NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 10/27/2019 

(SERVICE AS ABLE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY)

Recent massive street protests in Ecuador and Chile could be interpreted as evidence of a left-wing comeback in Latin America.

But tonight there is evidence in the election results coming out of Argentina.

The presidential candidate of the Left, Alberto Fernandez, is the winner defeating "Center-Right" incumbent Mauricio Macri.

Fernandez passed the 45 percent of the popular vote needed for victory gaining almost 48 percent with most of the votes counted while Macri won about 41 percent of the vote.

Argentina plagued with massive debts needing international financial support earlier this year.

Where the new leadership will look for financial support could be interesting.    Will there be reliance on the usual International Monetary Fund backing or will China become a bigger player in Argentina's debt?

ALSO TONIGHT ELECTION RESULTS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN URUGUAY WITH THE RULING LEFT FINDING A TOUGHER RESULT.  DANIEL MARTINEZ OF THE LEFT WINNING THE FIRST ROUND BUT NOT ENOUGH VOTES TO WIN OUTRIGHT.

MARTINEZ WILL FACE  LUIS LACALLE POU OF THE NATIONAL PARTY IN THE NOVEMBER 24TH RUNOFF,   MARTINEZ WITH 38 PERCENT OF THE VOTE AND PAU WITH 30 PERCENT.   TWO MAJOR OPPOSITION CANDIDATES WHO LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND ENDORSING PAU OVER MARTINEZ FOR THE SECOND ROUND.

A Democrat Congresswoman who sits on one of the committee's involved in the "impeachment probe" of President Trump announcing her resignation.

Representative Katie Hill of California posting on Twitter:

"I believe it is the best thing for my constituents, my community and our country"

Hill was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over an allegation of a sexual relationship with an aide.

She was also embroiled in controversy over her sexual conduct in general and over the publication of explicit images online.   Hill wants to pursue civil and criminal legal action over the photos. 

The BBC reports.....LINK

"Last night the United States brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice."

The words of President Trump speaking at the White House Sunday morning....VIDEO LINK

The ISIS founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed in a US military operation inside the jihadist stronghold of Idlib in northwestern Syria currently under air and ground attack by Syrian forces backed by Russian aircraft.

Al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest when was cornered in a tunnel.

ISIS emerged as an even more extreme outgrowth of the jihadist influx into Syria to fuel the fight against the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad in the Syrian civil war that began in 2011.

The operation that killed the ISIS leader comes as the kind of conditions that led to Syria's civil war have appeared in the neighboring nations of Iraq and Lebanon with mass street demonstrations.

President Trump praised Kurdish forces for their support in the operation and said other nations had helped including Iraq, Russia, Syria and Turkey.

THE PROTESTS CONTINUED IN IRAQ TODAY WITH ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS IN CONTROL OF A KEY LOCATION IN BAGHDAD.

THE ANTI TERRORIST FORCES SENT IN TO EVICT PROTESTERS FROM TAHRIR SQUARE FAILED TO DISLODGE THEM SATURDAY NIGHT.

THE SECOND ROUND OF PROTESTS IN IRAQ ARE NOW IN THEIR THIRD DAY WITH A DEATH TOLL REPORTED TO NOW BE AT LEAST 74.

IRAQ'S LARGEST POLITICAL BLOC ALIGNED WITH THE SHIA CLERIC MOQTADA AL SADR IS SAID TO HAVE WITHDRAWN ITS SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR FAILING TO ENACT REFORMS.

A BRIEF STATEMENT ISSUED TONIGHT BY THE US STATE DEPARTMENT ON THE SITUATION IN IRAQ READS IN PART:

"THE UNITED STATES IS CLOSELY MONITORING THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND CALLS ON ALL SIDES TO REJECT THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE...."-LINK

Demonstrators in Lebanon attempting to form a human chain from north to south from Tripoli in the north to Tyre in the south.

Its the 11th day of protest in the country.   Organizers calling this protest a demonstration of national unity. 

Also in Lebanon a temporary ban imposed on taking large sums of "dollar cash" out of the country.

There were protests in Haiti today with police and their supporters on the streets in protest along with the usual anti-government demonstrators.

One man beaten to death and his body burned accused of opening fire on the crowds pushing for the resignation of President Jovenel Moise.

More details from "France 24"....LINK

More protest in Hong Kong Sunday with police using tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters and in return molotov cocktails (gasoline bombs) were thrown their way.

Protesters gathered on Hong Kong's harborfront for today's protest in defiance of a government ban.

During the evening police also used water cannon on the protesters.

This is a 46 minute video of the protest situation Sunday night in Hong Kong.....LINK

This story from AFP News Agency on the Hong Kong protests...LINK....was published by "The National" in the United Arab Emirates.

In the eastern German state of Thuringia the results from Sunday's election offer more bad news for the parties in the federal government. 

The Christian Democrats losing 11.7 percent of their popular support from the last election dropping to 21.8 percent.     The Social Democrats lost 4.2 percent support dropping to 8.2 percent.  The former East German Communists, the Left, now the largest party with 31 percent support.

The anti-mass immigration Alternative for Germany rising in support 12.8 percent to 23.4 percent.

Election information being presented on ARD German television's news website....LINK

A message of impatience from North Korea which says the United States has a cold war mentality that is hostile and demands unilateral disarmament.

North Korea's Kim Jong-un has set an end of the year deadline for meaningful new proposals from the United States.

A top North Korean official Kim Yong Chol says that the warm personal relationship between President Trump and Kim Jong-un is not enough because there has been no progress made on resolving differences between the two countries.

The story from the Associated Press as published by "Time".......LINK

Political talks underway in Israel Sunday on forming a new government.   Benny Gant of the Blue and White Party has the mandate to form a governmrnt.   His party meeting with Likud in an attempt to form a "unity government" and Gantz meeting personally with Likud's leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israeli police are investigating whether aides of the Prime Minister harassed a witness against Mr. Netanyahu in a corruption case.   They are suspected of harassment involving Shlomo Filber, state witness in Case 4000.   

A special unit of the Israeli police have seized the cell phones of the aides as part of their probe.

Case 4000 is one of three where indictments are expected against Benjamin Netanyahu by the end of the year.

More from "Israel National News".....LINK

In California the massive Kincade Fire forcing the evacuation of some 180-thousand people in Sonoma County.   The latest is that the fire is only partially contained at five percent.  More from ABC 7 in San Francisco......LINK

Former US Representative John Conyers is dead.   He represented parts of Detroit in Congress for more than 50 years.    He chaired the House Judiciary Committee and was a critic of the FBI among other things holding hearings about the 1993 Waco deadly related activities of the agency. 

Conyers also was considered more than just a "liberal" by conservative activists of a bygone era, who all but said he was in essence a  "Communist" working undercover inside Congress.

Conyers left the House under an ethical cloud and he can also be considered a political "forefather" of the current member of Congress from Detroit, Rashida Tlaib.

And Tiger Woods securing his 82nd PGA tour victory at the Zozo Championship in Japan.   That ties the record of golfing legend Sam Snead set some 54 years ago.

And for now that's the way it really is for Sunday October 27th.......