South America – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for July 31, 2025

South America: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 31, 2025.

MIL-OSI China: Thomas Muller set to join MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Bayern Munich veteran Thomas Muller is close to sealing a move to Major League Soccer (MLS). According to German and Canadian media reports, only minor details remain before the 35-year-old signs a two-year contract with the Vancouver Whitecaps as a free agent on August 1. The […]

MIL-OSI United Nations: World News in Brief: Violence in Somalia, cholera in Haiti, tax support for sustainable development
Source: United Nations MIL OSI Clashes intensified in the town of Mahas in the Hiraan region, Hirshabelle state, on 26 July forcing the entire population – over 28,000 people – to flee their homes.  Another 38,000 people were displaced in the Gedo region, Jubaland state, between 23 and 26 July, some of whom crossed into […]

MIL-OSI: Gran Tierra Energy Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results & Another Quarter of Record Production
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Achieved Record Total Company Average Quarterly Production of 47,196 boepd Funds Flow From Operations(1)of $54 million, Adjusted EBITDA(1)of $77 million and Return to Free Cash Flow Signed Mandate Letter for Funding of Up to $200 Million Entered into Binding Agreement to Exit the UK North Sea Achieved Company Record Total of 32 […]

MIL-OSI USA: On the 60th Anniversary of the Creation of Medicaid and Medicare, Luján, Leader Schumer, and Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation to Reverse Devastating Health Care Cuts in Republicans’ Budget Betrayal 
US Senate News: Source: US Senator for New Mexico Ben Ray Luján WATCH HERE: Senator Luján Delivers Floor Speech on Effort to Reverse Devastating Health Care Cuts in Republicans’ Budget Betrayal Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), along with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Finance Committee, U.S. Senator […]

MIL-OSI: EZCORP Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) AUSTIN, Texas, July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ: EZPW), a leading provider of pawn transactions in the United States and Latin America, today announced results for its third quarter ended June 30, 2025. Unless otherwise noted, all amounts in this release are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles […]

MIL-OSI: Tenaris Announces 2025 Second Quarter Results
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) The financial and operational information contained in this press release is based on unaudited consolidated condensed interim financial statements presented in U.S. dollars and prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standard Board and adopted by the European Union, or IFRS. Additionally, this press release […]

MIL-OSI: EZCORP Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 Results Continued Top-line Momentum Drives Exceptional Earnings Growth
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) AUSTIN, Texas, July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ: EZPW), a leading provider of pawn transactions in the United States and Latin America, today announced results for its third quarter ended June 30, 2025. Unless otherwise noted, all amounts in this release are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles […]

MIL-OSI USA News: Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries
Source: US Whitehouse class=”has-text-align-left”>By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 […]

MIL-OSI USA: ICE Philadelphia arrests Mexican national with warrant for rape in Pennsylvania
Source: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia and Homeland Security Investigations Philadelphia, IRS Philadelphia and ATF Philadelphia arrested Silvestre Herrera-Vasquez, a 48-year-old citizen of Mexico, in Malvern July 28. “The arrest of dangerous criminal illegal aliens like Herrera-Vasquez demonstrates ICE’s absolute commitment to ensuring […]

MIL-OSI USA: U.S. and Chile Sign New Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Agreement
Source: US Federal Emergency Management Agency Headline: US and Chile Sign New Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Agreement The Trump Administration will pursue all tools at its disposal to keep America safeSANTIAGO, CHILE – Today, the United States and Chile signed a new Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP) letter of intent to […]

MIL-OSI Security: U.S. and Chile Sign New Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Agreement
Source: US Department of Homeland Security The Trump Administration will pursue all tools at its disposal to keep America safe SANTIAGO, CHILE – Today, the United States and Chile signed a new Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP) letter of intent to continue this crucial information sharing system between the two nations. “Data sharing […]

MIL-OSI USA: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Threats to the United States from the Government of Brazil
US Senate News: Source: US Whitehouse ADDRESSING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order implementing an additional 40% tariff on Brazil, bringing the total tariff amount to 50%, to deal with recent policies, practices, and actions by the Government of Brazil that constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the […]

MIL-OSI USA: July 30th, 2025

Heinrich, Rounds, Tillis, Kim Reintroduce Legislation Supporting AI Innovation in Financial Services
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to promote artificial intelligence (AI) innovation in the financial services industry. The Unleashing AI Innovation in Financial Services Act will establish regulatory guardrails […]

MIL-OSI USA: July 30th, 2025

Heinrich Joins Luján, Markey to Introduce Legislation to Modernize Gas Pipeline Safety Standards, Cut Methane Leaks
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M., Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) to introduce the Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair Act of 2025 to modernize […]

MIL-OSI United Nations: Tsunami alert highlights worth of global early warning system
Source: United Nations 2 While the UN-backed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that there had been no damage to Japan’s nuclear facilities after an 8.8 magnitude quake was recorded off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, coastal communities have been taking no chances and evacuating to higher ground or moving further inland. Alerts were sent out within a […]

MIL-OSI United Nations: Hailing Progress to Transform Food Systems, Deputy Secretary-General Urges Stronger Collaboration to End Global Hunger, at UN Summit+4 Stocktake’s Closing Plenary
Source: United Nations General Assembly and Security Council Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the closing plenary of the Second United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4), in Addis Ababa today: Let me begin by extending my appreciation to the Government of Ethiopia for its warm hospitality, and […]

MIL-OSI USA: Heinrich, Luján Call for Large-Scale Expansion of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza & Resumption of Diplomatic Efforts to Secure a Ceasefire & End the War
US Senate News: Source: US Senator for New Mexico Ben Ray Luján WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined 42 Democratic senators in writing to the Trump Administration to express alarm about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and call for a large-scale expansion of humanitarian aid as well as the […]

MIL-OSI USA: Luján, Merkley Demand Public Release of Epstein Files
US Senate News: Source: US Senator for New Mexico Ben Ray Luján Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) have launched an effort to direct the U.S. Department of Justice to publicly release all files related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. Senators Luján […]

MIL-OSI Europe: ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – The adventure “accompanied by small prayers” of Junho Cho, “digital missionary”
Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI [embedded content] by Pascale RizkSeoul (Agenzia Fides) – “Now I know. After all, even the Fathers of the Church, Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas, repeated this simple phrase: to be happy, I need God, and if God is present, I am happy when I am close to him, […]

MIL-OSI Analysis: Kemi Badenoch says she wants to be Britain’s Javier Milei – but is the Argentinian president a model to follow?
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sam Halvorsen, Reader in Human Geography, Queen Mary University of London When UK Conservative party head Kemi Badenoch recently declared that she aspires to be Britain’s Milei, she aligned herself with one of the world’s most radical and controversial leaders. Javier Milei, Argentina’s self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” president, has gained […]