Síntesis informativa - 24 de septiembre 2019
THE GUARDIAN
US briefing: Trump-Ukraine scandal, Greta Thunberg and Boris Johnson
Trump meets Ukraine accusations with baseless Biden claim
Donald Trump has tried to shrug off the growing demands for his impeachment amid allegations that he pressured the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, to investigate his potential 2020 rival, Joe Biden, over baseless claims of corruption. Speaking in New York, the president insisted he did not take the threat of impeachment seriously and tried to turn the accusations against him back on his opponents, saying Biden was “corrupt” and the media “crooked”.
How the FBI targeted environmental activists
More than a dozen environmental activists who campaigned against fossil fuel extraction in North America were identified in domestic terrorism-related investigations by the FBI, according to hundreds of pages of the bureau’s files that were obtained by the Guardian through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
Greta Thunberg condemns world leaders in emotional speech at UN
In a stinging speech on Monday, the teenage Swedish climate activist told governments that “you are still not mature enough to tell it like it is. You are failing us. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal.”
Days after millions of young people joined protests worldwide to demand emergency action on climate change, leaders gathered for the annual United Nations general assembly aiming to inject fresh momentum into efforts to curb carbon emissions.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/23/greta-thunberg-speech-un-2019-address
DETAINED How the US built the world's largest immigrant detention system
The United States’ reliance on immigrant detention is not a new phenomenon, nor did it emerge with Donald Trump (though its growth under his administration is staggering). Over the last four decades, a series of emergency stopgaps and bipartisan deals has created a new multibillion dollar industry built on the incarceration of immigrants.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/24/detained-us-largest-immigrant-detention-trump
Brazilian indigenous leaders denounce Bolsonaro before UN speech
Brazil’s president is expected to use his UN debut to launch a Trumpian assault on the left and push back against foreign criticism of his treatment of Brazil’s environment and indigenous communities. He has recruited a rare pro-Bolsonaro indigenous voice, Ysani Kalapalo, to travel with him to New York in an effort to soften his notoriety as a rainforest destroyer.
But in a strongly worded open letter, 16 indigenous leaders from Brazil’s Xingu indigenous park spurned Bolsonaro’s “colonialist and ethnocidal” programme for their communities, which he has pledged to open for commercial exploitation.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/23/jair-bolsonaro-un-brazilian-indigenous-leaders
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AL JAZEERA
Trump praises el-Sisi, 'not concerned' with Egypt protests
US president backs embattled president who is grappling with rare protests calling for him to step down.
Discontent over the rising cost of living has been swelling in Egypt, where the government has imposed strict austerity measures since 2016 as part of a $12bn loan package from the International Monetary Fund. Nearly one in three Egyptians live below the poverty line on less than $1.40 a day, according to official figures released in July. Other estimates put the figure higher.
Since the protests erupted, security forces have reinforced their presence in central Cairo and plain-clothes officers have been stopping people to check the social media content on their mobile phones, according to reports. Al Jazeera is banned from reporting inside Egypt.
Germany, UK, France blame Iran for Saudi oil attacks
Three signatories to 2015 Iran deal issue joint statement as more signs emerge pointing to collapse of agreement.
"It is clear for us that Iran bears responsibility for this attack. There is no other plausible explanation," the three leaders said in the joint statement released by France.
Pledging to work to ease tensions in the Middle East, the three urged Iran to "refrain from choosing provocation and escalation".
France's Macron also appears to be considering abandoning the accord.
Google wins 'right to be forgotten' case in top EU court
European Court of Justice rules against obliging Google to apply 'right to be forgotten' rule globally.
The landmark case stems from a legal battle waged by France to impose a "right to be forgotten" on the web.
The European Court of Justice's (ECJ) ruling on Tuesday prevented the 28-member EU from acquiring unprecedented powers to regulate the internet beyond its borders.
That means the "right to be forgotten" will be seen only on European versions of the Google search page - google.fr or google.de, say - but not on google.com or other domains outside the EU.
Since 2016, the company has used so-called "geoblocking" to filter all Google site results to Europeans so they will not see the information a person in their country wants to limit.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/google-wins-forgotten-case-top-eu-court-190924071557554.html
Two rockets 'hit' near US embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone
No casualties reported and no group claims responsibility for reported rocket attacks.
A foreign security source inside the Green Zone said two 100mm rockets hit close to the US embassy and a third fell into the Tigris River, which the embassy overlooks.
Tensions escalated this summer when a string of mysterious blasts hit weapons depots and other bases used by pro-Iran paramilitary forces known as the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF).
The PMF blamed the US and Israel, with its political branch calling the attacks "a declaration of war" and resuming its calls for US troops to leave the country.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/rockets-hit-embassy-baghdad-green-zone-190924052551906.htmll
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AL MAYADEEN
Insatisfechos con Macron el 64 por ciento de franceses, según encuesta
"Más allá de sondeos, el jefe de Estado desempeña su labor en un escenario espinoso, a partir de las reformas e iniciativas que impulsa, sobre todo la dirigida a establecer un nuevo sistema de jubilación por puntos"
Detractores de esa reforma realizaron en los últimos días tres grandes acciones de rechazo, una huelga que paralizó el 13 de septiembre el transporte público en París, una inusual protesta de abogados, pilotos y personal de la salud dos días después y una marcha la víspera de miles de integrantes de Fuerza Obrera, considerada la tercera agrupación sindical más poderosa de Francia.
Presidente de Venezuela en Rusia para afianzar cooperación
Los mandatarios abordarán la actual cooperación que existe entre las dos naciones en las áreas de economía, social y cultural.
Asimismo, enfatizó que estas reuniones forman parte del Programa de Recuperación, Crecimiento y Prosperidad Económica para reducir el impacto de las sanciones y el bloqueo financiero impuesto ilegalmente por el Gobierno de Estados Unidos.
Irak llama a países vecinos a construir una alianza regional más coherente
El presidente iraquí, Barham Saleh, dijo que Irak tiene la intención de invitar a sus vecinos a reunirse en Bagdad, con el objetivo de mantener conversaciones basadas en la necesidad de apoyar la estabilidad de Irak y su economía, y trabajar arduamente en identificar áreas de cooperación inmediata y trazar una hoja de ruta para construir una alianza regional más coherente.
