‘De cara al mundo‘: international analysis on Onda Madrid
‘De cara al mundo’, the Onda Madrid programme directed and presented by Javier Fernández Arribas, director of Atalayar, analyses current affairs in the world on a weekly basis.
For yet another year, the United Nations General Assembly has brought together world leaders who have used their speeches to defend their own interests and the corridors and cafés for informal meetings and contacts, which are usually very productive.
Three issues have been the focus of attention:
The Middle East crisis. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly on Friday, pointing to the grave danger to the whole world, not just Israel, posed by the terrorists of Hamas, Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian groups. It will not stop its offensive until the operational capacity of these groups in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon is destroyed, but says it will continue to negotiate a possible ceasefire.
US President Joe Biden reaffirmed US support for Israel as the US giant continues to work for a ceasefire and to prevent an open Israeli war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. This is unlikely because Israeli troops are already on the border with Lebanon.
Of particular interest was the intervention of the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, who demanded an end to Israeli military operations and, more importantly, insisted that the PNA regain control over the entire territory, including Gaza, and pledged that he would then call elections.
The war in Ukraine. Ukraine's president, Volodimir Zelenski, insisted at the UN General Assembly on the need to repel Russian aggression and achieve victory, something that would be more feasible if he could use Western weaponry to strike on Russian soil.
The Kremlin's response is to threaten again to use nuclear weapons if Ukraine can use them. Ahead of the US elections, Zelenski returns to Kiev with 8 billion dollars in aid after his meeting with Biden and Kamala Harris. The meeting with Donald Trump has had a lot of morbidity because the Republican candidate has announced the end of US aid to Ukraine if he becomes president again.
Venezuela and its political crisis. 31 countries have announced at the United Nations that Edmundo González won the majority of votes in the elections in Venezuela. Meanwhile, the Chavista dictatorship continues with its outbursts against the elected president and against those who support Chávez's exit from power. Meanwhile, opposition leader María Corina Machado has been nominated for the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize.
On the other hand, there is also a diplomatic crisis between Mexico and Spain. Delirious position of the new president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, with the king of Spain, Felipe VI, creating an absurd diplomatic crisis. Pedro Sánchez's government refuses to attend the inauguration after the insult to the King, but his government partners are going to attend and are siding with the Mexican president against the Spanish head of state. Pathetic....
The journalist and correspondent María Senovilla and the expert international analyst Lucas Martín will analyse the most relevant issues before the microphones of ‘De cara al mundo’.
As every day, the discussion will be led by Atalayar's regular contributors, Claudia Luna, Mexican journalist and writer, and Pedro González, journalist and founder of Euronews, coordinated by Javier Fernández Arribas; they will talk about the United Nations General Assembly and the issues addressed there, the Middle East crisis, the war in Ukraine, the political conflict in Venezuela and the diplomatic crisis between Mexico and Spain.
‘De cara al mundo’, Friday 27 September from 22:05 to 23:00.
