Síntesis informativa del 28 de febrero de 2019
NEW YORK TIMES
Trump's Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse Over North Korean Sanctions__
HANOI, Vietnam — President Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, abruptly ended their second summit meeting on Thursday after talks collapsed with the two leaders failing to agree on any steps toward nuclear disarmament or measures to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
"Sometimes you have to walk," Mr. Trump said at an afternoon news conference in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
He said Mr. Kim had offered to dismantle the North's most important nuclear facility if the United States lifted the harsh sanctions imposed on his nation — but would not commit to do the same for other elements of its weapons program. That, Mr. Trump said, was a dealbreaker.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/world/asia/trump-kim-vietnam-summit.html
Imran Khan Says Pakistan Will Release Captured Indian Pilot
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan announced on Thursday that his country would be releasing a captured Indian pilot as a way to de-escalate the military crisis that has pitted nuclear-armed militaries against each other for days.
"In our desire of peace, I announce that tomorrow, and as a first step to open negotiations, Pakistan will be releasing the Indian Air Force officer in our custody," Mr. Khan said.
Indian officials did not immediately respond. But after hours of relative lull throughout Thursday, the gesture appeared to be a face-saving opening for both countries to head off a plunge into war.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/world/asia/pakistan-india-pilot-kashmir.html
Israelis May Have Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza Protests, U.N. Says
GENEVA — United Nations investigators said on Thursday that Israeli troops may have committed crimes against humanity in shooting unarmed civilians — including children — who posed no threat during the mass protests last year at the border with Gaza.
A commission of inquiry, formed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to look into the violence, reported that Israeli security forces had killed 189 Palestinians and injured more than 9,000 others. Its 25-page report, released in Geneva on Thursday, accused the Israeli authorities of showing little willingness to prosecute anyone responsible.
"The Israeli security forces killed and maimed Palestinian demonstrators who did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to others when they were shot, nor were they directly participating in hostilities," the panel wrote. "Less lethal alternatives remained available and substantial defenses were in place, rendering the use of lethal force neither necessary nor proportionate, and therefore impermissible."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/world/middleeast/israel-crimes-against-humanity-gaza-un.html
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THE GUARDIAN
US in virtual tie with Russia on global confidence, poll finds
Global confidence in US leadership is so low that the country is now in a virtual tie with Russia for worldwide approval.
A new Gallup poll measuring opinion in 133 countries and areas in 2018 found the US and Russia neck and neck, with 31% saying they approve of the leadership of the US, and 30% approval for Russia.
It’s the first time the countries have been close to equal footing
China, meanwhile, beat both, with a 34% approval rating for its leadership skills, and Germany led the pack at 39%.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/global-confidence-us-russia-gallup-poll-report-tie
UN says Israel's killings at Gaza protests may amount to war crimes
UN investigators have accused Israeli soldiers of intentionally firing on civilians and said they may have committed war crimes in their lethal response to Palestinian demonstrations in Gaza.
The independent Commission of Inquiry, set up last year by the UN’s human rights council, said Israeli forces killed 189 people and shot more than 6,100 others with live ammunition near the fence that divides the two territories.
Thirty-five of those killed were children, three were clearly identifiable paramedics and two were clearly marked journalists, the report said.
Israel dismissed the report as “hostile, mendacious and slanted”.
Michael Cohen accuses 'racist, conman' Trump of criminal conspiracy
Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen accused the president in explosive public testimony before Congress of knowing in advance about key events under investigation in the Russia inquiry and of committing criminal conspiracy in the covering up of an extramarital affair.
Testifying on Wednesday, he labelled the US president a “racist” and “conman”, produced signed checks that he said were proof of a fraudulently disguised conspiracy to silence a former adult film actor, and gave what he claimed were eyewitness accounts that implied Trump had prior knowledge of crucial Russia links.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/michael-cohen-donald-trump-testimony-latest-news
Trump-Kim summit proves to be more of a remake than a sequel
In Hanoi on Wednesday evening, every effort was made in recreating the circumstances and ambience of Singapore, scene last June of the historic first meeting between an incumbent US president and a North Korea leader.
The backdrop and choreography had been meticulously copied, with the two leaders advancing towards one another in front of a row of alternating US and North Korean flags.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/trump-kim-jong-un-summit-vietnam
Thousands of migrant children allegedly sexually abused in US custody
Almost 5,000 complaints of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in US custody have been filed over the past four years, according to government documents released this week. The allegations range from adult staff members having relationships with minors, and the showing of pornographic videos, to forcible touching.
According to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) documentsreleased on Tuesday on Capitol Hill by the Florida Democratic representative Ted Deutch’s office, the reports date back to October 2015, during the Obama administration. However, most of the sexual abuse and harassment reported occurred since Donald Trump took office.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/migrant-children-sexual-abuse-complaints-filed-documents-hhs
How violent American vigilantes at the border led to Trump’s wall
Awareness of the violence began to break through around 2000. Increasingly, reports of the vigilantism that had long existed but had long been ignored started drawing national attention. Witnesses began to report seeing men wearing camouflage and driving civilian vehicles, shooting and killing migrants.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/how-violent-american-vigilantes-at-the-border-led-to-trumps-wall
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XINHUA
Kim y Trump logran un mayor y significativo progreso en segunda cumbre, según Corea del Sur
SEÚL, 28 feb (Xinhua) -- El máximo líder de la República Popular Democrática de Corea (RPDC), Kim Jong Un, y el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, lograron un mayor y significativo avance en su segunda cumbre en Hanoi, Vietnam, informó este jueves la Casa Azul, sede presidencial de la República de Corea.
"Es lamentable que el presidente Donald Trump y el líder Kim Jong Un no hayan podido llegar a un acuerdo completo", dijo Kim Eui-keum, portavoz del presidente surcoreano, Moon Jae-in, durante una rueda de prensa.
Sin embargo, el portavoz de la Casa Azul anotó que parecía claro que los dos líderes habían logrado "un progreso más significativo" que nunca mediante la ampliación del panorama y la profunda compresión recíproca a través de la cumbre de dos días en la capital vietnamita.
Los mandatarios de la RPDC y EEUU concluyeron su segunda cumbre sin alcanzar acuerdo alguno, según señaló la Casa Blanca.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2019-02/28/c_137858124.htm
Consejo de Seguridad de ONU adopta resolución sobre silenciar armas en Africa
NACIONES UNIDAS, 27 feb (Xinhua) -- El Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU adoptó hoy una resolución para expresar su disposición a contribuir a la promesa de la Unión Africana (UA) de "poner fin a todas las guerras en Africa para 2020" y de "lograr el objetivo de una Africa libre de conflictos".
La resolución 2457 señala que Africa todavía enfrenta enormes desafíos y reconoce que la construcción de una Africa libre de conflictos corresponde en esencia a la UA, sus Estados miembros, sus pueblos e instituciones, incluyendo la sociedad civil.
La resolución también destaca la necesidad de una implementación efectiva de los instrumentos y regímenes pertinentes de control de armas y desarme, así como de los embargos de armas impuestos por el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2019-02/28/c_137855690.htm
Japón mantendrá negocios con Irán a pesar de sanciones estadounidenses, dice embajador
TEHERÁN, 28 feb (Xinhua) -- El embajador japonés en Teherán, Mitsugu Saito, dijo que los empresarios japoneses continuarán sus negocios con Irán a pesar de las sanciones estadounidenses contra la república islámica, informó el jueves el diario Tehran Times.
Las compañías japonesas han mantenido sus negocios con Irán durante los últimos meses a pesar de la presión de las sanciones de Estados Unidos, dijo el embajador en una reunión con el gobernador del Banco Central de Irán, Abdolnaser Hemmati.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2019-02/28/c_137857996.htm
Liga Arabe discutirá reingreso de Siria durante cumbre en Túnez
TUNEZ, 27 feb (Xinhua) -- La reintegración de Siria en la Liga Arabe será uno de los asuntos que se discutirán en la próxima cumbre de la Liga Arabe en Túnez, dijo hoy Saida Qarash, vocera de la presidencia tunecina.
"Este asunto fue presentado en la reciente Cumbre de la Liga de Estados Arabes-Unión Europea en Egipto", dijo Qarash, quien añadió que los conflictos en la región árabe se deben resolver mediante compromisos políticos.
La Liga Arabe suspendió la membresía de Siria en octubre de 2011.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2019-02/28/c_137855789.htm
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RUSSIA TODAY
'Progress' but no deal: Mixed scorecard for Trump & Kim's Hanoi summit
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are leaving Hanoi empty-handed after two days of talks. Despite Trump's talk of "great" prospects for North Korea, no formal deal has been inked. RT sums up the major takeaways from the gathering.
The major agenda item – and what ultimately prevented an agreement from being reached – centered around terms for removing US-imposed sanctions on Pyongyang.
Kim purportedly offered to dismantle a nuclear facility at Yongbyon in exchange for sanctions relief, but Washington demanded more comprehensive denuclearization that included multiple nuclear development-related sites. The two-day summit was aborted early after Kim and Trump failed to make headway on the contentious issue.
https://www.rt.com/news/452665-trump-kim-summit-key-moments/
Escalating India-Pakistan conflict a major headache for China & US
With skirmishes between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan over Kashmir threatening to boil over into open warfare, one of the major questions is what role Washington and Beijing will take in the conflict.
Indian jets bombed targets in the Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir, claiming that Islamabad had done nothing to crack down on the terrorist group had carried out the Pulwama suicide attack killing 42 Indian security officers earlier this month. Pakistan responded by shooting down at least one Indian bomber and capturing its pilot. India acknowledged the loss but said it had shot down a Pakistani aircraft as well.
The conflict has also put the US and China in a difficult position, as they both have vested interests in the subcontinent – and in countering each other.
https://www.rt.com/news/452627-india-pakistan-conflict-spillover/
From F-16s & Russian MiGs to old French planes: What India & Pakistan can unleash in air combat
The downing of Indian and Pakistani planes has prompted the world to brace for a potential further escalation of an air conflict between the two arch-rivals. A military analyst elaborates on what options they have. RT has asked a retired colonel and a military analyst, Mikhail Khodarenok, what else the two old foes might have up their sleeves in case of a full-scale aerial combat.
India has recently said it shot down a Pakistani plane while losing its own MiG in action. The Indian MiG-21 appears to be a pretty old aircraft while the Pakistani one, although not officially identified, is considered to be F-16 – one of the world's most numerous fixed-wing aircraft in current military service.
In any potential air battle, India has to mostly rely on the Soviet Mig-29, which was developed in the late 1970s to counter US fighter jets such as F-15 and F-16, Khodarenok said. Initially designed as an air superiority fighter, MiG-29 was later furnished as a multirole aircraft that can be equipped with a range of air-to-air and air-to-surface armaments and precision munitions.
https://www.rt.com/news/452614-india-pakistan-air-battle/
WATCH Russian Soyuz rocket launch 1st OneWeb satellites to revolutionize internet
A Soyuz rocket has successfully launched six OneWeb satellites in the first of 21 planned launches to place 650 units in orbit with the ultimate goal of providing broadband internet "everywhere" to "everyone." OneWeb is a satellite startup founded by the American tech entrepreneur under the name WorldVu in 2012, aiming to provide affordable high-speed internet worldwide, including parts of the world with poor or no internet access.
The first group of satellites was launched from the space center in French Guiana at 21.37 GMT on Wednesday. The Russian rocket shot the payload into low Earth orbit, with all six satellites separating on time, OneWeb founder and chairman Greg Wyler tweeted.
Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), congratulated Wyler on the "successful start of cooperation" between OneWeb Satellites, which is a joint venture between OneWeb and Airbus, and the Russian space agency. The ambitious mission was completed by European launch provider Arianespace, which used a Soyuz launcher to put the satellites into space.
https://www.rt.com/news/452610-soyuz-oneweb-global-internet/
100+ warships in 3 seas: Turkey flexes military muscle with largest naval drill in its history
Turkey is conducting an unprecedented three-sea naval drill, the largest in its history. This is also the first time Turkish air and ground forces have taken part in a military exercise on this scale.
The four-day Mavi Vatan ("Blue Homeland") 2019 drill, involving 103 navy ships, began on Wednesday in the Black Sea, Aegean Sea, and the eastern Mediterranean simultaneously, giving Turkey a chance to show off its recently-upgraded fleet, which includes over a dozen assault boats and frigates in addition to corvettes, mine hunting boats, patrol boats, and submarines. Turkish-made Bayraktar and ANKA drones and jet fighters will also participate. The drill was planned six months ago, in accordance with NATO regulations.
https://www.rt.com/news/452608-turkey-largest-military-drill/
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AL JAZEERA
Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam: All the latest updates
US and North Korea leaders leave their meeting in Vietnam's Hanoi early and cancel a planned signing ceremony.
Trump says he and Kim had discussed dismantling North Korea's main nuclear facility at Yongbyon.
Kim was willing to shut down the plant but wanted sanctions relief that US was not prepared to offer, Trump adds.
"[North Korea] wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety and we couldn't do that. They were willing to denuke a large portion of the areas that we wanted but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that," Trump says.
Trump also confirms all existing sanctions remain in place, later saying that North Korea offered to denuclearise some areas but not all of those requested by the US - but refuses to comment on whether the US would be willing to allow North Korea to keep some nuclear weapons.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/trump-kim-summit-vietnam-latest-updates-190225054914749.html
Maduro, Trump should meet to 'find common ground': Venezuela FM
Jorge Arreaza says the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is 'calling for dialogue'.
Jorge Arreaza, addressing the UN Human Rights Council despite a walk-out by dozens of Western envoys, suggested that Maduro and US President Donald Trump meet to "try to find common ground and explain their differences".
After meeting regional leaders including US Vice President Mike Pence in Bogota, Guaido is expected to come back through the porous border in the coming days and resume his political activities in open defiance of a Supreme Court order.
Guaido's team has won control over crucial offshore assets including US-based refiner Citgo, but still does not control the ports or central bank, or, most crucially, the armed forces.
Nicaragua frees prisoners before talks with opposition: CPDH
Rights group announces release before long-awaited peace talks between opposition and President Daniel Ortega.
The government's last attempt at dialogue with the opposition was in May, but the peace talks broke down after the president rejected opposition demands to resign and call for presidential elections.
The opposition is calling for electoral reform and justice for those killed in the protests, but the most pressing demand is the release of prisoners, opposition leader Angel Rocha said last week.
Iran power struggle continues as Zarif keeps top diplomatic post
Foreign Minister Zarif's attempt to resign sheds light on the divisions between hardliners and moderate forces in Iran.
Virginia Pietromarchi
The confrontation is between moderate forces within the government, including Zarif, and hardliners who dominate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a military force directly under the control of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Zarif has been the top Iranian official working to improve relations between the Islamic Republic and Western countries.
Iranian media reported that Zarif's exclusion from the Assad meetings pushed the minister to announce his resignation.
"With his resignation, even if not accepted, Zarif wanted to make the point that the foreign minister needs to be in charge of the country's foreign policy."
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DEUTSCHE WELLE
Trump: diferencias sobre sanciones causaron falta de acuerdo con Kim
Kim Jong Un planteó un levantamiento total de las sanciones contra Corea del Norte, dijo el mandatario estadounidense. "No había nada bueno que firmar", informó en conferencia de prensa.
El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, ha justificado la decisión de terminar anticipadamente la cumbre con Kim Jong Un, porque se llegó a la conclusión de que "no había nada bueno que firmar" y el líder norcoreano insistía en el levantamiento de todas las sanciones, algo en lo que Estados Unidos no podía ceder.
Trump dijo que el líder norcoreano, Kim Jong Un, ofreció desmantelar el centro de investigación nuclear de Yongbyon a cambio de levantar todas las sanciones sobre el país asiático y que Washington rechazó esta oferta
https://www.dw.com/es/trump-diferencias-sobre-sanciones-causaron-falta-de-acuerdo-con-kim/a-47720636
Pakistán anuncia que liberará a piloto indio capturado
El piloto fue capturado durante un combate aéreo que recrudeció la tensión entre los dos países. Su próxima liberación fue anunciada por el primer ministro paquistaní, Imran Khan.
El primer ministro de Pakistán, Imran Khan, afirmó hoy que su país liberará mañana, "como un gesto de paz", al piloto indio Abhi Nandan, arrestado el miércoles después de que su caza fuese derribado por las Fuerzas Aéreas paquistaníes durante un combate aéreo con la India.
"El piloto indio está bajo nuestra custodia, le liberaremos mañana como gesto de paz", anunció el dirigente paquistaní durante una sesión parlamentaria televisada en directo.
https://www.dw.com/es/pakist%C3%A1n-anuncia-que-liberar%C3%A1-a-piloto-indio-capturado/a-47724240
Israel rechaza informe de la ONU sobre Gaza
El ministerio israelí de Asuntos Exteriores calificó como "sesgado" y "hostil" el documento sobre la "Gran Marcha del Retorno" y las protestas palestinas de 2018.
El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Israel calificó hoy de "falso, hostil y sesgado" el informe difundido hoy por la comisión independiente de la ONU para investigar las protestas palestinas en Gaza y la respuesta del Ejército israelí, que mató al menos a 189 personas en lo que, asegura el texto, podría constituir "crímenes de guerra o contra la humanidad".
El Teatro del Absurdo del Consejo de Derechos Humanos ha producido otro informe hostil, falso y sesgado contra el Estado de Israel", declaró el ministro de Exteriores, Israel Katz, en un comunicado.
El texto de la ONU se basa en "información falsa, en la que no se han examinado los hechos y cuyo único objetivo es desacreditar a la única democracia de Oriente Medio y dañar su derecho a la defensa propia del terrorismo de una organización asesina", dijo el ministro en referencia a Hamás, que gobierna de facto Gaza e instigó las protestas de la denominada Gran Marcha del Retorno
https://www.dw.com/es/israel-rechaza-informe-de-la-onu-sobre-gaza/a-47723336
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AL MAYADEEN
Trump es un racista, estafador y embustero, dice su exabogado Michael Cohen
"Trump me pidió que le mintiera indirectamente al Congreso cuando estaba negociando un proyecto de torre en Moscú", expresó Cohen entre sus declaraciones.
También afirmó que el mandatario sabía sobre las filtraciones de WikiLeaks para dañar la campaña presidencial de Hillary Clinton.
Cohen, uno de los mayores hombres de confianza de Trump durante 10 años, presentó además, documentos sobre el pago que involucra a la estrella de cine para adultos Stephanie Clifford (Stormy Daniels) a cambio de su silencio ante el presunto encuentro que ambos sostuvieron.
El exallegado del jefe de la Casa Blanca, fue condenado a tres años de prisión tras declararse culpable de ocho delitos federales, incluyendo violación de las leyes de financiamiento de campaña, declaración de falsos testimonios al Congreso, evasión de impuestos, entre otros.
Delegación rusa realiza visita humanitaria a refugiados sirios en El Líbano
Un grupo de musulmanes rusos, liderados por el Gran Mufti de Moscú, Aldar Ala Dinov, llegó a El Líbano para brindar asistencia humanitaria a los refugiados sirios en los campos de refugiados.
