South America – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for June 14, 2025

South America: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 14, 2025.

MIL-OSI Security: Mexican National With Two Prior Deportations Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking Of Fentanyl
Source: Office of United States Attorneys LAS VEGAS – A Mexican national who twice illegally reentered the United States after previously being removed from the country was sentenced today by United States District Judge Gloria M. Navarro to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his role in the trafficking […]

MIL-OSI Security: District of Arizona Charges 266 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct this Week
Source: Office of United States Attorneys PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from June 7, 2025, through June 13, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 266 individuals. Specifically, the United States filed 108 cases in which aliens illegally re-entered the United States, and […]

MIL-OSI Submissions: GAZA – June 13 – Lives at risk as communications down at Gaza’s hospitals
Source: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Flash Quote by Jose Mas, Head of MSF Emergency Programmes: “Our teams in Gaza are witnessing another chaotic day as the carnage at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites continues unabated, internet connection is cut off at mass scale after an attack that hit communications lines, and Israeli forces issued new […]

MIL-OSI USA: Senator Marshall: We Are Unleashing America’s Energy Dominance
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Kansas Roger Marshall Washington – On Friday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) applauded the announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish required Renewable Fuel Standard (RSF) volumes and percentage standards for 2026 and 2027, as well as to partially waive the 2025 cellulosic biofuel volume […]

MIL-OSI: Interoil Annual report 2024 published
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Oslo, 13 June 2025 Please find attached the 2024 Annual report for Interoil Exploration and Production ASA and the independent audit report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers AS. The company publishes its annual financial statements also in European Single Electronic Format (ESEF), available in a zip file named Interoil-Exploration-and-Production-2024-12-31-en as an attachment to this […]

MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Outstanding contributions by British nationals abroad recognised on the King’s Birthday 2025 Overseas and International Honours list
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments Press release Outstanding contributions by British nationals abroad recognised on the King’s Birthday 2025 Overseas and International Honours list Hi Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours List recognises people who have given exceptional service to the UK abroad and internationally. Stephen Kavanagh, until recently the Executive Director of […]

MIL-OSI USA: ICYMI: Luján Joins MSNBC to Defend Senator Padilla, Call Out GOP Silence and Demand Accountability
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) Santa Fe, N.M. — U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, joined MSNBC’s Ali Vitali to speak out forcefully in defense of his colleague and friend, Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), after the Senator was forcibly removed by […]

MIL-OSI USA: N.M. Delegation Demands Trump Administration Restore Digital Equity Grants That Help New Mexicans Connect to the Internet
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) Passed by Congress, the Digital Equity Act Provides Funding to Help Connect Americans in Tribal, Rural, and Urban Communities to the Internet; Trump Administration is Blocking Over $8 Million in Funding Appropriated by Congress to Expand Broadband Access and Digital Resources in New […]

MIL-OSI Security: Cartel Enforcer Sentenced to 28 Years for Drug Trafficking and Violence
Source: Office of United States Attorneys SAN DIEGO – Edgar Herrera Pardo, aka Caiman, an admitted violent cartel enforcer who ordered the killing of a Tijuana police officer, was sentenced in federal court today to 28 years in prison for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin into the United States. Herrera Pardo was indicted […]

MIL-OSI USA: ICE arrests Mexican national convicted twice for felony DWI in New York
Source: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Buffalo, N.Y. – Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Mexican national and convicted felon Juan Cruz-Gallegos pursuant to a warrant of arrest June 11, in Hudson, New York. ICE apprehended the illegal alien after local authorities failed to return him to ICE custody despite a judge’s order specifically requiring his […]

MIL-OSI Security: Western District of Texas Adds 331 New Immigration Cases
Source: Office of United States Attorneys SAN ANTONIO –United States Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas announced today, that federal prosecutors in the district filed 331 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from June 6 through 12. Among the new cases, Guatemalan national Geremias Ambrocio-Vicente was arrested for illegal re-entry less […]

MIL-OSI Security: Texas Man Guilty Of Drug and Racketeering Offenses
Source: Office of United States Attorneys NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that JULIO CESAR DELGADO (“DELGADO”), age 39, formerly a resident of Brownsville, Texas pled guilty on June 5, 2025, before United States District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute […]

MIL-OSI USA: US Department of Labor, Trade Representative seek review of alleged denial of rights at steel pipe manufacturer in Mexico
Source: US Department of Labor WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement requested that the government of Mexico review an alleged denial of workers’ rights at Tubos de Acero de Mexico S.A., a manufacturer of seamless steel pipe located in Veracruz, Mexico. The U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Trade […]

MIL-OSI USA: Rosen Joins Amicus Brief Urging Federal Court to Strike Down Trump’s Cost-Raising Tariffs
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined Senate colleagues in filing an amicus brief in Oregon v. Department of Homeland Security, a lawsuit brought by 12 states – including Nevada – against the Trump Administration’s illegal use of emergency powers to impose broad, […]

MIL-OSI USA: Hawley Secures Historic RECA Expansion in Base Text of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo) Thursday, June 12, 2025 U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced today that the largest expansion to date of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act has been included in the text of the “Big, Beautiful Bill.” This historic provision is a victory for nuclear radiation survivors in Missouri and across America—and a […]

MIL-OSI Banking: The WTO welcomes students to 23rd John H. Jackson Moot Court Finals
Source: World Trade Organization The John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition is a simulated hearing under the rules of the WTO dispute settlement system involving exchanges of written submissions and adversarial hearings before panelists on international trade law issues. The competition is organized by the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA). The WTO has been a […]

MIL-OSI USA News: President Trump’s Policies Are Delivering Wins Across America
Source: US Whitehouse Across the country, Americans are celebrating a surge of victories as President Donald J. Trump’s bold America First agenda revitalizes communities and restores American greatness. Here are just a few of those triumphs making front pages this week: In Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit News celebrated the landmark announcement by General Motors that […]

MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Trade agreements and respect of social and environmental standards – E-001653/2025(ASW)
Source: European Parliament The Commission remains committed to its trade and sustainable development (TSD) policy as put forward in the 2022 Communication ‘The power of trade partnerships: together for green and just economic growth’[1]. It is based on an engagement-based approach grounded in international frameworks and standards with strong implementation and enforcement. This includes the […]

MIL-OSI Canada: Government of Canada attends the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3)
Source: Government of Canada News (2) June 13, 2025 Nice, France – Canada’s oceans are facing increasing impacts from climate change, including species decline, biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, harm from aquatic invasive species, illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and the effects from waste and other pollutants. In response to these challenges, Canada is collaborating internationally […]

MIL-OSI USA: Attorneys General from around the country filed amicus in support of Jobs Corps
Source: Washington State News SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown today filed an amicus brief with attorneys general from 18 states including Nevada in support of Job Corps, a national program that offers career training and housing to young Americans from low-income backgrounds. Job Corps has nearly 100 residential campuses across the country, and the […]