The U.S. Navy expeditionary fast transport USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) will deploy July and August to the region as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2024 mission. After several months of detailed planning, USNS Burlington is scheduled to visit Jamaica, Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, and [ … ]
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Haiti: Multinational Force to Take on Gangs Amid Spike of Violence
Hundreds of Kenyan police officers left for Haiti on the last week of June to lead a multinational force to assist the Caribbean Island in curbing violence and fighting violent gangs. The support of the 400 police officers, the first of the 1,000 that Kenya is expected to send to [ … ]
China’s Cheap Steel Hurts Latin America’s Industry
The Latin American steel industry is facing a crisis due to China’s unfair trade practices, which flooded the market with cheap steel, threatening regional producers’ jobs and livelihood, Radio France International reported. “China’s production affects Latin American economies, putting at risk 1.4 million jobs in the steel sector; forcing the [ … ]
Venezuelan Forces Killed More Than 10,000 Citizens in Last Decade, Report Says
According to Venezuelan human rights nongovernmental organization (NGO) Provea, Venezuelan security forces killed 10,085 people in the last 10 years. The data presented in a new report mostly refers to extrajudicial executions, but also includes deaths during the massive protests that took place in 2014 and 2017. The number of [ … ]
The Strategic Value of Taiwan and Stability in Asia for Latin America
This article was originally published on Infobae on June 11, 2024. On June 7, 2024, I had the privilege of participating as a speaker in an event in Miami, Florida organized by the Presidential Mission of Latin America, bringing together three former Latin American presidents, current senior Latin American government [ … ]
Rooting for Readiness, A Region Prepared for Anything
Senior military leaders and representatives from 22 partner nations gathered June 4-6 for the U.S. Southern Command- (SOUTHCOM) sponsored Senior Leader Logistics Symposium (SLLS), at SOUTHCOM’s headquarters in Doral, Florida. Under the theme “Readiness,” participants discussed improving logistics and interoperability for exercises, operations, and disaster efforts in the region. Argentina, [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Russia’s Hypocrisy and Double Standards on Nuclear Weapons in Space
Within weeks of blocking a United Nations (U.N.) Security Council resolution that sought to ban nuclear weapons in outer space, Russia likely launched a weapon into low-Earth orbit capable of inspecting and attacking other satellites, keeping up with its dangerous behavior in space. According to U.S. Space Command, the May [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Russian Warships, Venezuelan Elections, and a Fabricated Crisis with Guyana in the Caribbean?
This article was originally published on The Policy Spotlight of Florida International University’s Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, June 14, 2024. The deployment of Russian warships to the Caribbean is Kabuki theater. For 15 years, a Russia whose international power projection capabilities have deteriorated significantly since the end [ … ]