South America: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 4, 2025.
MIL-OSI Security: DHS Releases Statement on SCOTUS Victory on Criminal Illegal Alien Deportations to South Sudan
Source: US Department of Homeland Security These barbaric criminal illegal aliens will be in South Sudan by Independence Day WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security released the following statement on the United States Supreme Court Decision to allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remove eight barbaric, violent criminal illegal aliens to South […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf to Hold Sixty-Fourth Session at Headquarters, from 7 July to 8 August
Source: United Nations General Assembly and Security Council NEW YORK, 3 July (United Nations, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS), Office of Legal Affairs) ― The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its sixty-fourth session from 7 July to 8 August at United Nations Headquarters in New York. During the […]
Trinidad all set to welcome PM Modi as India eyes stronger Caribbean ties
Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed Accra on Thursday for Port of Spain, where he will seek to strengthen India’s historic ties with Trinidad and Tobago during the second leg of his five-nation tour. “Leaving for Trinidad & Tobago. Later this evening, I look forward to attending […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Announcing winners of The Equalizer Challenge
Source: United Nations Population Fund UNFPA Announces Winners of the Equalizer Challenge to Scale Breakthrough Women’s Health Innovations. Winners include an AI health tracker for pregnant women, a digital menopause platform and a speculum that detects cervical cancer. New York, 3 July 2025 – UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, today announced the six […]
MIL-OSI: Bitget Wallet Integrates Katana Mainnet, Tapping 1 Billion KAT Incentives Amid DeFi Yield Revival
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, July 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget Wallet, the leading non-custodial crypto wallet, has integrated Katana mainnet, becoming one of the first wallets to support the newly launched DeFi-focused blockchain. The integration allows users to connect to the Katana chain directly within the wallet, enabling native token transfers, […]
MIL-OSI Security: PANAMA CITY MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO POSSESSING FIGHTING DOGS AND FIREARMS CHARGE
Source: United States Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Fredricus White, 38, and Cornelious Johnson, 41, of Panama City, Florida, pleaded guilty to charges of possessing fighting dogs, while White also pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing firearms and ammunition as a previously convicted felon. The convictions were announced […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: Oxfam reaction: Financing for Development Conference in Seville
Source: Oxfam – In response to the conclusion of the Fourth Financing for Development Conference in Seville, Spain, FFD Global Policy Lead Hernan Saenz said: “Seville was a key moment in an ongoing journey to fight inequality, achieve gender justice and reform the international debt architecture under the UN. The conference showed that considerable challenges […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: Oxfam reaction to Brazil, Mexico and Colombia’s launch of a care investment initiative
Source: Oxfam – Oxfam has joined the new care initiative launched today by the governments of Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia and others, at the Fourth Financing for Development Conference in Seville. The coalition will push for increased investment in care, with the goal of reducing inequalities. Oxfam Mexico Executive Director Alexandra Haas said: “This initiative […]
MIL-OSI Security: Three More Sentenced in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Monopolize International Transit Industry
Source: US FBI McALLEN, Texas – Three Texas residents have been sentenced in connection with a long-running and violent conspiracy to monopolize the transmigrante forwarding agency industry in the Los Indios border region, located near Harlingen and Brownsville, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. They and others controlled the transmigrate industry through fear, monopolization and […]
MIL-OSI Europe: VATICAN – The online missiology course in Spanish promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies begins in October
Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI Thursday, 3 July 2025 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the context of the Jubilee Year and the Jubilee of the Missionary World, scheduled for October 4 and 5, 2025, the Pontifical Missionary Union, in collaboration with the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Spain and Costa […]
MIL-OSI Security: FBI-DOD Program Enlists, Equips International Partners to Help Crush Cartel Violence
Source: US FBI The FBI and our interagency partners have been long-committed to using vetted teams to stay ahead of the TOC threat. The Bureau created its first two TOC-West vetted teams in Colombia and the Dominican Republic more than 10 years ago. Our partners at the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Department of […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: UK and Peru hold sixth iteration of bilateral Political Consultations Mechanism in London
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments News story UK and Peru hold sixth iteration of bilateral Political Consultations Mechanism in London The Minister for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean and Peruvian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs co-chaired the 6th session of the Peru-UK Political Consultations in London on 3 July. The Rt. […]
MIL-OSI: BexBack Launches Limited-Time $50 Bonus, 100% Deposit Bonus Match, 100x Leverage, and No KYC Amid Bitcoin Surge Past $100K
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) SINGAPORE, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — With Bitcoin fluctuating above the $100,000 mark, many analysts predict that the cryptocurrency market will remain in a state of high volatility for the long term. In such a scenario, holding spot positions may struggle to generate short-term profits. As a result, 100x leverage futures […]
MIL-OSI Security: Armed Mexican National Federally Indicted in the Eastern District of Texas
Source: US FBI TYLER, Texas – A Mexican national, illegally living in Rains County, has been charged with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Rigoberto Herrera-Rodriguez, 59, was named in a two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury last week in the Eastern District of […]
MIL-OSI Security: Mexican National Federally Indicted in the Eastern District of Texas
Source: US FBI TYLER, Texas – A Mexican national, illegally living in Mount Pleasant, has been charged with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Jose Solorio-Martinez, 38, was named in a federal indictment returned by a grand jury last week in the Eastern District of Texas […]
MIL-OSI Security: Four Individuals Charged in Northern District of Texas with Health Care Fraud Schemes Totaling Over $210 Million as Part of National Takedown
Source: US FBI WASHINGTON — The Justice Department today announced the results of its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants, including 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other licensed medical professionals, in 50 federal districts and 12 State Attorneys General’s Offices across the United States, for their […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Nobel Peace Prize Forum: our perilous path and how we change course
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi’s keynote address at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2024. I want to start by congratulating Nihon Hidankyō and the hibakusha for their Nobel Peace Prize. As a young diplomat almost 40 years ago, I was fortunate to be part of a UN disarmament […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: Nobel Peace Prize Forum: our perilous path and how we change course
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi’s keynote address at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2024. I want to start by congratulating Nihon Hidankyō and the hibakusha for their Nobel Peace Prize. As a young diplomat almost 40 years ago, I was fortunate to be part of a UN […]
MIL-OSI Canada: Biographical notes
Source: Government of Canada News Alexandre Bilodeau (BA [Political Science], University of Montréal, 1996; MSc Hons [History of International Relations], London School of Economics, 1998) joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in April 2001. At Headquarters, he was deputy director for non-proliferation and disarmament from 2015 to 2018. Abroad, he held positions […]
MIL-OSI Canada: Announcement of new diplomatic appointments
Source: Government of Canada News July 3, 2025 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the following diplomatic appointments: Alexandre Bilodeau will become Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tunisia. Mr. Bilodeau will replace Lorraine Diguer. Anderson Blanc will become High Commissioner in the […]