• "U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has marshaled $3.2 billion in corporate pledges to tackle the factors that drive some Central Americans to migrate to the United States," Reuters reported June 7. "The new commitments from companies - including Visa and the apparel company Gap Inc. - total $1.9 billion and are more than double the $1.2 billion promised by the private sector in December."
• Ariana DeBose, Oscar-winning actress, dancer and singer, was named among the "Time 100 - The World's Most Influential People," in the June 6/ 13 issue of Time.
• "Robert Melendez Jr. easily won a Democratic House primary (in New Jersey), making it likely that he and his father and namesake, the state's senior senator, will serve together in the Capitol." - The New York Times, June 9, 2022 … Mayra Flores became the first Republican to represent a majority-Hispanic South Texas House seat and became the first Republican Latina the state has ever sent to Congress. - The New York Times, June 16, 2022
• The recently debuted Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture in Riverside, California was featured in the Arts section of the June 15 New York Times. Its collection includes major pieces amassed by the actor, musician, comedian and activist.
• Daniel Suárez made history becoming "the fifth-ever international driver to win a Nascar Cup Series race and the first Mexican to drive into the winner's circle." - Forbes, June 19, 2022
• "China has widened the gap on the United States in trade terms in large swathes of Latin America since U.S. President Joe Biden came into office" an analysis of data by Reuters showed, "underscoring how Washington is being pushed onto the back foot in the region." - Reuters, June 8, 2022
• Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador skipped the U.S. hosted Summit of the Americas this month "because not all countries from the region were invited," but said that he would visit President Biden in July. - Reuters, June 6, 2022