Trump's tariffs hurt more than helped, leading to job losses & higher prices – Fed study
rt.com | 2019-12-29
US tariffs meant to boost the US economy by eliminating "unfair" trade practices, primarily by China, actually took a toll on manufacturing sector jobs and hiked prices, a study by the US Federal Reserve Board has concluded. | The Fed has become the latest body to stress the damaging consequences of "unprecedented" punitive tariffs unleashed by US President Donald Trump on China and other trade partners – including Canada, Mexico and the EU – at the beginning of 2018. In a recently released report, Fed economists Aaron Flaaen and Justin Pierce said that the negative effects of the measure outweighed the benefi…
rt.com/business/477035-tariffs-failed-fed-study/

Oil companies were not held accountable for 10.8 million gallons of oil spilled in Gulf of Mexico
Jordan Davidson | nationofchange.org | 2019-12-28
Scientists predict that future storms, which will increase in intensity due to the climate crisis, will exacerbate environmental damage.
nationofchange.org/2019/12/28/oil-companies-were-not-held-accountable-for-10-8-million-gallons-of-oil-spilled-in-gulf-of-mexico/

Binational Effort Seeks to Give Asylum Seekers Agency in the Aid Process
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-28
"It's not dignified to have to wait on somebody to feed you," says Gaby Zavala, looking up from a barrage of texts to answer questions. Her desk, in a small office overlooking the camp of asylum seekers along the Rio Grande just past the Gateway International Bridge, is stacked with folders of receipts and paperwork brought to her by camp residents she employs as volunteers. | As of mid-December, the Resource Center for Asylum Seekers in Mexico, co-founded by Brownsville resident Zavala and her c…
truthout.org/articles/binational-effort-seeks-to-give-asylum-seekers-agency-in-the-aid-process/

Mexico: Zapatista Meeting of Women Who Fight Starts in Chiapas
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-28
Around 3,200 women from all over the world are gathered in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, to participate in the "Second International Meeting of Women who Fight," which has been convened by the Indigenous political group Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN). | RELATED: | Mexico: EZLN Announces Creation of New Rebel Municipalities | Women from countries such as Argentina, Germany, Peru, Spain, and the United States are gathered at "The Footprints of Commander Ramona" ven…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Zapatista-Meeting-of-Women-Who-Fight-Starts-in-Chiapas-20191228-0002.html

Bolivia's De Facto Regime Harasses Spanish Diplomats
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-27
Mexico's Ambassador to Bolivia Teresa Mercado reported that Bolivian security officers harassed Spanish diplomats as they were trying to enter her official residence in La Paz on Friday morning. | RELATED: | Mexico Reiterates Demand that Bolivia End Siege on Embassy | "I am with the Spanish consul and charge d'affaires at the residence. Besides having assaulted them, they stopped their car, which has diplomatic plates," the Mexican ambassador tweeted. | The diplomats were accompan…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivias-De-Facto-Regime-Harasses-Spanish-Diplomats-20191227-0003.html

Cuba: "We Condemn the Aggression of the Mexican Embassy"
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-27
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, condemned the aggression to the Mexican embassy in Bolivia and reiterated his support for the Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Government. | RELATED: | Mexico Reiterates Demand that Bolivia End Siege on Embassy | Díaz-Canel shared in his official Twitter account an article from the Cuban press that stated that the "police operation before the Mexican embassy in Bolivia 'is out of proportion." | The Aztec nation has denounced the siege of its di…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-we-condemn-the-aggression-on-the-mexican-embassy-20191227-0008.html

'Ring of Fire' Eclipse Thrills Africa, Asia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-26
Thousands of skywatchers gathered across parts of the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Oceania on Thursday to glimpse the sun forming a ring of fire around the moon in a rare annular solar eclipse. | RELATED: | Mexico Under Alert for Popocatépetl Volcano Eruption | In this case, the Moon covers the center of the Sun, which makes it look just like a bright ring. Usually, there are two solar eclipses on Earth every year. They occur when the Earth is completely or partially in the shadow of th…
telesurenglish.net/news/ring-of-fire-eclipse-thrills-africa-asia-and-oceania–20191226-0013.html

Around the world 75: Anti CAA protests in India and more
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2019-12-25
We also take a look at the attempts by coup regime in Bolivia to target Mexican embassy, and the repression against leftist and pro-democracy activists in Swaziland.
peoplesdispatch.org/2019/12/25/around-the-world-75-anti-caa-protests-in-india-and-more/

The Other Americans: Asylum Seekers Routed to Guatemala
Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2019-12-23
A proposed amendment to immigration policy endangers asylum seekers, advocates warn.
progressive.org/dispatches/asylum-seekers-routed-guatemala-abbott-191223/

Mexico Finds "World's Largest Lithium Deposit" Just Before US Focus & $1.4 Trillion War-Aimed NDAA
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-18
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 (12/17/19). 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 …
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Activists Cheer Approval of Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants in New York, New Jersey
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-18
People in New York and New Jersey are celebrating two victories for immigrants' rights. In New York, thousands of undocumented people waited in line for hours at Departments of Motor Vehicles on Monday to apply for a driver's license, as the "Green Light Law" went into effect six months after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed it. The law allows undocumented people to apply for a driver's license using alternative forms of identification instead of providing a Social Security Number. Meanwhile, in the neighboring state of New Jersey, state lawmakers also passed a bill Monday to allow undocumented people to app…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/18/newyork_newjersey_undocumented_immigrants_drivers_licenses

US Regime Change In Mexico, US Bombs Afghan Hospital, Saudis Get Involved In Syria & More OPCW Leaks
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-17
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128 Reuters articles on Bolivia since October 20, 2019 election with no mention of expert criticism of OAS audit UPDATED
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2019-12-15
Bolivia ¥s foreign minister says Mexico appeal to International Court 'a mistake' Bolivia's YPFB strikes transition deal with Petrobras to extend natural gas exports Bolivia is not a Mexican colony, acting foreign minister Longaric tells El Pais Mexico says Spanish diplomats' cars blocked by Bolivia at La Paz embassy Mexico appeals to international court as diplomatic Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/112-reuters-articles-on-bolivia-since-october-20-2019-election-with-no-mention-of-expert-criticism-of-oas-audit/

Nicaragua Marked Next For US "Liberation", Trump Blames "Vicious World" For Khashoggi Murder & More
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-02
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