Natural resources always play a key role in such struggles, and Bolivia is no exception thanks to massive lithium reserves, some of which Morales agreed to develop with China earlier this year.
Daily Archives: 12. November 2019
Ganze Konterrevolution – Putsch in Bolivien
Evo Morales stand zwar an der Spitze der wirtschaftlich erfolgreichsten Regierung in der Geschichte Boliviens, doch er lieferte die BodenschĂ€tze des Landes nicht vorbehaltlos den auslĂ€ndischen GroĂkonzernen aus. Lithium ist unverzichtbar fĂŒr die Herstellung von Laptops, Mobiltelefonen und E-Autos â und Bolivien verfĂŒgt ĂŒber die weltweit gröĂten Vorkommen dieses Alkalimetalls. Aber alle BodenschĂ€tze sind 2006 nationalisiert worden. Auch wenn Boliviens Regierung auslĂ€ndischen Investoren immer wieder weit und auch zu weit entgegenkam, war das doch ein Hindernis, dessen man sich zu entledigen suchte.
Evo Morales in Mexiko angekommen
Weil mehrere Staaten ihren Luftraum fĂŒr das Flugzeug gesperrt hatten, musste der Flieger nach Angaben von Mexikos AuĂenminister Marcelo Ebrard eine »Odyssee durch die Politik Lateinamerikas« machen.
Einschwören auf Krieg
Die Kritik der RĂŒstungsgegner richtete sich aber zu wesentlichen Teilen gegen AuslandseinsĂ€tze, die nichts mit Verteidigung zu tun haben. »Seit 1999, dem Angriffskrieg gegen Jugoslawien, fĂŒhrt die Bundeswehr Krieg fĂŒr deutsche Kapitalinteressen. Weltweite MilitĂ€reinsĂ€tze sollen AbsatzmĂ€rkte, Rohstoffe und Handelswege sichern«, hieĂ es im Protestaufruf.
Gantz signals turn towards minority government without Netanyahu
Likud, however, seeks to have Netanyahu remain in office for a year or until his trial begins.
In addition, Gantz said: âInstead of security considerations dictating political behavior, political and personal considerations are dictating security considerations.â
Netanyahu took particular umbrage with that statement, shaking his head vigorously when Gantz made it and using his right to respond in the Knesset to deny it.
Itâs almost unthinkable, but how would a minority government work?
(17.10.2019)
In principle, the candidate whom the president grants the right to form a government does not need a majority of 61 to do so. All that is really needed is a situation in which more hands vote in favor of the government than oppose it.
Netanyahu: Forming Gov‘t With Arab Parties Is ‚Slap in the Face of Israeli Soldiers‘
„A government that depends on the Arab parties is a danger to Israel‘s security,“ added Netanyahu. He then addressed Gantz saying „you were the Chief of Staff in Operation Protective Edge [2014 Gaza war], we ran the operation together – do you remember what Tibi did during the operation?
Israel targets senior Islamic Jihad figure in Damascus, kills son: report
Since civil war erupted in Syria in 2011, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in the neighboring country.
Israel kills a senior leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza airstrike
In Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces targeted Baha Abu al-Ata, the militant commander Israel considered responsible for several previous rocket launches, on grounds that his next attack was imminent. In a televised appearance, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Abu al-Ata the âchief terrorist in Gazaâ and emphasized the care taken to prevent other injuries in the strike.
Poll finds negative views of Democrats‘ and Trump‘s handling of impeachment inquiry
More Americans feel the Democrats have done a bad job handling the inquiry (52%) than a good job (48%.) And more feel President Trump has done a bad job handling it (56%) than feel he has handled it well (43%.)
Why are House Democrats giving up on John Bolton so easily?
(08.11.2019)
House Democrats say they will not take former Trump national security adviser John Bolton to court, adding that his reluctance to appear only adds to their impeachment case.
Bolton Said to Know of âMany Relevant Meetingsâ on Ukraine, but Will Not Testify
(Updated Nov. 11, 2019)
WASHINGTON â John R. Bolton, President Trumpâs former national security adviser, knows about âmany relevant meetings and conversationsâ connected to a pressure campaign on Ukraine that House impeachment investigators have not yet been informed of, his lawyer told lawmakers on Friday.
Poll: 65% of Republicans say Trumpâs Ukraine scheme was normal presidential behavior
As part of our podcast, Impeachment, Explained, Vox partnered with PerryUndem and Ipsos on a poll exploring Americansâ beliefs about when presidential behavior is impeachable, when itâs simply wrong, and how partisanship is shaping those perceptions. The results were fascinating and unnerving.
Causa Casinos: âRazzienâ bei zwei Ex-Finanzministern
Laut âPresseâ hielten die Ermittler DienstagfrĂŒh Nachschau bei den frĂŒheren ĂVP-Finanzministern Löger und Pröll. Pröll ist mittlerweile stellvertretender AufsichtsratsprĂ€sident der Casinos Austria. Weitere âRazzienâ hĂ€tten beim nunmehrigen ĂBAG-Chef Schmid sowie beim AufsichtsratsprĂ€sidenten der Casinos Austria, Rothensteiner, stattgefunden, berichtete die Zeitung.
James Le Mesurier, British ex-army officer who trained Syria‘s White Helmets, found dead in Istanbul
Mystery surrounds the death of the former British soldier who backed Syriaâs White Helmets after his body was found in the street days after the Kremlin accused him of being an MI6 agent with terrorist connections.
James Le Mesurier, an ex-Army officer, is thought to have fallen from the balcony of his home in Istanbul where he lived with his wife.
Klarer Fall von Selbstmord: Chef der syrischen WeiĂhelme tot in Istanbul aufgefunden.
„Maria Sacharowa, Sprecherin des russischen AuĂenministerium, hatte Le Mesurier vor drei Tagen einen Agenten des MI6 genannt, âder auf der ganzen Welt gesichtet wurde, unter anderem auf dem Balkan und im Nahen Osten.“
Spaniens Sozialisten und linke Podemos wollen koalieren
Zwei Tage nach der Parlamentsneuwahl in Spanien haben die Sozialisten (PSOE) des geschĂ€ftsfĂŒhrenden MinisterprĂ€sidenten Pedro SĂĄnchez und das LinksbĂŒndnis Unidas Podemos (UP) sich darauf geeinigt, eine Koalition zu bilden. SĂĄnchez und UP-Chef Pablo Iglesias unterzeichneten eine entsprechende Vorvereinbarung. Spanischen Medien zufolge soll Iglesias stellvertretender Regierungschef werden.
Jenoptik-Vorstand: Verkauf von MilitÀrgeschÀft 2020
Im Oktober sei die Lieferung von Stromversorgungsaggregaten fĂŒr das Flugabwehrraketensystem „Patriot“ an die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate jedoch genehmigt worden, sagte Traeger.
India Is Stifling Kashmir Journalists And Twitter Is Helping Get The Job Done
The Indian government has asked third party contractors to help it build a massive surveillance network utilizing thousands of cameras and the current cream of the facial recognition crop at the time of deployment. The whole thing needs to be in place less than 8 months after the contract is secured, suggesting the government is more than happy to move forward with whatever it has on hand rather than whatever might actually do the job well.
It‘s also climbing the global censorship charts, trailing only Russia, China, and Turkey in various social media platform demographics. But it is the king of Facebook censorship, delivering more takedown demands to Facebook than closest rival, Russia. When you‘re out-censoring Russia, you‘re playing the censorship game right.
Mozilla: ISPs Are Lying About Encrypted DNS, Should Have Privacy Practices Investigated
The effort would effectively let Chrome and Mozilla users opt in to DNS encryption — making your browser data more secure from spying and monetization — assuming your DNS provider supports it. Needless to day, telecom giants that have made billions of dollars monetizing your every online behavior for decades now (and routinely lying about it) don‘t much like that.
As a result, Comcast, AT&T, and others have been trying to demonize the Google and Mozilla efforts any way they can,
Soldiers with top-secret clearances say they were forced to use an app that could endanger them
âJust being in intelligence, we are trained to be extremely paranoid of everything,â the soldier said. âThis is serious operational security not being considered.â
The worst-case scenario, he said, was âour cover might be blown.â While the app said permissions could be disabled, the soldiers said there was a failure of confidence it was secure. Senior leaders checked the phones of subordinates to ensure they had the app installed, soldiers in the unit said.
Antivirus software pioneer: Crypto companies don‘t have obligation to combat criminal activity
John McAfee, who pioneered the McAfee antivirus software, pushed back against the notion that cryptocurrency companies have an obligation to combat criminal activity on their platforms.
McAfee argued in an interview that aired on Monday that officials canât expect companies behind digital currency exchanges or cryptocurrencies to police such activity, even as he called himself troubled by digital currency being used for illicit means.
Berlin und der Putsch
Die Bundesregierung und ein fĂŒhrender Politiker der Opposition billigen den Putsch in Bolivien. Der von der ArmeefĂŒhrung erzwungene RĂŒcktritt des gewĂ€hlten PrĂ€sidenten Evo Morales sei ein „wichtiger Schritt hin zu einer friedlichen Lösung“, behauptet ein Berliner Regierungssprecher. Der auĂenpolitische Sprecher der GrĂŒnen-Fraktion im Bundestag urteilt, die MilitĂ€rs hĂ€tten „die richtige Entscheidung getroffen“. Morales hatte, um BlutvergieĂen zu vermeiden, nach einer Meuterei der Polizei und einer ultimativen Drohung des Armeechefs sein Amt aufgegeben.
Bolivian Coup Comes Less Than a Week After Morales Stopped Multinational Firm‘s Lithium Deal
The Sunday military coup in Bolivia has put in place a government which appears likely to reverse a decision by just-resigned President Evo Morales to cancel an agreement with a German company for developing lithium deposits in the Latin American country for batteries like those in electric cars. …
ACISA told German broadcaster DW last week that the company was „confident that our lithium project will be resumed after a phase of political calmness and clarification.“
Ocasio-Cortez Joins Chorus of Critics Condemning Coup in Bolivia That Forced Out Socialist President
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday became the second U.S. lawmaker to join the growing chorus of voices across the globe who are condemning the resignation of Bolivia‘s socialist President Evo Morales as a „coup.“
Barbara Lee Is Proud to be the Progressive OG
The Houseâs steadiest advocate for peace knows what it takes to stand up for your ideals.
Calling for an ‚End to Violence,‘ Bernie Sanders Becomes First 2020 Democratic Presidential Contender to Criticize Bolivian Coup
„By far the biggest difference between Bernie and the rest of the Democratic candidates is how well versed he is in and how much he cares about the type of international left issues that, say, The Nation writes a lot about,“ said reporter Matthew Zeitlin.
Evo Morales im Asyl in Mexiko, Proteste und Gewalt nach Putsch in Bolivien
Regierungen in Lateinamerika kritisieren den Staatsstreich und rufen zur Beendigung der Gewalt auf
Erfolg fĂŒr Indigene in Ecuador: Bohrerlaubnis in Teilen des Amazonas zurĂŒckgenommen
Miriam Cisneros, Vertreterin des Volkes der Sarayaku, gab auf einer Pressekonferenz bekannt, dass man momentan eine Klage vor dem Interamerikanischen Gerichtshof fĂŒr Menschenrechte vorbereite. Ziel sei es, ein Urteil umzusetzen, dass den ecuadorianischen Staat verpflichtet, 1.400 Kilogramm Sprengstoff aus den betroffenen Gebieten zu entfernen. Diese waren auf Grund der bevorstehenden Ălexploration verteilt worden.
I am very concerned about what appears to be a coup in Bolivia, where the military, after weeks of political unrest, intervened to remove President Evo Morales. The U.S. must call for an end to violence and support Boliviaâs democratic institutions.
Boliviens zurĂŒckgetretener PrĂ€sident Morales erhĂ€lt Asyl in Mexiko – und sitzt bereits im Flugzeug.
#BREAKING | @evoespueblo arrives in Paraguay on board of a Mexican air force plane. We continue to follow the events.
President Jimmy Carter to undergo procedure to relieve pressure on brain from falls
Former President Jimmy Carter was admitted to a Georgia hospital Monday and is scheduled to undergo a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from recent falls, The Carter Center said.
Merkel in Rom: Die Harmonie ist zurĂŒck
Beide waren sich einig, dass sich die europÀischen Staaten stÀrker in der NATO engagieren sollten, der EU-Beitrittsprozess mit Albanien und Nord-Mazedonien weiter vorangetrieben werden muss und auch, dass eine Bankenunion in Europa ein richtiges und wichtiges Ziel sei.