South America: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 17, 2025.
MIL-OSI China: Simeone refuses to blame heat after Atletico defeat
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone refused to blame the scorching temperatures at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl for his side’s heavy 4-0 loss to Paris Saint Germain in their Club World Cup opener on Sunday. Atletico was outplayed for most of the game, with Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha […]
MIL-OSI USA: Washington state will receive up to $105.6 million from national settlement with Purdue Pharma
Source: Washington State News SEATTLE – Attorney General Nick Brown today announced that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. This settlement in principle is the nation’s largest to date with individuals responsible […]
MIL-OSI USA: Castor, Huffman, Pallone, Booker, Reed, and Padilla Lead Charge to Block Trump’s Dangerous Offshore Drilling Plan
Source: United States House of Representatives – Reprepsentative Kathy Castor (FL14) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. House Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), U.S. House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Senator Jack […]
MIL-OSI Security: Mexican national guilty of immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas
Source: Office of United States Attorneys BEAUMONT, Texas –A Mexican national has pleaded guilty to an immigration violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Rigoberto Rodriguez-Moreno, 44, a Mexican national illegally residing in Lufkin, pleaded guilty to illegal reentry by a previously deported person before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christine […]
MIL-OSI Banking: Revamping Fiscal Decentralization to Secure Peru’s Position as a Leading Critical Mineral Exporter: Peru
Source: International Monetary Fund Summary Peru’s mining wealth holds the promise to substantially accelerate potential growth. However, many mining projects have been stalled for several years due to conflicts with local communities that feel excluded from the benefits. Although local governments receive nearly 2 percent of GDP in natural resource revenues per year and comprise […]
MIL-OSI Security: MEXICAN NATIONAL SETNENCED FOR FIREARM POSSESSION AND ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY AFTER REMOVAL
Source: Office of United States Attorneys Jackson, MS – A citizen of Mexico was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and illegal re-entry into the United States after having been removed or deported. According to court documents and statements made in open court, Erik Sel […]
MIL-OSI Security: MEXICAN NATIONAL SETNENCED FOR FIREARM POSSESSION
Source: Office of United States Attorneys Jackson, MS – A citizen of Mexico was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and illegal re-entry into the United States after having been removed or deported. According to court documents and statements made in open court, Erik Sel […]
MIL-Evening Report: Ice Age shelter high up in the Blue Mountains reveals Aboriginal heritage from 20,000 years ago
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Wilkins, Aboriginal Cultural Educator, Trainer and Facilitator, Indigenous Knowledge Artist’s impression of Dargan Shelter as it would have looked during the last Ice Age. Painting by Leanne Watson Redpath Travel back 20,000 years into the last Ice Age, to a time when the upper reaches of […]
MIL-OSI USA: CBS News: Warren urges Trump to “abandon” DOGE’s “inefficient and harmful” agenda in new letter
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Massachusetts – Elizabeth Warren June 12, 2025 Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is urging President Trump to “reverse course” on the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to cut government spending and agencies, advocating instead that he implement her policy proposals to find savings, days after a […]
MIL-OSI Security: Alleged Members of Major Guatemalan Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted
Source: Office of United States Attorneys SAN DIEGO – A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed in San Diego Friday alleging that 13 Guatemalan nationals are part of a Guatemala-based cocaine trafficking organization operating out of La Mesilla and Democracia, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, which is on the Guatemala-Mexico border. The indictment was returned on May 31, […]
MIL-OSI Security: Mexican national admits to transporting child sexual abuse material across state lines to Mexico
Source: Office of United States Attorneys LAREDO, Texas – A 39-year-old Mexican national has pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. On March 12, Raul Velasco-Leon was traveling from Tennessee and approached the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge attempting to enter Mexico. While on the primary lane, authorities selected Velasco-Leon for […]
MIL-OSI USA: Army to change names of seven installations
Source: United States Army WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army will take all necessary actions to change the names of seven Army installations in honor of heroic Soldiers who served in conflicts ranging from the Civil War to the Battle of Mogadishu. Five of them received the Medal of Honor, three received the Distinguished Service Cross […]
MIL-OSI: Report for the first quarter 2025
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Oslo, 16 June 2025 Highlights in the quarter Interoil’s Total operated production for the three-month period amounted to 97,506 barrels of oil equivalent (boe), representing a decline from 103,738 boe recorded in the same period of 2024. Operations in Argentina were negatively impacted by the failure of two compressor engines, which led […]
MIL-OSI USA: Luján, Dingell Announce Legislation to Strengthen Home and Community-Based Services
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) announced the introduction of the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Relief Act, legislation to provide dedicated Medicaid funds for home and community-based services (HCBS) for older adults, […]
MIL-OSI Security: Venezuelan National and U.S. Citizen Arrested for Sanctions Evasion and Smuggling in Scheme to Supply Venezuela’s State-Owned Steel Industry
Source: United States Attorneys General Defendants Allegedly Moved Millions Through Global Front Companies and Illegally Supplied Industrial Goods to Sanctioned Venezuelan Entities Note: View the criminal complaint. Juan Carlos Cairo-Padron, 56, of Huntsville, Texas, and Thomas Michael Fortinberry, 51, of Decatur, Alabama, were arrested on June 13, 2025 on a federal criminal complaint charging them […]
MIL-OSI Security: Justice Department Declines Prosecution of Private Equity Firm Following Voluntary Disclosure of Sanctions Violations and Related Offenses Committed by Acquired Company
Source: United States Attorneys General 7 Department Credits Firm’s Swift Disclosure and Cooperation in Stopping Violations and Securing Former CEO’s Conviction Note: View a copy of the White Deer declination letter, Unicat non-prosecution agreement, and Mani Erfan’s plea agreement. The Justice Department’s National Security Division (NSD) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District […]
MIL-OSI USA: Venezuelan National and U.S. Citizen Arrested for Sanctions Evasion and Smuggling in Scheme to Supply Venezuela’s State-Owned Steel Industry
Source: US State of California Defendants Allegedly Moved Millions Through Global Front Companies and Illegally Supplied Industrial Goods to Sanctioned Venezuelan Entities Note: View the criminal complaint. Juan Carlos Cairo-Padron, 56, of Huntsville, Texas, and Thomas Michael Fortinberry, 51, of Decatur, Alabama, were arrested on June 13, 2025 on a federal criminal complaint charging them […]
MIL-OSI USA: Justice Department Declines Prosecution of Private Equity Firm Following Voluntary Disclosure of Sanctions Violations and Related Offenses Committed by Acquired Company
Source: US State of California Department Credits Firm’s Swift Disclosure and Cooperation in Stopping Violations and Securing Former CEO’s Conviction Note: View a copy of the White Deer declination letter, Unicat non-prosecution agreement, and Mani Erfan’s plea agreement. The Justice Department’s National Security Division (NSD) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of […]
MIL-OSI Africa: Panama Considers Autonomy Initiative as ‘Most Serious, Credible and Realistic basis’ & ‘Only Solution for Future’ to Resolve Regional Dispute over Moroccan Sahara
Download logo The Republic of Panama considers the autonomy initiative as “the most serious, credible and realistic basis for resolving the regional dispute” over the Moroccan Sahara. This position was expressed in a Joint Communiqué signed, on Monday in Rabat, following talks between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, […]
MIL-OSI Africa: Morocco’s Bourita Receives Panama’s Foreign Minister (FM), Bearer of Written Message from Panama’s President to His Majesty (HM) the King
Download logo Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr. Nasser Bourita, received, on Monday in Rabat, the Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez, who delivered a written message to His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, from the President of the Republic of Panama, His Excellency José […]