Strength in unity, cooperation, intelligence, and patience were among the assets Dominican Armed Forces used to their advantage to dismantle several transnational criminal organizations that had set up parallel narco-economies throughout the national territory. With the support of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and the DEA, Dominican authorities dealt blows to [ … ]
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China’s Push into Ecuador
China’s growing influence in Ecuador is leaving its mark in critical areas such as natural resources, security, and infrastructure, mainly due to Chinese loans that jeopardize the country’s strategic resources in the long term and to the lack of transparency, Central American think tank Expediente Abierto indicated in a recent [ … ]
US Coast Guard Supports Partner Nations’ Fight Against Illegal Chinese Fishing
In line with the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG) dedication to combating illicit maritime activities and to promote maritime security, the USCG Cutter James (WMSL 754) deployed to the South Atlantic Ocean to conduct joint missions with their South American counterparts aimed at combating illegal Chinese fishing in the region. Coastal [ … ]
Kremlin Disinformation Campaign Advances in Latin America
Russian disinformation campaigns are spreading in Latin America, raising concerns for regional stability, due to the growing presence of Russia in the information and geopolitical sphere. The Kremlin is leading efforts to exert influence in the “global south” through the media. This strategy seeks to promote non-progressive values and question [ … ]
Venezuela and Iran: Strategic Geopolitical Alliance
Venezuela and Iran have consolidated a strategic alliance that dates back more than two decades to counteract their international isolation due to their human rights violations and anti-democratic activities, an April 23 report of Italy-based Center for the Study of Geopolitics and International Relations (CEGRI) indicated. More than a bilateral [ … ]
Chinese Mafia Builds Up Their Marijuana Operations in Chile
Agents of Chile’s Carabineros OS7 anti-drug division apprehended two Chinese men in Chile’s central region believed to be members China’s transnational criminal organization Fujian Bang. The men were guarding two large marijuana plantations in two climate-controlled and irrigation-controlled industrial greenhouses when the arrests took place in mid-April, Chilevisión reported. While [ … ]
Brazil and China: Asymmetric and Troubling Relationship – PART II
Since the People’s Republic of China (PRC) set its sights on Latin America, at the beginning of the century, seeking mainly to acquire commodities to supply its industrial base and feed its huge population, it turned Brazil — Latin America’s largest economy and one of the world’s most important agricultural [ … ]
Russia’s Influence on TikTok, Beyond China
The focus on China’s influence on TikTok underscores a broader reality, the propaganda and disinformation machine of the Russian state, which uses the platform to spread its fake news and narratives in English and Spanish to young audiences, U.S.-based think tank the Brookings Institution indicated in a May 2 report. [ … ]
Russia Seeks to Destabilize Latin American Countries
Under its new foreign policy concept, Russia outlines ambitious plans to destabilize peace and order in the Western Hemisphere and create rivalries among Latin American countries to further widen the gap between states already aligned with the Kremlin’s ambitions. “This document is the result of its [Russia’s] invasion of Ukraine,” [ … ]
Armed Forces of the Americas Unite to Support Brazil’s Flood Victims
Service members of the Americas joined the Brazilian Armed Forces to support victims of the floods in Rio Grande do Sul, which left more than 160 people dead and more than 580,000 displaced. “Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay are cooperating directly with Joint Operation Taquari 2,” the Social Communication Section of [ … ]
China-Argentina Space Engagement: Reconciling Science, Sovereignty, and Strategic Risk
This article was originally published in the magazine of the RED CHINA & AMÉRCIA LATINA (REDCAEM) No 40, May 2024 Summary This work examines China-Argentine space collaboration, with a focus on the People’s Republic of China- (PRC) operated deep space radar facility in Neuquén. It argues that in interest of [ … ]
For a Bright Future: SOUTHCOM Commander Joins US-Brazil Bicentennial Celebrations
In late May, U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), visited Brazil to meet with Brazilian authorities and celebrate the bicentennial of U.S.-Brazil diplomatic relations, commemorated amid Exercise Southern Seas 2024 in Brazilian waters. Gen. Richardson hailed the enduring legacy of the U.S.-Brazil partnership, reaffirming [ … ]