(2019-11-04). Border Agents Can Now Get Classified Intelligence Information. truthout.org Pushing further toward its goal of "extreme vetting," the Trump administration is creating a new center in suburban Virginia that will allow immigration agents to access, for the first time, the sprawling array of information scooped up by America's intelligence agencies, from phone calls intercepted by the National Security Agency to material gathered by the CIA's spies overseas to tips from informants in Central America. | This classified, potentially derogatory, information will eventually be used to scr…
(2019-11-04). The US Will Soon Dump Many Asylum Seekers in Guatemala. truthout.org The Trump administration will soon begin deporting asylum seekers away from the border — but not back to their home countries. Instead, they'll be sent to Guatemala. | Potentially tens of thousands of people who sought refugee status in the United States could be sent to the Central American nation, one of the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. The new policy is a culmination of the so-called "Safe Third Country" deal the Trump administration signed with Guatemala on July 26. The agreement stipulates that an…
(2019-11-03). Venezuela Expels El Salvador's Diplomats from Caracas. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's foreign ministry said on Sunday it was expelling El Salvador's diplomats from the country, in response to the Central American country's decision to expel diplomats representing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | Venezuela Captures Paramilitary Photographed With Guaido | In a statement, the ministry said it would give the diplomats 48 hours to leave. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's government does not recognize Maduro as legitimate and said on…
(2019-11-03). Brazil: 8 Dead In Police Anti-Drug Operation. telesurenglish.net At least eight people died and three were arrested Sunday in a militarized police operation in the tourist city of Angra dos Reis in southeastern Brazil, Xinhua reported. | Related: | Mexico, Brazil Are Dangerous Places for Practicing Journalism | The events occurred after police received an anonymous tip about the presence of some perpetrators accused of injuring two officers last Sunday in the same location. | Upon arriving in the neighborhood, agents were shot by the gang tha…
(2019-11-03). UN Warns About Increased Attacks, Threats Against Journalists. telesurenglish.net The United Nations General Secretary Antonio Guterres warned Saturday about the increase of attacks and threats against media workers, in a statement to commemorate the International Day to End Impunity Against Journalists. | RELATED: | Mexico, Brazil Are Dangerous Places for Practicing Journalism | "When journalists are attacked, the whole of society pays a price. Without the ability to protect journalists, our ability to keep us informed and contribute to decision-making is sev…
(2019-10-24). I Went to Mexico to Meet Asylum-Seekers Trapped at the Border. This Is What I Saw. aclu.org 
Two weeks ago, I traveled to northern Mexico along with Mexican photographer Guillermo Arias to meet with asylum-seekers who've been trapped at the southern U.S. border by Trump Administration policies. Neither of us was prepared for what we saw there. | We visited two cities — Ciudad Juarez and Matamoros — to track down people who had been placed into the deceptively misnamed "Migrant Protection Protocols" that have slammed America's door shut to people fleeing persecution and violence in their home countries. Before we arrived, we wondered whether the stories we'd read of kidnappings, assaults,…
(2019-10-24). Honduras is ruled by a US-backed drug cartel — and the country's opposition just united to oust it. thegrayzone.com "The process of uniting the opposition has begun, to oust the DRUG TRAFFICKERS, who rule us with the dictatorship of…
(2019-10-24). USAID funds salaries of Venezuelan coup leaders to lobby US politicians for regime change. thegrayzone.com USAID is diverting $41.9 million from aid for Central America to pay the salaries of Juan Guaidó's team as they…
(2019-10-22). UNM faculty vote to unionize, blowout union-busting administration. liberationnews.org 
Behind the faculty victory at University of New Mexico.
(2019-10-14). Venezuela Denies Guatemalan President-Elect Entrance, Congratulates Ecuadorian People on IMF Defeat. venezuelanalysis.com President Nicolas Maduro also called on Chavista forces to prepare to "rescue" the National Assembly in the upcoming elections.
(2019-09-29). CIA Trump Manipulation, Israel Bombs Iraq, UN Venezuela Lies Exposed & US "Less Equal" Than Mexico. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (9/28/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …