miniaturization of rockets and spacecraft places outer space within reach of a broader swath of the economy.
The rocket, called the Electron, is a mere sliver compared to the giant rockets that Elon Musk, of SpaceX, and Jeffrey P. Bezos, of Blue Origin, envisage using to send people into the solar system. It is just 56 feet tall and can carry only 500 pounds into space.
But Rocket Lab is aiming for markets closer to home. “We’re FedEx,” said Peter Beck, the New Zealand-born founder and chief executive of Rocket Lab. “We’re a little man that delivers a parcel to your door.”
THE GUARDIAN
Oil prices rise as Saudi Arabia signals production cut
Oil prices have staged a recovery, climbing above $70 a barrel after Saudi Arabia said the world’s major crude producers agreed that supply needed to be cut significantly next year.
Eight dead in undercover Israeli operation in Gaza
Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, released a statement overnight claiming Israeli forces had “infiltrated this evening in a civilian car” and had opened fire on a group of its armed men near the city of Khan Younis, killing one of its commanders. Its fighters had given chase as the vehicle sped away, it said.
Medics and Hamas officials said at least seven people were killed, four of them militants, including the Hamas commander Nour Baraka.
The cocaine trade: a global trail of violence
In today’s episode, Anushka Asthana hears from the journalist Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogota, Colombia, where record crops of coca are being harvested and farmers face growing intimidation from armed groups.
When the processed cocaine reaches west Africa, it leaves an increasing impact of addiction and violence, according to Adeolu Ogunrombi, of the West African Commission on Drugs.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2018/nov/12/the-cocaine-trade-a-global-trail-of-violence
DEUTSCHE WELLE
Israel bombardea Gaza en respuesta al lanzamiento masivo de cohetes
Las alarmas antiaéreas empezaron a sonar y en poco tiempo, el Ejército israelí confirmó "80 lanzamientos desde la Franja de Gaza a Israel".
Las milicias palestinas lanzaron este lunes (12.11.2018) en cuestión de minutos unos 80 cohetes contra Israel, uno impactó en un autobús e hirió de extrema gravedad a un joven de 19 años, y que fueron respondidos con bombardeos de la Fuerza Aérea israelí sobre objetivos militares en la franja palestina.
https://www.dw.com/es/israel-bombardea-gaza-en-respuesta-al-lanzamiento-masivo-de-cohetes/a-46264555
Arabia Saudí pide reducir la producción mundial en un millón de barriles de crudo por día
En un estudio técnico, el ministro de Energía saudí, Jaled Al Faleh, declaró que esa medida es necesaria para "equilibrar el mercado" ante la caída de los precios.
El ministro de Energía saudí, Jaled al Faleh, aseguró este lunes (12.11.2018) que la Organización de Países Exportadores de Petróleo (OPEP) y sus aliados han acordado reducir el suministro de petróleo en 2019 en aproximadamente un millón de barriles al día para equilibrar el mercado.
"Los análisis técnicos que revisamos ayer nos muestran que necesitamos una reducción de aproximadamente un millón de barriles al día para equilibrar el mercado", dijo el titular en una conferencia en Abu Dabi, según el canal saudí Al Arabiya.
Finland to probe reports of Russia disrupting GPS during NATO drill
Finland's GPS signal was disrupted during NATO's recent military drills and Russia may have been the culprit, according to Finland's prime minister. The apparent jamming also affected air traffic in Norway.
Pilots in Finland and Norway lost GPS navigation signals during recent NATO's large-scale Trident Juncture exercise near Russia's western border.
Speaking to Finland's public broadcaster Yle on Sunday, Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila said that Moscow was likely to blame for the jamming.
https://www.dw.com/en/finland-to-probe-reports-of-russia-disrupting-gps-during-nato-drill/a-46253512
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas calls for China transparency over Uighur Muslims
Despite warnings from China that Germany should not interfere in its internal affairs, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Beijing to be transparent about the human rights conflict surrounding the Uighur Muslims.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas began his visit to China on Monday by calling for more transparency from the Chinese government regarding the human rights conflict surrounding reports about the mass detention of a million Uighur Muslims.
UN experts have said there are credible reports that as many as a million Uighurs, ethnically Turkic Muslims which reside in western China, have been interned in camps in the last year.
XINHUA
Kuwait reafirma disposición a reforzar cooperación con Irak
KUWAIT, 11 nov (Xinhua) -- Un ministro kuwaití dijo hoy que Kuwait e Irak están preparados para reforzar la cooperación en varios ámbitos, informó la Agencia de Noticias de Kuwait.
Los comentarios fueron hechos por el ministro de Asuntos de Amiri Diwan de Kuwait, Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, luego de que el presidente iraquí Barham Salih llegó a Kuwait para hacer una visita oficial.
Durante una reunión entre Salih y el emir de Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, los dos líderes discutieron las relaciones bilaterales y formas de modernizar la cooperación en diversos ámbitos entre los dos países.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-11/12/c_137599541.htm
Putin espera continuar con diálogo sobre ejercicios militares de OTAN
MOSCU, 11 nov (Xinhua) -- Rusia reaccionará con tranquilidad a los ejercicios militares a gran escala realizados por la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN) y desea continuar el diálogo sobre este asunto, dijo hoy el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin.
La OTAN realizó del 25 de octubre al 7 de noviembre los ejercicios Trident Juncture en Noruega y los mares circundantes, los mayores ejercicios desde el fin de la Guerra Fría.
Los ejercicios involucraron alrededor de 50.000 tropas de 29 miembros de la OTAN y sus socios Suecia y Finlandia, así como 250 aeronaves, 65 buques y 10.000 vehículos
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-11/12/c_137599583.htm
Premier chino llega a Singapur para visita y cooperación de Asia Oriental
SINGAPUR, 12 nov (Xinhua) -- El primer ministro chino, Li Keqiang, llegó este lunes a Singapur para efectuar su primera visita oficial al país, donde está previsto que dé un impulso al libre comercio y la cooperación regional.
Durante su visita, Li participará también en la 21ª reunión de líderes China-ASEAN (Asociación de Naciones del Sudeste Asiático) (10+1), a la 21ª reunión de líderes ASEAN-China, Japón y República de Corea (10+3) y a la 13ª Cumbre de Asia Oriental.
Además, se reunirá con los líderes de ASEAN para analizar el progreso de la Asociación Económica Integral Regional (RCEP, por sus siglas en inglés), un pacto comercial que, una vez sea acordado, podría cubrir a la mitad de la población mundial.
En medio del auge del proteccionismo y el unilateralismo, China trabajará con todas las partes implicadas para promover la asociación estratégica China-ASEAN y la integración de Asia Oriental, así como para transmitir un mensaje positivo sobre la cooperación, Asia Oriental, el desarrollo, el multilateralismo y el libre comercio, dijo Li en una comunicado por escrito antes de su llegada.
Es la primera visita en 11 años de un primer ministro chino a Singapur, que ostenta este año la presidencia rotatoria de ASEAN.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-11/12/c_137601498.htm
Macron advierte que creciente nacionalismo colocará a paz mundial al borde
PARIS, 11 nov (Xinhua) --
A alrededor de las 11:00 hora local (10:00 GMT), Macron y delegados de unos 70 países caminaron lado a lado hacia el Arco del Triunfo para rendir tributo a unos 10 millones de soldados que murieron durante la guerra de 1914 a 1918.
En un día invernal y lluvioso, Macron de 40 años de edad pasó revista a las tropas. En su discurso posterior, recordó en la reunión que "durante estos cuatro años, Europa ha estado cerca de cometer suicidio. Diez millones de muertos y seis millones de heridos", lo que hace sonar una campana de alarma por el creciente nacionalismo, que, dijo, pondrá al borde a la frágil paz mundial.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-11/12/c_137599494.htm
AL JAZEERA
Uncertainty over Libya's Haftar attending Palermo conference
Italian city hosts representatives of Libya's various factions and other countries to find a political settlement.
Barbara Bibbo
The Palermo conference aims to bring to the table Libya's warring factions to support a new UN plan for a National Conference and elections early next year.
According to sources in the Libyan National Army close to Haftar, the rebel general is believed to be upset about the presence of foreign delegates close to Libya's Islamist-leaning factions and members of an "Al Qaeda-linked group".
Saudis discussed killing enemies a year before Khashoggi: NYT
Officials close to Mohammed bin Salman discussed carrying out covert operations against kingdom's enemies, NYT repors.
After insisting for more than two weeks that Khashoggi had left the consulate, it then admitted the journalist had died in a fistfight inside the building. Later, Riyadh conceded Khashoggi was killed in a premeditated murder, but that the murder was an unplanned "rogue operation".
RT
Trump fires back at European leaders after damp reception in France
President Trump lashed out at European leaders after French President Emmanuel Macron denounced his ‘America First’ brand of nationalism and called for the creation of a European army, independent from the US.
“Just returned from France where much was accomplished in my meetings with World Leaders,” Trump tweeted on Monday. “Never easy bringing up the fact that the US must be treated fairly, which it hasn’t, on both Military and Trade. We pay for LARGE portions of other countries military protection, hundreds of billions of dollars, for the great privilege of losing hundreds of billions of dollars with these same countries on trade.”
Trump’s tirade came just one day after French President Emmanuel Macron – once regarded as a close confidant of the US president – rebuked Trump’s ‘America First’ brand of nationalism, comparing it to the forces that plunged Europe into conflict in the early 20th Century.
https://www.rt.com/usa/443745-trump-macron-military-row/
Israeli bus hit by rocket launched from Gaza - IDF
An Israeli bus has been hit by "terrorist fire" from Gaza, the spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has tweeted. A "barrage" of rocket attacks is reportedly taking place, triggering alert sirens.
The bus was destroyed by the mortar fire from Gaza, and one person was wounded, Reuters reported, citing Israeli TV channels. Local television showed the bus engulfed in flames and billowing black smoke. Flashes of light from the Iron Dome interceptions could also be seen. The attack follows a Sunday skirmish which saw seven members of Hamas killed, along with an IDF Lieutenant Colonel.
https://www.rt.com/news/443758-israeli-bus-hit-gaza-rocket/
Iran says navy prepared to protect oil tankers from ‘any threats’ as US sanctions kick in
Iran’s military is “prepared today as in the past” to protect against “any threats,” and to ensure the safe passage of Iranian oil tankers, Rear-Admiral Mahmoud Mousavi, a deputy commander of the regular armed forces, said on Monday, Iranian news agency ISNA reports.
The comments come a week after the United States unilaterally re-imposed sanctions on Tehran’s oil, shipping and banking industries. Although it’s unclear whether other nations will abide by Washington’s diktats, US officials have hinted that Iranian ships will no longer be welcome in international waters.
https://www.rt.com/news/443743-iran-protect-oil-tankers-us-threats/
No plans to break up OPEC oil cartel, says Saudi energy minister - state media
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih has denied rumors that Riyadh plans to disband the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), reports Al Arabiya. Saudi Arabia is the most influential member of the oil cartel.
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia’s government had funded a think tank that is set to study the potential impact on oil markets in the event of a break-up of OPEC. The media reported that top Saudi officials called the research a high priority economic policy inquiry. However, it’s not going to influence internal government debate on whether to leave OPEC in the near term.
https://www.rt.com/business/443711-saudi-arabia-says-no-opec-break/
AL MAYADEEN
Concluye gira internacional de presidente de Cuba, un reencuentro con amigos de siempre
Rusia, Corea del Norte, China, Vietnam y Laos: las visitas del presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel a esos países en apenas dos semanas cimentaron antiguas y valiosas relaciones, confirmando que los tiempos pasan, pero los verdaderos amigos quedan.
Frustran complot en el Ejército alemán, cuyo objetivo era asesinato masivo de políticos
Por el momento se desconoce quién estaba en la lista de los blancos de la célula, pero se informa que planeaban acabar con el líder de la fracción de La Izquierda en el Bundestag (Parlamento alemán), Dietmar Bartsch.
Parlamento de Iraq por salida de militares estadounidenses
Ahora, destacó el legislador de Al-Bina, tras la derrota de los grupos extremistas, surge el criterio de evaluar la necesidad de si esa presencia continúa siendo imprescindible.
La petición de una salida militar norteamericana, agregó, se duplicará durante la legislatura en curso, y lo más probable es que el Parlamento acepte asesores y capacitadores por necesidades específicas.
AMÉRICA LATINA
Alerta ONU sobre “engranaje" geopolítico similar a 1930
El secretario general de la ONU, Antonio Guterres, alertó el domingo en París sobre un "engranaje" geopolítico similar al que condujo a la Primera Guerra Mundial y al de los años 1930.
"Muchos elementos hoy tienen paralelismos tanto con el principio del siglo XX como con los años 1930, lo que permite temer un engranaje invisible", declaró en la apertura del Foro por la Paz organizado con motivo del centenario del fin de la Primera Guerra Mundial.
Comisión del Congreso uruguayo analiza el ingreso de tropas de EEUU durante el G-20
La Comisión de Defensa del Senado de la República por un lado y la bancada de gobierno por otro, estudiarán este lunes el proyecto de ley que autoriza la instalación de tropas estadounidenses en suelo uruguayo durante la reunión del G20 en Buenos Aires.
El proyecto, que incorporó un artículo al texto original busca alcanzar acuerdo dentro de la bancada del Frente Amplio (FA) luego que algunos sectores manifestaran sus discrepancias.
Ecuador: golpe blando y persecución
En este texto, desgrana los principales ataques a la Constitución de su país, la pérdida del estado de derecho y la ilegal persecución que el régimen de su ex aliado Lenín Moreno desató sobre él y sus colaboradores. Y alerta sobre la extensión del lawfare en América latina
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/154856-ecuador-golpe-blando-y-persecucion
España y Perú estrechan relaciones en defensa y armamento
Felipe VI y el presidente de la República de Perú, Martín Vizcarra, presidirán este lunes la firma de varios acuerdos en el Palacio Presidencial después de la bienvenida oficial y el encuentro que mantendrán ambos jefes de Estado. Entre ellos, un memorando de colaboración entre los ministerios de Defensa de ambos países en el ámbito de la cooperación en armamento y material de defensa, que será firmado por el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Josep Borrell, por parte española.
https://elpais.com/politica/2018/11/11/actualidad/1541939386_128306.html
Tuberculosis e influenza golpean a migrantes en su ruta hacia EE. UU.
El camino desde la tropical Centroamérica, pasando de la selva a la gigantesca capital de México y luego al desierto que conduce hacia EE. UU., merma la salud de la multitudinaria caravana de migrantes, que tiene el riesgo de contraer infecciones respiratorias como tuberculosis e influenza.
https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/caravana-migrante-es-golpeada-por-tuberculosis-292344
