El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, y la vicepresidenta, Cristina Kirchner, este martes.
El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, y la vicepresidenta, Cristina Kirchner, este martes.NATACHA PISARENKO (AFP)

La negociación con el FMI concentra toda la atención en Argentina. El presidente Alberto Fernández admitió este martes que el acuerdo para refinanciar los 44.500 millones de dólares que recibió el país en 2018 aún no está cerrado, pero dijo que lo enviará “esta semana” para su tratamiento en el Congreso. Ese fue el anuncio más importante de la hora y media de discurso que el mandatario dio durante la apertura del curso parlamentario. La cuestión de la deuda fue también origen de un rifirrafe con parte de la oposición, que abandonó el recinto cuando Fernández reiteró que investigará la responsabilidad penal de ese endeudamiento récord, producido durante la gestión de Mauricio Macri. “Los argentinos y las argentinas tienen el derecho de saber cómo y quiénes fueron los responsables de tanto desatino”, dijo, en medio de un gran griterío de unos y aplausos de otros. Lo escuchaba a su lado Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, que como vicepresidenta presidió la sesión.

Alberto Fernández es un presidente debilitado por las tensiones que mantiene con Fernández de Kirchner, líder de la principal fuerza de la coalición de Gobierno. Las diferencias se concentran, justamente, en el acuerdo con el FMI. Los legisladores kirchneristas han puesto múltiples objeciones a un texto que consideran una claudicación de la Casa Rosada ante el acreedor, que pide déficit cero en un plazo de tres años y condiciona la vigencia del acuerdo al resultado de auditorías trimestrales. Cristina Kirchner no apareció en público ni hizo declaraciones desde finales de enero, cuando el FMI y Fernández anunciaron el inicio de un entendimiento. Durante la última semana, el kirchnerismo filtró a la prensa presuntos detalles del acuerdo, que hablaban de una reforma laboral y previsional y una subida de las tarifas de los servicios públicos.

El presidente uso buena parte de su discurso ante la Asamblea para desmentir la filtración. “Que quede claro, no habrá reforma laboral”, dijo primero. “Quiero ser muy claro ante esta Asamblea Legislativa: no habrá una reforma previsional”, agregó después. Y repitió varias veces que el acuerdo no supone “un ajuste”, palabra maldita en Argentina. “Es un entendimiento inusual: sin políticas de ajuste y con incremento del gasto real en todos los años del programa”, dijo. Sí habrá guerra, sin embargo, en la cuestión de las tarifas a la energía.

El Gobierno destina hoy el 2,3% del PIB (unos 11.000 millones de dólares) en subsidios para que no suba en los hogares el precio de la electricidad y el gas. Es parte de una política contra la inflación, que supera el 50% interanual. El kirchnerismo no quiere subidas mayores del 20% en las tarifas, pero el FMI exige que al menos se acerquen el IPC. Alberto Fernández dijo esta tarde que los aumentos estarán atados al índice salarial, lo que supera ampliamente las aspiraciones de la expresidenta.

Fueron todas palabras para el kirchnerismo, que amenazó con bloquear el acuerdo en el Senado, donde Cristina Kirchner tiene el control, e incluso en la Cámara de Diputados. El hijo de la expresidenta, Máximo Kirchner, renunció a principios de febrero como líder parlamentario de la coalición oficialista, el Frente de Todos, en desacuerdo con el texto firmado con el FMI. El diputado no estuvo este martes en el Congreso, evidencia de la dimensión de la fractura. Tampoco estuvo fuera del edificio legislativo la agrupación política que lidera, La Cámpora, acompañando a los sindicatos y organizaciones sociales que arroparon a Fernández.

Sindicatos y movimientos sociales afines al presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, se manifiestan afuera del Congreso, este martes.
Sindicatos y movimientos sociales afines al presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, se manifiestan afuera del Congreso, este martes.Natacha Pisarenko (AP)

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Tensión con la oposición

El presidente necesita los votos del kirchnerismo para aprobar el acuerdo con el FMI, paso previo a la firma definitiva en Washington. Pero también necesita de la oposición. Y este martes en la Asamblea rompió puentes con los legisladores de Juntos por el Cambio, la coalición del expresidente Mauricio Macri. Los acusó de promover un crédito irresponsable e impagable, con compromisos anuales “sin precedentes en la historia universal de la historia moderna”. Según el acuerdo firmado con el FMI en 2018, Argentina debía pagar este año 19.000 millones de dólares y una suma similar el año que viene. Cuando Macri entregó el poder en 2019 a Fernández, el cronograma con el FMI ya era inviable y Argentina estaba en default con los acreedores privados. Fernández recordó a Juntos por el Cambio que hay una investigación judicial contra los responsables de recibir el crédito. Los diputados de Macri se retiraron entonces del recinto.

Fue el momento más caliente de la sesión, para disfrute de Cristina Kirchner, testigo silenciosa de la escena. Fernández se perdió luego en un largo listado de anuncios económicos, la mayoría ligados al sector productivo, y el repaso de los indicadores que indican un repunte de la economía en la pospandemia.

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Como un acto de protesta simbólica «por el abandono de la Alcaldía», en el barrio El Recuerdo, sembraron árboles en los huecos de la vía.

Como un acto de protesta simbólica «por el abandono de la Alcaldía», en el barrio El Recuerdo, sembraron árboles en los huecos de la vía en mal estado.

Noticias Pasto

En el barrio El Recuerdo, ubicado en la comuna 2 al sur de Pasto, habitantes decidieron tomar la iniciativa y protestar contra el gobierno local «por el abandono» en sus vías, así que sembraron árboles en cada hueco.

Este acto de manera simbólica, lo realizaron tras varios años de peticiones, gestiones y reclamos que han hecho ante la administración municipal.

El presidente de la Junta de Acción Comunal, Alfonso Ortega, dijo que no han obtenido soluciones.

TuBarco Noticias Pasto habló con los habitantes del barrio El Recuerdo para conocer más de dicha problemática que aqueja a todo el sector.

Protesta

Al llegar al sector, se confirmó que con las fuertes lluvias y el alto tráfico que se presenta en la calle 20 C carrera 10 del barrio El Recuerdo, los árboles sembrados fueron arrancados.

Sin embargo, los habitantes salieron a hablar de la problemática que viven.

«Hicimos una protesta simbólica sembramos arbolitos, para que las autoridades o el Alcalde, -nos paren bolas-, nos tenga en cuenta y que pavimenten rápido, porque si no nos tocará tomarnos la vía a nosotros los habitantes de este barrio», dijo Hernán Lazo, un habitante de dicho sector.

Grandes huecos

Es evidente el deterioro de la vía y los grandes huecos, -uno de ellos hasta 4 metros de longitud-, dificultando la movilidad, en dicho sector aledaño al terminal de transportes de la ciudad y al hospital Departamental.

En invierno la problemática de la vía es más grave.

Don Hernán advirtió que que es casi imposible caminar por este sector, cuando llueve al transitar los carros caen en los huecos y el agua, con el barro «le pega a uno».

Los habitantes están preocupados y manifiestan que el mal estado de su vía les ha causado daños en sus viviendas.

«Cuando pasan esos carros y tracto mulas frenan y por evitar los huecos, se accidentan con el antejardín de muchas viviendas, ya han habido personas heridas, porque acá pasa mucho niño, joven en bicicleta y adultos mayores», manifestó un habitante.

Piden soluciones

La comunidad de este sector manifiesta que esta problemática viene hace años atrás, ahora sembraron árboles en los huecos, pero antes han protestado de otras formas y tampoco «hemos sido escuchados».

«Yo vivo hace 16 años y esto siempre ha sido así, porque las mulas que pasan han dañado la vía, eso es un problema y hace bastante tiempo», indicaron.

Hasta el momento «no han venido a darnos una solución», denunció Dilia Pérez fiscal de la JAC.

“Nosotros queremos pedirle a infraestructura que por favor tome cartas en el asunto ya que tiene esto mucho tiempo, el año pasado nos vinieron a tomar medidas y a cortar, se fueron y no hicieron nada”, manifestó Ana Fuenmayor, habitante.

Por otro lado los habitantes piden que el material que se vaya a utilizar en la pavimentación de dicha vía, sea para transporte pesado.

“No queremos que le echen asfalto porque esta calle quedo como la vía principal de nuestro barrio, ya que por el Parque Bolívar hay semaforización todos los carros pasan por acá para evitarlo”, dijo Jaime Guerrero, otro habitante.

Finalmente los ciudadanos expresan que: “Nosotros estamos cansados, como dice la palabra mamados del deterioro de la calle, y al presidente de la JAC nos llamó a unirnos y que era la única vía para que nos hagan caso “.

Sembraron árboles en los huecos, pero si no hay respuestas, advierten que tomarán otras acciones.

 



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The sixth wave of covid in Spain enters the month of March, maintaining a solid decline in all indicators of the evolution of the pandemic

The sixth wave of covid continues its solid decline in March


Sample of an antigen test. EFE/David Arquimbau

The data on the evolution of the coronavirus add up to four days this first day of March, since yesterday, Monday, they were not updated due to technical problems.

They are, therefore, new data since last Friday, February 25.

In these four days, all the indicators of the pandemic have continued to drop significantly.

New infections and accumulated incidence

The cases in these four days are 58,561, a figure that barely shows 15,000 infections on average daily.

The total number of people infected since the pandemic broke out almost two years ago exceeds 11 million (11,036,085).

The accumulated incidence has fallen almost 100 points on these dates and stands at 515.10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, very close to the 500 barrier, below which the extreme risk is left. Last Friday the incidence was 613.15.

By communities, the one with the highest incidence is Galicia (825) and the lowest figure is Melilla (252).

There are six regions, in addition to Melilla, below 500 incidence cases: Balearic Islands (446), Basque Country (432), Ceuta (421), Andalusia (333), Madrid (320) and Castilla-La Mancha (302) .

By age groups, the highest incidence is in the age group between 12 and 19 years old (792) and the lowest is in people between 60 and 69 years old (346).

The ucis, below 1,000 patients admitted

The pressure on hospitals continues to drop.

In the plant there are 6,478 patients with SARS-CoV-2 (5.2%), compared to 7,248 last Friday.

962 seriously ill covid patients (10.4%) are registered in intensive care units. On Friday, February 25, there were 1,053.

The patients admitted in the last 24 hours are 609 compared to 876 who have been discharged.

PCR positivity has dropped from 19.2 percent four days ago to 17.1 percent.

Deceased

Since last Friday the number of deaths has slowed down, adding 473 in four days, about 120 daily.

The official global number of deaths is 99,883, about to reach 100,000 in almost two years.

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Two women walk down the street, with and without masks. EFE/David Aguilar

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that rules of the international order that help protect peace and security will be weakened if Russian President Vladimir Putin is allowed to get away with his premeditated invasion of Ukraine.

In a video address to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Blinken warned the human rights and humanitarian crises affecting Ukraine will get worse if Putin succeeds in toppling the country’s democratically elected government.

“Look at Crimea, where Russia’s occupation has come with extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary detention, the persecution of ethnic and religious minorities, the brutal repression of dissent. … Reports of Russia’s human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law are mounting by the hour,” Blinken said.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine six days ago, Blinken notes Russian strikes against civilians and civilian infrastructures have escalated. He says schools, hospitals and residential buildings have been targeted. He says critical infrastructure providing millions of people with drinking water, with gas to prevent them from freezing, with electricity to keep the lights on has been destroyed.

“The High Commissioner said yesterday that Russia’s attacks had killed at least a hundred civilians, including children, and wounded hundreds more — and said she expects the real figures are much higher. … Russia’s violence has driven over half a million Ukrainians from the country in just a few days,” Blinken said. “Children, the elderly, people with disabilities, who are making harrowing journeys through conflict zones.”

The Kremlin insisted Tuesday that Russian troops don’t conduct any strikes against civilian infrastructure and residential areas.

The U.N. Refugee Agency is preparing for up to 4 million Ukrainians to flee for safety to neighboring countries. UNHCR officials say the situation looks set to become Europe’s largest refugee crisis this century.

Blinken says Russia’s repression does not stop at Ukraine’s borders. He says the Kremlin also is ramping up its repression within Russia. He says human rights defenders, journalists, Putin’s political opponents have long been subjected to harassment, intimidation, poisoning and imprisonment.

He says this treatment now is being meted out to Russians peacefully protesting the invasion of Ukraine. He says thousands have been detained, and anyone found to be assisting a foreign country or organization could be imprisoned for up to 20 years.


U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that rules of the international order that help protect peace and security will be weakened if Russian President Vladimir Putin is allowed to get away with his premeditated invasion of Ukraine.

In a video address to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Blinken warned the human rights and humanitarian crises affecting Ukraine will get worse if Putin succeeds in toppling the country’s democratically elected government.

“Look at Crimea, where Russia’s occupation has come with extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary detention, the persecution of ethnic and religious minorities, the brutal repression of dissent. … Reports of Russia’s human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law are mounting by the hour,” Blinken said.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine six days ago, Blinken notes Russian strikes against civilians and civilian infrastructures have escalated. He says schools, hospitals and residential buildings have been targeted. He says critical infrastructure providing millions of people with drinking water, with gas to prevent them from freezing, with electricity to keep the lights on has been destroyed.

“The High Commissioner said yesterday that Russia’s attacks had killed at least a hundred civilians, including children, and wounded hundreds more — and said she expects the real figures are much higher. … Russia’s violence has driven over half a million Ukrainians from the country in just a few days,” Blinken said. “Children, the elderly, people with disabilities, who are making harrowing journeys through conflict zones.”

The Kremlin insisted Tuesday that Russian troops don’t conduct any strikes against civilian infrastructure and residential areas.

The U.N. Refugee Agency is preparing for up to 4 million Ukrainians to flee for safety to neighboring countries. UNHCR officials say the situation looks set to become Europe’s largest refugee crisis this century.

Blinken says Russia’s repression does not stop at Ukraine’s borders. He says the Kremlin also is ramping up its repression within Russia. He says human rights defenders, journalists, Putin’s political opponents have long been subjected to harassment, intimidation, poisoning and imprisonment.

He says this treatment now is being meted out to Russians peacefully protesting the invasion of Ukraine. He says thousands have been detained, and anyone found to be assisting a foreign country or organization could be imprisoned for up to 20 years.

A case of rape that occurred last Saturday in a neighborhood in the municipality of Pijao, Quindío, generated outrage among the inhabitants of this town, who scheduled a march for this Tuesday.

According to the lawyer and social leader of the municipality, Maryi Torres, it is a peaceful protest because “if they touch one, they touch us all. We are too small a municipality and we are going through acts of violence.”

Last Saturday, a 22-year-old girl was raped and beaten by 5 men in a wooded area of ​​the Morroseco neighborhood of Pijao. The woman was with her boyfriend, who was also beaten at the scene.

The couple was in a wooded area and 5 men threatened them with firearms, beat them and threatened her and told her they were going to kill her boyfriend

“This is a very small municipality and all the people became aware of the case because the young woman was taken to the hospital. The couple was in a wooded area and 5 men threatened them with firearms, beat them and they threatened her and told her that they were going to kill her boyfriend. They called them by their names, but the victims say they don’t know these 5 people,” Torres said.

The social leader added that, fortunately, they were not killed, when all this was happening, a young man from the municipality was passing by, he began to shout and the community left their houses and the men fled to the rural area.

Due to these events and others that have been known in recent weeks, several people joined and called for this peaceful protest that seeks to draw the attention of the departmental and national authorities to take action and provide protection to the population.

“In the municipality things have been presented that go unpunished, as it is such a hidden town, everyone is silent, if we had not called the march, no one would know what happened. A few days ago in the Santa Teresita institution they put young people from eleventh to take care of third grade children and from there some videos came out where the young people supposedly offered the girls money to kiss each other”.

The commander of the Quindío Police, Colonel Jorge Mauro Córdoba, said that the attention route for the abused young woman has already been prioritized, but “there is a reservation in this case and I cannot refer to it, but the timely attention was made. In the issue of public order in this municipality, we have been capturing people who commit thefts on farms and crimes in this municipality in the mountains”.

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The director of Ideam, Yolanda González, warned that there is “a significant increase in rainfall, especially in the center and south of the national territory, which will be accompanied by electrical storms, especially in sectors of Valle del Cauca.”

This call was made in order to recommend to the National Risk Management System to advance preventive actions in the face of the high possibilities of landslides and sudden floods.

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Given this situation, the Secretary of Risk Management of Cali, Rodrigo Zamorano, indicated that it is difficult to determine exactly what percentage the rains will increase, but he specified that this is due to the fact that there is still a 90 percent probability that the La Niña phenomenon.

The official explained that due to the rains, the Cauca River has a level of 8.34 meters, something that he considers high and that could represent a serious threat if it reaches 9.20 meters.

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Meanwhile, the coordinator of the Cali Firefighters Operations Center, Marco Antonio Gómez, assured that due to the continuous rainfall they have received calls from affected people in neighborhoods such as Petecuy, San Luis and Charco Azul.

Meanwhile, in El Caney Limonar, Nueva Granada and Bochalema, trees fell.

The increase in rains led the Mayor of Cali to convene a risk management council and activate all the capacities of the different district and relief agencies, through an Emergency and Contingency Plan to prevent risks due to rainfall in the city. capital of Valle del Cauca.

Strange disappearance of two young people

A complete mystery has become the whereabouts of Sebastian Martínez, 24, and Daniel Gutierrez Delgado, 22, who had made an appointment to go to the Pance River on Sunday.

However, from one moment to another they lost contact with their relatives. During the search efforts, some relatives of the young people found Gutiérrez’s clothes in the upper part of the Vorágine.

The authorities intensify the search for the young people.

For his part, the Secretary of Risk Management of Cali, Rodrigo Zamorano, recalled that that same Sunday the people who were in the traditional Cali river had to be evacuated, due to the danger it represented for bathers.

Zamorano added that around 4:45 pm they identified a “robust flood of between 80 centimeters to 1 meter in height that implies definitively evacuating the river because it comes with dragged material, change in color and increase in height.”

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