In recent weeks, the Brazilian Armed Forces have taken historic steps toward the inclusion of women in their operational sectors. One of the novelties comes from the Brazilian Army: for the first time in history, the Army’s Aircraft Pilots Course and Aircraft Maintenance Management Course will have female students. “Gender [ … ]
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China’s Charm Offensive in Latin America and the Caribbean: A comprehensive Analysis of China’s strategic Communication Strategy Across the Region [Part III: Image, Academia, and Technology]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper explores China’s public relations strategy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) through diplomacy, promoting study networks, cooperation among academies, and establishing a significant number of Confucius Institutes. This is supported by a vast network of print, audiovisual and digital media owned by China or LAC [ … ]
Argentina Launches Operation Against Chinese IUU Fishing
The Argentine Armed Forces have launched Operation Griffon XVII in South Atlantic waters to strengthen their fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, while hundreds of fishing vessels, mainly Chinese-flagged, prey on the region’s fish stocks, Argentine news site Infobae reported. “Considering Chinese expansionist activities in the world, it [ … ]
Andean Community Seeks to Curb Organized Crime
Following the escalation of gang violence in Ecuador, which led President Daniel Noboa to declare an “internal armed conflict” on January 9, the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) came together to analyze the security crisis. Ministers and authorities in charge of internal security in the CAN member countries of Bolivia, [ … ]
China’s Charm Offensive in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Comprehensive Analysis of China’s Strategic Communication Strategy Across the Region [Part II: Influencing the Media]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report explores China’s strategy to influence Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) populations through the Chinese and local media. Both are vital in shaping local opinion in favor of the Communist Party of China’s (CCP) ideological objectives. News outlets such as the Xinhua News Agency, the People’s Daily, [ … ]
Maduro Threatens NGOs in Venezuela
Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro is keeping up its assault on civil society, this time focusing its attacks on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and threatening to put an end to nonprofit organizations, which continuously question the actions of the regime. In mid-January, the Venezuelan National Assembly, with a pro-regime majority, approved the Law [ … ]
Is China Cornering the Green Energy Transition in Latin America?
A key element of China’s economic advance over the past four decades has been the government’s promotion of its companies’ acquisition of capabilities and market share in sectors seen as strategically important to the country. In recent years, that emphasis has increasingly focused on digital technologies and green energy. The [ … ]
Maduro Holds on to Power and Expands Crackdown on Opposition
In a move seen as expanding the crackdown on the opposition, the regime of Nicolás Maduro detained human rights activist Rocío San Miguel, accusing her of plotting to kill Maduro, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said via X. San Miguel was arrested February 9 at an airport in Caracas in [ … ]
China’s Charm Offensive in Latin America and the Caribbean: A comprehensive Analysis of China’s Strategic Communication Strategy Across the Region [Part I: Propaganda and Politics]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper analyzes the expansion of Chinese media and public diplomacy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Through its “discourse of power” and an attempt to extend its soft power across the continent, Chinese and some LAC media (print, audiovisual, and digital) sustained, amplified, and exalted the [ … ]
Haiti Homicides Doubled in 2023 UN Warns
Nearly 5,000 homicides were accounted for in Haiti in 2023, more than in 2022, a January 23 United Nations (U.N.) report said, as the country experiences rampant gang violence amid the collapse of many of its political institutions. “I am appalled by the staggering and increasing level of gang violence [ … ]
Countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Vow to Combat Transnational Crime
Senior representatives of countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACTO) drew up an ambitious plan for the Amazon region in favor of sustainable development, health, and the fight against transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) that exploit the forest for their gain. Among their latest resolutions, approved during the XIV Meeting of [ … ]
Fentanyl Boom Fails to Lower Cocaine Demand
Although global fentanyl production represents lower manufacturing costs and increasing demand, Colombia continues to be considered one of the world’s largest exporters of cocaine, and demand continues to grow and enter new markets. “What you see globally in terms of demand for cocaine is that it continues to grow despite [ … ]