[RED DEMOCRATICA] CFR.org Daily Brief, June 11, 2010

 

June 11, 2010 View this newsletter as a web page on CFR's website. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - South Africa's Soccer World Cup Begins - Kyrgyzstan Declares State of Emergency - New Estimate Doubles Oil Spill Rate - Turkey Affirms Western Ties Top of the Agenda: South Africa's Soccer World Cup Begins South Africa's soccer World Cup begins (NYT) Friday. South Africa spent $5.5 billion on stadiums and infrastructure and is expecting around $1.7 billion in return. Much of the infrastructure was badly needed anyways, but critics say the World Cup is an unaffordable project for South Africa that international soccer's governing body, FIFA, should not have considered. The Institute for Security Studies estimates South Africa could have built low-cost housing for hundreds of thousands of its citizens with the money spent on World Cup extravagances. Human rights campaigners say South African authorities have forcibly evicted (WashPost) thousands of the poor and placed them in settlements to present a good image during the World Cup. Analysis: On ForeignPolicy.com, Nicholas Griffin describes the role of soccer in defeating apartheid in South Africa. The World Cup brings enormous prestige to South Africa's still-emerging democracy. But for all its post-apartheid progress, the country still must fix deep-rooted economic and political problems, writes CFR's Princeton Lyman. MIDDLE EAST: Iraq's Shia Groups Merge in New Parliament Iraq's two main Shia political groupings merge (BBC) to form the biggest alliance in the new parliament. Separately, six people were killed (AFP) in Iraq's central town of Jalawla, including four by a suicide car bomb against a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol. PACIFIC RIM: Chinese Inflation Rises, Strikes Continue China faces the prospect of wage inflation and slowing growth, as inflation exceeded (FT) 3 percent in May and a rash of worker strikes hit several industrial areas of the country. North Korea: North Korea's state media has stepped up its anti-South Korea campaign following the accusation that it sank a South Korean warship, the Wall Street Journal reports. SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: Kyrgyzstan Declares State of Emergency Kyrgyzstan declared a state of emergency (AP) after a fatal riot that left at least twenty-three people dead and more than 330 injured, following the overthrow of the country's president in April. Afghanistan/Pakistan: A roadside bomb blew up (AFP) a mini bus in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar, killing nine civilians. Separately, U.S. drone attacks killed (AP) fifteen alleged militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan near the Afghan border. AFRICA: Finnish Court Convicts for Rwandan Genocide A Finnish court sentenced (Reuters) a former Rwandan pastor to life in prison on Friday for participating in genocide in his native country in 1994. AMERICAS: New Estimate Doubles Oil Spill Rate A government panel doubled (NYT) its estimate of how much oil is pouring into the Gulf of Mexico from the BP well. The next estimate is 25,000 to 30,000 barrels of oil a day. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill spotlights the growth of deepwater drilling and the challenges of balancing strong environmental regulation with efforts to expand U.S. domestic oil production. Mexico: U.S. law enforcement officers say they have arrested (BBC) more than 2,200 people in a nearly two-year investigation targeting Mexican drug-trafficking rings. EUROPE: Turkey Affirms Western Ties Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed (WSJ) suggestions that his government was abandoning its traditional Western alliances to turn East. Palestinians are pleased at the uproar against Israel after it raided a Turkish-led aid flotilla, but they--and Israelis--want more U.S. engagement in the peace process, says Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki. Russia: Russia said its longstanding contract to supply surface-to-air missiles to Iran will not be affected by new UN sanctions http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10289554.stm (BBC). Britain: BP shares rallied after British Prime Minister David Cameron defended the embattled oil company and the "economic value" (FT) it brings to Britain and the United States. U.S. President Obama requested a meeting next week with BP executives.

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