This content was published on 01 March 2021 – 04:12
EEUU TRUMP
Trump says “Trumpism” is far from over
Orlando (USA) (EFE) .- Former US President Donald Trump assured this Sunday in Florida that “Trumpism” is far from over and that the Republican Party will arrive united and victorious in the next legislative and presidential elections after the ” catastrophic “policies of his successor, Democrat Joe Biden. In his first speech since his term ended on January 20, Trump made a review of his four-year government and what he called the “incompetence” of the new administration, during the closing of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC ) in the city of Orlando, in central Florida. The Republican especially attacked the new immigration policies, noting that Biden reopened the coyote business and a massive influx of illegal immigrants.
BURMA HIT
At least 30 dead after a month of coup in Burma
Yangon (Burma) (EFE) .- At least 30 people have died as a result of the violence unleashed after the military coup in Burma, which is one month old today, according to the Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners (AAPP) . According to data from the AAPP, about twenty people lost their lives this Sunday alone during the violent repression of the security forces, who fired live ammunition at the unarmed protesters, among whom around 200 were injured.
EL SALVADOR ELECTIONS
New Ideas, Bukele’s party, celebrates its “victory” on social networks
San Salvador (EFE) .- The New Ideas (NI) party, founded by a political movement promoted by the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, was already celebrating its “victory” on social media when the Salvadoran electoral body had barely begun to process the votes of the legislative and municipal elections on Sunday, after the majority of the 1,596 voting centers in the Central American country closed at 5:00 p.m. local time (23:00 GMT). Bukele led this celebration and on his Twitter account he published “! VICTORIA! And accompanied this exclamation with a video in which fireworks are observed. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) opened an administrative process against Bukele this Sunday, after a conference of press in full election day in which he asked Salvadorans to vote to carry out the “auction operation” against their opponents.
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R.UNIDO
The United Kingdom vaccinates more than 20 million people and finds a variant of Manaus
London (EFE) .- The British Minister of Health, Matt Hancock, announced on Sunday that more than 20 million people have already received the first dose of the vaccine against covid-19 in the United Kingdom, a progress that he described as ” magnificent”. “I am absolutely delighted that more than 20 million people have been vaccinated across the UK. It is absolutely fantastic. I want to thank every single person who has come to receive the dose,” Hancock added in a video posted on his account. the social network Twitter. In addition, the first six cases of the Manaus (Brazil) variant of the coronavirus have been found in England and Scotland, health authorities reported.
BRAZIL
Brazil touches 255,000 deaths and is heading towards 10.6 million cases
Rio de Janeiro (EFE) .- Brazil, one of the global epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic, registered 721 deaths from covid in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to close to 255,000, his Government reported this Sunday . According to the most recent bulletin of the Ministry of Health, in total there are 254,942 fatalities, while in infections the figure reaches 10,541,259, after confirming 34,027 new cases since the day before. The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, minimized the critical situation that the health system is experiencing in his country due to the pandemic, saying that “health always had its problems”, at a time when the lack of quotas for patients with covid-19 in ICUs have half a nation on the brink of collapse.
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VENEZUELA SPAIN
Venezuela says that González Laya’s visit to Cúcuta is a “staging”
Caracas (EFE) .- The Government of Venezuela described this Sunday as a “staging” the visit made on Saturday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Arancha González Laya, to the Colombian border city of Cúcuta, where she checked in the On the ground, the situation of the thousands of migrants who flee every day from the crisis in the oil country. “A whole staging of the endless play on the obsession with Venezuela,” Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Twitter, in response to a message from González Laya in which the Spanish minister indicated that her country supports the efforts of the UN and several NGOs that assist Venezuelan migrants in Cúcuta. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro considered Laya’s visit an “aggression” and announced that he was putting “the entire relationship” with Spain under review.
HONG KONG PROTESTS
Hong Kong accuses 47 members of the pro-democracy opposition of subversion
Hong Kong (EFE) .- The Hong Kong Police accused 47 pro-democracy activists on Sunday of “subverting the power of the state” in what is, so far, the largest operation against the city’s opposition protected under the controversial law of national security imposed by Beijing in the middle of last year. Among the 47, belonging to different factions of the pro-democracy opposition, are activists such as Joshua Wong – who is currently serving a 13 and a half month prison sentence for other charges -, academics, politicians and leaders of civil society. One of them, District Councilor Lester Shum, told the press before going to the police station that it was a “total repression” against the opposition and stated that he will not “surrender to the regime” while calling on Hong Kongers that they “persist in their struggle for democracy.”
SYRIA ISRAEL
Syria suffers a new Israeli missile attack near Damascus
Damascus (EFE) .- Syria suffered a new Israeli missile attack on Sunday night directed against the vicinity of Damascus, indicated a military source and the official Syrian news agency Sana, who did not report casualties or material damage. “Our anti-aircraft defenses face missiles from the Israeli aggression in the sky over Damascus and shoot down some of them,” Sana reported after the first explosions were heard from the capital, around 10:30 pm local time. A military source confirmed to Efe that the aggression came from the Golan occupied by the Israeli Army in the direction of targets around Damascus and that the defenses had knocked down most of them.
HAITI CRISIS
Thousands of Haitians ask again in the streets for Moise’s resignation
Port-au-Prince (EFE) .- Thousands of Haitians demonstrated this Sunday in the streets of Port-au-Prince to demand the resignation of their country’s president, Jovenel Moise, whom they accuse of trying to establish a dictatorship. Journalists, young professionals, political activists and personalities from the world of politics were seen in the streets among the protesters, who responded to the call of Christian organizations and civil society, determined to prevent the establishment of “any dictatorship” in Haiti, the country. poorest in the American continent.
ECUADOR ELECTIONS
Indigenous people of Ecuador study actions to reject electoral fraud against Yaku
Quito (EFE) .- Indigenous groups in Ecuador are studying the actions they will take in the following days to claim for what they consider to be “electoral fraud” against their presidential candidate, Yaku Pérez, and they do not rule out demanding that the elections be annulled. last February 7. In addition, the grassroots of the indigenous movement consider the possible call for a “national strike”, together with other social groups such as unions, to demand that the National Electoral Council (CNE) make the results of the vote that day transparent. At the moment, no mobilization or protest action has been reported by the indigenous group, although its leaders have stated that the decisions will be announced in the course of the next few days.
MEDITERRANEAN MIGRATORY CRISIS
Sea Watch 3 rescues another 44 people and already has 361 on board
Rome (EFE) .- A ship of the German NGO Sea Watch carried out this Sunday a third rescue operation in the Central Mediterranean, the fifth in three days, rescuing another 44 people, with which there are already 361 migrants who travel on board, the organization reported on social media. “Third intervention today and fifth of this mission: after the sighting of the Moonbird we have helped 44 people from a wooden boat that was about to sink,” the NGO said on Twitter, referring to the fact that its reconnaissance plane had sighted another four boats in danger after the second rescue of the day, hours before, in which it saved 97 migrants.
SOUTH KOREA TRADE BALANCE
South Korea’s trade surplus fell 33.9% in February
Seoul (EFE) .- South Korea registered a trade surplus of 2,710 million dollars in February, the tenth consecutive month of positive balance of the indicator that, nevertheless, marked a reduction of 33.9% year-on-year, his Government reported today. South Korean exports rose 9.5% from February 2020, to $ 44.8 billion, thanks to chip and car shipments and a recovery in business sentiment as covid-19 vaccination spreads, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy. Imports grew 13.9% in the second month of 2021, to $ 42.1 billion.
GOLDEN CINEMA BALLOONS
“Minari” leaves Guatemalan “La llorona” without the Golden Globe
Los Angeles (USA) (EFE) .- The film “Minari. Story of my family” (USA, but with dialogues in Korean and English) won this Sunday the Golden Globe for the best film in the language foreign, a category in which the Guatemalan “La llorona”, by Jayro Bustamante, was also nominated. Rosamund Pike (“I Care a Lot”) won the Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy or musical, a category in which the Latina Anya Taylor-Joy was also a candidate for “Emma”, and Laura Pausini, Diane Warren and Niccolò Agliardi won the award for the best song in a film for “Io Sì”, the theme of the Italian film “La vita davanti a se”.
GOLDEN TELEVISION BALLOONS
“The Crown”, best drama series at the Golden Globes
Los Angeles (USA) (EFE) .- “The Crown” was crowned this Sunday as the best dramatic series at the Golden Globes, during a gala held from Los Angeles and New York in a format adapted to the coronavirus pandemic and that also distributed awards to protagonists of this production. Josh O’Connor and Emma Corrin of “The Crown” won the award for best actor and actress in a drama series. In comedy or musical, she won the series “Schitt’s Creek” with one of its leads, Catherine O’Hara, and Jason Sudeikis, star of the surrealist “Ted Lasso,” as winners of the best actress and actor awards respectively. “Lady’s Gambit” won the award for best limited series (miniseries). EFE
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