Ecuador pledged to strengthen collaboration and coordination among partner nations with the support of AMERIPOL and EUROPOL through the Latin American Interior Security Committee (CLASI), as a strategy to improve security in the hemisphere, Argentine news site Infobae reported. “Today we must confront organized crime without borders,” said Ecuador’s Minister [ … ]
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Brazil’s Participation in International Cooperation in Mine Action
April 4 marked the International Day for Mine Action Awareness and Assistance, established in 2005 by the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly. The Brazilian Army is a benchmark in demining and deactivating explosive devices. In this article, Captain Davyson Anderson Cavalcanti Sobral, of the Brazilian Army’s Engineering Wing, discusses Brazil's [ … ]
Hundreds of Chinese Websites Pose as Local News to Disseminate Disinformation
More than a hundred websites operated from within the People’s Republic of China have been posing as local news outlets in 30 countries across Latin America, Europe, and Asia, to disseminate pro-Beijing disinformation, The Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity laboratory based at the University of Toronto, Canada, revealed in a February [ … ]
Latin America in the Crosshairs of China-backed Cyber Pirates
Cybersecurity has become essential throughout the world, and Latin America is no exception to this reality. According to the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2024 report, the region was the fourth most attacked in 2023, accounting for 12 percent of incidents worldwide. State-sponsored cyberattacks are a leading cause of concern [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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, [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Colombia and Ecuador Join Forces to Disrupt Narcotrafficking
After a more than two-year operation, Colombia and Ecuador dismantled transnational narcotrafficking organization Los Curva, following the January 6 capture in Colombia of two brothers identified as the leaders of the gang, Argentine news site Infobae reported. According to Operation Gran Fénix, carried out by Ecuador’s National Police, Navy, and [ … ]
Experts Warn about Risks of Rapprochement Between Brazil’s Workers Party and CCP
The Chinese Communist Party of China (CCP) and Brazil’s Workers Party (PT) have committed to deepen ties of friendship and strengthen cooperation. The agreement came to be during A CCP delegation’s visit to Brazil in September 2023, during which time both parties pledged to “uphold the principles of independence and [ … ]
China-Argentina Radio Telescope, Threat to National Security
China began assembling the antenna of the China-Argentina Radio Telescope (CART) at the El Leoncito Astronomical Complex in Argentina’s San Juan province on November 23, 2023, generating concerns among experts despite its importance as the largest radio telescope in South America. With 20 percent progress, the radio telescope, which will [ … ]
The Dangers of China’s Influence in the Cloud
Chinese cloud computing companies, such as Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu, have been making inroads in many parts of the world, including Latin America, raising national security and data privacy concerns. Chinese firms’ growth in cloud business impact many critical areas such as 5G, artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and [ … ]
Iran’s Disinformation Penetrates Latin America
The Iranian regime’s Spanish language news channel HispanTV, which portrays terrorism as “resistance” and is actively involved in incitement and disinformation campaigns in Latin America raises concern, U.S.-based think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) indicated in a late 2023 report. “Tehran maintains an international propaganda and disinformation campaign, [ … ]