Síntesis informativa - 22 de mayo 2019
THE NEW YORK TIMES
China Faces New ‘Long March’ as Trade War Intensifies, Xi Jinping Says
BEIJING — President Xi Jinping of China has called for the Chinese people to begin a modern “long march,” invoking a time of hardship from the country’s history as it braces for a protracted trade war with the United States.
Mr. Xi’s call, made on Monday, referred to the Long March, a grueling 4,000-mile, one-year journey undertaken by Communist Party forces in 1934 as they fled the Nationalist army under Chiang Kai-shek. From there, they regrouped and eventually took control of China in 1949, making the Long March one of the party’s foundational legends.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-trade.htm
U.S. Says Assad May Be Using Chemical Weapons in Syria Again
WASHINGTON — The State Department said on Tuesday that the Syrian government might be renewing its use of chemical weapons, citing a suspected chlorine attack in northwest Syria, and maintaining that any use of such weapons would lead the United States and its allies to “respond quickly and appropriately.”
The Trump administration said the suspected attack took place on Sunday in the Idlib area, the final stronghold of rebels who have tried to topple the government of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/world/middleeast/bashar-assad-syria-weapons.html
Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó May Negotiate With Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela — It was a daring gambit: Juan Guaidó, Venezuela’s opposition leader, stood by a military base alongside dozens of uniformed officers and political allies, calling for a military uprising against President Nicolás Maduro.
Three weeks later, Mr. Guaidó is shuttling among a half-dozen safe houses to escape capture. Most of the men who stood with him by the base that day, and many of the legislators who support him, are in jail or sheltering in foreign embassies. Soldiers routinely shut down the National Assembly that Mr. Guaidó leads.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/world/americas/venezuela-juan-guaido-nicolas-maduro.html
Colombia’s Army Changes Pledge to Carry Out Killings
Colombia’s army walked back on Tuesday part of a contentious policy to step up attacks in the country, saying it would change its pledge forms in which officers are required to list the number of criminals and militants they plan to kill, capture or force to surrender in battle.
The change came only days after The New York Times revealed the army’s new orders instructing top commanders to “double the results” of their combat operations against guerrilla, paramilitary and criminal organizations in Colombia.
The orders had unnerved some senior army officers, who said the intense pressure to carry out attacks was heightening the risk of civilian casualties and had already led to suspicious deaths by overzealous soldiers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/world/americas/colombia-army-killings-order.html
Justice Dept. Says It Will Share Some Mueller-Related Intelligence With House Committee
WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee chairman said Wednesday that the Justice Department had agreed to begin honoring a subpoena for intelligence materials related to the special counsel’s investigation — a hint of easing tensions between the Trump administration and Congress.
The department could begin handing over counterintelligence and foreign intelligence related documents as soon as this week, the chairman, Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, said Wednesday morning. The action prompted him to cancel a committee meeting scheduled for later in the day at which Democrats had planned to vote on an unspecified “enforcement action” to increase pressure on the department.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/politics/mueller-report-democrats.html
THE GUARDIAN
Much shorter working weeks needed to tackle climate crisis – study
The research, from thinktank Autonomy, shows workers in the UK would need to move to nine-hour weeks to keep the country on track to avoid more than 2C of heating at current carbon intensity levels. Similar reductions were found to be necessary in Sweden and Germany.
The findings are based on OECD and UN data on greenhouse gas emissions per industry in the three countries. It found that at current carbon levels, all three would require a drastic reduction in working hours as well as urgent measures to decarbonise the economy to prevent climate breakdown.
US 'could blacklist' Chinese surveillance kit firm Hikvision
The US is reportedly considering restricting Hikvision, a Chinese surveillance equipment provider active in Xinjiang, from buying US components, escalating already tense ties between the world’s two largest economies.
China has come under increasing international scrutiny over mounting evidence of the mass surveillance and detentions of millions of members of a Muslim minority in Xinjiang.
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Iran 'threat' has diminished, says US defense secretary
“We’ve put on hold the potential for attacks on Americans,” Patrick Shanahan told reporters before briefing Congress on the situation in the Persian Gulf and the military deployments that the US said were a response to a danger of imminent attack.
“That doesn’t mean that the threats that we’ve previously identified have gone away,” Shanahan added. “Our prudent response, I think, has given the Iranians time to recalculate. I think our response was a measure of our will and our resolve that we will protect our people and our interests in the region.”
AL JAZEERA
Deadly protests continue in Indonesia after Jokowi's election win
Hundreds wounded as protests continue for second day across Jakarta after incumbent Jokowi was confirmed president.
Febriana Fridaus.- The protesters were largely supporters of presidential candidate and former military general Prabowo Subianto and they claimed widespread fraud took place before, during and after the election.
Some allege that members of the riot police are from China, an attempt to delegitimise Jokowi's regime, while other graphics showed photos of men bleeding on the ground, claiming they had been shot.
Zarif: US playing 'dangerous game' in Gulf showdown
Iran's FM slams US move to shift military hardware to the region, warning it increases the risk of 'accidents'.
Friction between Tehran and Washington has steadily ratcheted up this month, a year after US President Donald Trump pulled out of a landmark 2015 nuclear accord brokered between the Islamic Republic and several other world powers. Under the deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief.
On Tuesday, Zarif said Tehran had "acted in good faith" over the JCPOA and accused the US of waging "economic warfare" on Iran by reimposing sanctions and moving to reduce Iranian oil exports to zero.
Amid the sharp rhetoric, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced on Tuesday that Baghdad will dispatch diplomatic delegations to Washington and Tehran in a bid to "halt tensions" as the ongoing war of words could erupt into a full-blown military conflict.
British Steel collapse: 25,000 jobs at risk as assets liquidated
The steelmaker employs nearly 5,000 workers in Lincolnshire, and a further 20,000 jobs depend on its supply chain.
The company, whose assets now face compulsory liquidation, has blamed Brexit uncertainty for a thinning order book.
Three weeks ago, the government agreed to provide a $150m loan so that the company could make its payments to a European Union environmental scheme and avoid a $630m fine from European regulators.
Under the scheme, companies are awarded a certain number of "carbon credits" based on their target emissions outputs.
AL MAYADEEN
Declaración política del ALBA expresa su apoyo a Venezuela, Cuba y Nicaragua
Asimismo rechazan la conducta injerencista del Gobierno de Estados Unidos, que utiliza una vez más a la OEA y a su Secretario General en su política intervencionista contra la soberanía, la libre determinación y el orden constitucional de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, de la República de Nicaragua y de la República de Cuba.
La declaración saluda la aprobación de la nueva Constitución de la República de Cuba y la presidencia Pro Témpore del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia al frente de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac), pueblo y gobierno, al que apoyan en su histórico y justo derecho a una salida al mar con soberanía.
El documento se opone enérgicamente las medidas adoptadas contra los hermanos países caribeños, considerándolos jurisdicciones no cooperativas y reafirma el apoyo a su reclamo de compensación y justicia reparadora, por el genocidio de la población nativa y los horrores de la esclavitud y la trata de esclavos.
ONU: Libia está al borde de una guerra civil
Las condiciones para los migrantes y refugiados en Libia ya eran terribles antes del conflicto y ahora empeoraron mucho más: cerca de tres mil 400 refugiados y migrantes están atrapados en centros de detención expuestos o muy cerca de la actual zona de combates, advirtió.
Además de los continuos combates, la capital de Libia enfrenta en estos momentos un grave problema con la distribución de agua.
La actual escasez de agua en Trípoli es una preocupación clave, particularmente a medida que las temperaturas aumentan en los meses de verano, recalcó el portavoz del secretario general de la ONU, Stéphane Dujarri.
El terrorismo en Siria no proviene de las costumbres sirias sino del exterior, declara Al-Assad
“El profeta nos advirtió de la exageración en la religión, y lamentablemente la Hermandad Musulmana distorsionó la imagen del Islam en las últimas décadas, mediante la introducción del concepto de la violencia en la religión basada en los pilares del bien, el derecho y la justicia”, aclaró el mandatario.
Por otro lado, el presidente manifestó que “lo que hemos sufrido en esta guerra está vinculado con el extremismo religioso, y la maquinaria del wahabismo contribuyó a consagrar esta realidad”.
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