South America: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 19, 2025.
Heinrich Raises Alarm About New Mexico Public Lands at Risk in Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member on the U.S. Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a list of public lands in New Mexico that are at risk of being sold off if Republicans’ reconciliation package becomes law. Senate Republicans’ […]
MIL-OSI USA: Demanding Meaningful Stablecoin Guardrails, Reed Votes Against So-Called “GENIUS Act”
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Rhode Island Jack Reed WASHINGTON, DC — Citing a lack of consumer and taxpayer protections and serious crypto corruption and national security concerns, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) voted against the so-called GENIUS Act (S.1582), which passed the U.S. Senate on a vote of 68-30. The controversial […]
MIL-OSI: Tenaris provides information pursuant to Luxembourg Transparency Law
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) LUXEMBOURG, June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tenaris S.A. (NYSE and Mexico: TS and EXM Italy: TEN) (“Tenaris”, or the “Company”) announced today that the Company’s controlling shareholder, San Faustin S.A. (“San Faustin”), has notified the Company that, as a result of Tenaris’s open market repurchases of own shares under its share […]
MIL-OSI USA: Congressman Gonzalez Joins Agriculture Secretary Rollins to Announce Efforts to Fight New World Screwworm
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (15th District of Texas) EDINBURG, TEXAS – Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) participated in a press conference with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Sid Miller, and several Members of Congress to announce a five-pronged plan to combat the spread of New […]
MIL-OSI Security: Prolific Guatemalan Drug Traffickers Extradited to the United States to Face Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charge
Source: United States Attorneys General 13 Steven Ovaldino Lorenzana Alvarenga, also known as “Chipi,” and Allan Mendoza, also known as “Carnes” and “Carnitas,” both of Guatemala, made their initial appearances today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia following their June 17 extraditions from Guatemala to the United States. Lorenzana Alvarenga, 30, […]
MIL-OSI USA: Prolific Guatemalan Drug Traffickers Extradited to the United States to Face Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charge
Source: US State of Vermont Steven Ovaldino Lorenzana Alvarenga, also known as “Chipi,” and Allan Mendoza, also known as “Carnes” and “Carnitas,” both of Guatemala, made their initial appearances today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia following their June 17 extraditions from Guatemala to the United States. Lorenzana Alvarenga, 30, and […]
MIL-OSI USA: De La Cruz Secures Sterile Fly Facility in Hidalgo County to Combat New World Screwworm
Source: United States House of Representatives – Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced $8.5 million to establish a New World Screwworm sterile fly facility at the Moore Air Base in Hidalgo County. As the threat posed by the New World Screwworm moves northward, the facility […]
MIL-OSI Security: Homeland Security Warns about the Spike in China-Based Technology Firms’ Smuggling of Signal Jammers
Source: US Department of Homeland Security The Department of Homeland Security issued a warning on the rise in Chinese-manufactured signal jammers to the United States, which pose a threat to public safety and civilian aviation. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seen a roughly 830% increase in seizures since 2021, despite Chinese companies’ attempts to […]
MIL-Evening Report: Jaws at 50: how a single movie changed our perception of white sharks forever
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Long, Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University Shane Myers Photography/Shutterstock It’s been 50 years since Steven Spielberg’s movie Jaws first cast a terrifying shadow across our screens. At a low point during production, Spielberg worried he’d only ever be known for “a big fish story”. The […]
MIL-OSI USA: Following Trump Attacks on TPS, Markey, Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Put Forward Bill to Protect TPS and DED Recipients
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Massachusetts Ed Markey Washington (June 18, 2025) – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) was joined by 30 Senate colleagues in putting forward legislation to provide qualified Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) recipients a path to legal permanent residency. The Senators’ reintroduction […]
MIL-OSI Canada: Tribunal Continues Orders—Circular Copper Tube from Brazil, Greece, China, South Korea and Mexico
Source: Government of Canada News (2) Ottawa, Ontario, June 18, 2025—The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today continued its orders made on September 25, 2019, in expiry review RR‑2018‑005, concerning the dumping of circular copper tube from Brazil, Greece, China, South Korea and Mexico, and the subsidizing of these goods from China. The Tribunal found that […]
MIL-OSI: The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. Announces Results of Special Meeting of Stockholders; Approval of Conversion of Fund to CLO Equity Strategy
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) MIAMI BEACH, FLA., June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. (NASDAQ: CUBA) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund’s Stockholders have approved the Fund’s conversion from its current investment strategy to focus on a “CLO Equity Strategy”. The approval was voted for at a Special Meeting of […]
MIL-OSI Banking: WTO members review six regional trade agreements, discuss transparency issues
Source: WTO Headline: WTO members review six regional trade agreements, discuss transparency issues The Committee considered the following Agreements: The Chair of the Committee, Ambassador José Valencia of Ecuador, noted that 61 RTAs in force have still not been notified to the WTO up to 2 June 2025 – up from 58 RTAs on the […]
MIL-OSI USA: NASA Tech to Measure Heat, Strain in Hypersonic Flight
Source: NASA [embedded content]NASA/Jacob Shaw A NASA system designed to measure temperature and strain on high-speed vehicles is set to make its first flights at hypersonic speeds – greater than Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound – when mounted to two research rockets launching this summer.Technicians in the Environmental Laboratory at NASA’s […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Mexico’s Equality Achievements in Political and Public Life, Raise Questions on the Judiciary’s Response to Gender Crimes and Gender-Based Violence in Schools
Source: United Nations – Geneva The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of Mexico, with Committee Experts commending Mexico’s achievements in guaranteeing equality in political and public life, while raising questions on how the judiciary responded to gender crimes and how the State was […]
MIL-OSI Africa: Merck Foundation’s 7th Edition of First Ladies Initiative Summit Brings Together 14 African and Asian First Ladies to discuss the impact of their programs
Source: Africa Press Organisation – English (2) – Report: Link to Live Stream of Inaugural Session of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative – MFFLI Summit 2025: https://apo-opa.co/3G1Afxo Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative – MFFLI Summit 2025 on 19th and 20th […]
MIL-OSI Security: Cartel firearms traffickers sent to federal prison
Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) LAREDO, Texas – Two men have been sentenced for attempting to traffic firearms into Mexico on behalf of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Mexican national Jorge Alberto Morales-Calvo, 25, pleaded guilty Jan. 8, while Homero Arteaga Jr., 45, […]
MIL-OSI Africa: HH the Amir Receives Written Message from President of Panama
Source: Government of Qatar Doha, June 18, 2025 HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thaniآ received a written message from HE President of the Republic of Panama Jose Raul Mulino, pertaining to bilateral relations and means of supporting and developing them. HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi received the […]
MIL-OSI Global: England is expanding free school meals – here’s what could happen if they were given to all children
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Professor of Development Economics , Queen Mary University of London Children in Jharkhand state, India, eating their midday meal at school. Mohammad Shahnawaz/Shutterstock The UK government has announced an extension of free school meals in England to all children whose parents receive universal credit, in order […]
MIL-OSI Global: Trump breaks from western allies at G7 summit as US weighs joining Iran strikes
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex Working alongside western democratic allies has not been a natural fit for Donald Trump. The US president left the recently concluded G7 summit in Canada early, with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron assuming this was to work […]