Tuesday, April 25, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 4/25/2023 ARGENTINA'S PESO TUMBLES, BIDEN ANNOUNCES FOR 2024, SUSPECTED GANG MEMBERS BURNED ALIVE IN HAITI, LEFTIST ENTERTAINER HARRY BELAFONTE DEAD

 


                                 (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)


A legendary singer, actor and left-wing activist has died and the First Republic Bank sees a bad day on Wall Street following a first quarters loss of assets but first...




                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




The Governor of Washington Democrat Jay Inslee signing legislation to ban the import, manufacture and sale of so called "assault weapons"...NEW YORK POST





THE CENTER OF CANADA'S CAPITAL CITY IS AGAIN FILLED WITH DEMONSTRATORS AND THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS TAKING NOTICE.



BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LAST YEAR'S FREEDOM CONVOY IN OTTAWA OPPOSING COVID MANDATES THAT GATHERED OUTSIDE OF PARLIAMENT.




THERE IS A STRIKE BY MORE THAN 150,000 CANADIAN GOVERNMENT WORKERS.



GOVERNMENT MINISTERS SAY THEY ARE MONITORING THE SITUATION FOR ANY BLOCKADES OF 'CRITICAL ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE'.



DEMONSTRATORS WERE AT KEY LOCATIONS TODAY LIKE THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE WHERE THEY ALLOWED ONLY ONE PERSON TO ENTER EVERY FIVE MINUTES.



THE UNIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT ARE SEPARATED BY DIFFERENCES OVER PAY AND WORKING REMOTELY FROM HOME....CTV NEWS CANADA




"Disagreements and anger must be expressed in a purely democratic and respectful framework"


French President Emmanuel Macron taking aim at the ongoing protests involving the banging of pots and pans in opposition to his pension reform law.



Today as he visited Vendome, France to speak health care a crowd nearby held one of the latest "Concerts of pots and pans"...






...BFM-TV FRANCE NEWS STORY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The British American Tobacco Company agreeing to pay a fine to US authorities for violating sanctions against North Korea.


A subsidiary of the tobacco giant sent cigarettes to North Korea from 2007 to 2017.



635 million US dollars plus interest to be paid out...BBC NEWS





"We are going to use all the tools to sort this situation out"



Argentina's economy minister Sergio Massa on Twitter this afternoon as his country's currency plunges.



The unofficial "Blue Dollar" valued at 497 pesos at one point today a record low value versus the US dollar.    It later recovered to 487 pesos to the dollar.



Mr. Massa saying there will be Central Bank intervention and discussion of Argentina's loan conditions with the International Monetary Fund...




TODO NOTICIAS ARGENTINA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





IN MOSCOW TODAY A MEETING ON THE FUTURE OF SYRIA INVOLVING DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS FROM IRAN, RUSSIA, SYRIA AND TURKIYE.



RUSSIAN AND TURKISH OFFICIALS SAY THE TALKS WERE CONSTRUCTIVE.



SYRIA STILL SERIOUSLY IMPACTED AT THE CIVIL WAR THAT STARTED IN 2011.  


JIHADIST FORCES OPERATING IN THE TURKISH OCCUPIED NORTHWEST AND US OCCUPIED EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY...THE NEW ARAB





In South Africa the governing African National Congress party deciding that the country should leave the International Criminal Court.



That word from South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa.



The South African decision follows the recent ICC arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.



Mr. Putin reported still considering a planned visit to South Africa for the conference of the BRICS nations in August...SEMAFOR





THE MARKETS ARE DOWN.




TODAY THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE FELL 344.57  POINTS OR 1.02 PERCENT IN VALUE.


 THE NASDAQ DECLINING 238.05 POINTS OR 1.98 PERCENT IN VALUE.





AT 448 PM NEW YORK TIME THE PRICE OF OIL ALSO MOVING DOWN AT 77 DOLLARS AND 13 CENTS A BARREL DOWN ONE DOLLAR AND 63 CENTS OR 2.07 PERCENT IN VALUE...MARKETWATCH






The leftist government in Colombia expelling Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido after he arrived in the country yesterday.



Guaido has arrived in the United States arriving by airliner in Miami...TASS RUSSIA



JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCING THAT HE IS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2024.   


 THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY VIDEO THIS MORNING.



AT LEAST TWO OTHER DEMOCRATS SELF-HELP ACTIVIST MARIANNE WILLIAMSON AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER-ACTIVIST ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. ARE ANNOUNCED DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OPPOSING BIDEN.



POLLING FOR THE DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 2024 INCLUDES A HOST OF NAMES BUT KENNEDY'S NAME IS EXCLUDED FROM THEM...(Various Sources)




In Israel the price of milk products rising 16 percent.   Productions costs being passed along to consumers including a higher price for electricity...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




(UPDATED) THE TROUBLED FIRST REPUBLIC BANK DRAINED OF MORE THAN 100 BILLION US DOLLARS IN ITS ACCOUNTS DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR...BBC NEWS...



TODAY A MAJOR DECLINE IN SHARES OF THE BANK.





IN SUDAN THERE IS A TRUCE IN THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ARMED FORCES AND THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES.    SPORADIC GUNFIRE REPORTED IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF KHARTOUM...AL JAZEERA BLOG




In Haiti a dozen suspected gang members lynched set on fire with burning tires.


Haitian police pulled over a group of suspects before the lynching disarming them.



Haiti the scene of rampant gang violence with calls for an international force to intervene...NOS NETHERLANDS (VIDEO EMBED) (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




(UPDATED) A RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SEES THE RISKS OF A DIRECT MILITARY CONFRONTATION WITH THE US INCREASING.



VLADIMIR YERMAKOV, WHO IS HEAD OF THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION SECTION OF RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, SEES A CONTINUING COURSE OF CONFRONTATION WITH RUSSIA COMING FROM WASHINGTON.



YERMAKOV APPARENTLY REFERRING TO THE CONTINUED MILITARY AID AND SUPPORT COMING FROM US AND NATIONS FRIENDLY TO THE US FOR THE UKRAINE WAR...TASS RUSSIA...



BUT REGARDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS YERMAKOV SAYS RUSSIA HAS ASYMMETRICAL OPTIONS AS THE US STATIONS ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN ALLIED COUNTRIES AND PUTS THEM CLOSER TO RUSSIAN TERRITORY...TASS RUSSIA




British Health Minister Steve Barclay going to court seeking to stop the last part of a 48-hour nurses strike set to being Sunday night.



The Royal College of Nursing union calling the move a use of "draconian anti-union legislation"...BBC NEWS






                     THE UKRAINE WAR



RUSSIAN MEDIA TOUTING THE USE OF A NEW KIND OF TANK IN THE UKRAINE WAR




                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




Russian media saying the new T-14 "Armata" tank is being used on the frontlines of the war...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In other news...



India purchasing military supplies from both Russia and the United States....TASS RUSSIA




A JAPANESE SPACECRAFT LOST CONTACT WITH THE EARTH RIGHT BEFORE IT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MOON...ASSOCIATED PRESS-NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO USA




And the legendary singer, actor and left-wing activist Harry Belafonte is dead at the age of 96.



His career started in the 1950's Belafonte saying his mentor was the famous leftist singer Paul Robeson.




Belafonte helped Dr. Martin Luther King in the United States and Nelson Mandela in South Africa.




He was also a friend and supporter of leftist governments in Cuba and Venezuela...WIKIPEDIA-HARRY BELAFONE

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