‘Challenges Are Bridges of Opportunity’
“Challenges are bridges of opportunity” was one of the exciting phrases that guest speaker U.S. Army Colonel Josielyn Carrasquillo, commander of Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) las Americas Region, used during her presentation. Col. Carrasquillo, who is responsible for operations from Alaska to Argentina, was invited as a guest speaker in [ … ]
US, Argentina to Cooperate, Combat Illegal Chinese Fishing
Starting this April, the U.S. Coast Guard and Argentine Navy will begin conducting joint exercises aimed at combating illegal Chinese fishing in the Atlantic Ocean. Argentina, Chile, and Peru have criticized Chinese-operated craft for large-scale invasive fishing in their territorial waters without regulation, which the South American countries say is [ … ]
SOUTHCOM Commander Meets with President Milei, Defense Leaders in Argentina
U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), visited Argentina April 2-6 where she met with Argentine President Javier Milei and senior defense leaders and took part in the U.S. donation of a C-130H Hercules aircraft to the country’s Air Force. Gen. Richardson’s visit aimed to [ … ]
Panama’s Security Forces Advance Strategic Alliances
Naval representatives from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, and the Dominican Republic participated in the first international symposium on Defiant Class Near Coastal Patrol Vessels (NCPV), carried out February 26-March 1 in Panama City. The event, organized by the Panamanian National Air and Naval Service (SENAN) and sponsored by [ … ]
Maduro Distances Himself from the United Nations
Early in Venezuela’s electoral year Nicolás Maduro undertook a set of measures to distance the country from the United Nations (U.N.) system of human rights protection and aiming at closing the civic space. A sign of what was to come appeared in December, when the regime’s prosecutor, Tarek William Saab, [ … ]
Maduro Creates New State, Escalates Essequibo Dispute
The majority pro-regime Venezuelan Parliament approved the creation of a new state in Guyana’s Essequibo territory, the subject of a long-running dispute between the neighboring countries, Reuters reported on March 21. The law creates the new state of Guayana Esequiba. The state’s borders would be the Atlantic Ocean to the [ … ]
US to Help Argentina Improve Waterways and Ports
Argentina’s General Ports Administration (AGP) has signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to improve the conditions of the Paraná-Paraguay Trunk Waterway, the U.S. Embassy in Argentina said in statement. Juan Belikow, professor of International Relations at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina told Diálogo on March [ … ]
Chinese Fleet Defies Peruvian Port Regulations
In the South Pacific, the Chinese fishing fleet has been defying Peruvian regulations aimed at strengthening measures against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, Peruvian sustainable development nongovernmental organization (NGO) CooperAcción said in early March. The Chinese fishing fleet’s actions is “putting both the ecological and economic balance of the [ … ]
China Gains Foothold in Peru with Critical Infrastructure
China’s growing influence over Peru’s critical infrastructure and its strategic position raises concerns about the long-term implications for the Andean country’s economic, political, and social development. China, experts warned, already controls key sectors, such as energy supply, mining, and the Port of Chancay. “Chinese investments and projects abroad, such as [ … ]
US Donates Equipment Valued at more than $2 Million to El Salvador Firefighters
The U.S. government, through the Embassy’s military group, delivered top quality protective equipment to the firefighters of El Salvador, on March 21. This donation is valued at $2,140,088 and will help firefighters have the necessary tools to protect Salvadorans. The presentation ceremony was presided by U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador William [ … ]
China’s Tightening Grip across Latin America
The Chinese government is increasing its foothold in Latin America through various investments, including deep-water ports, energy, and mining resources, among other key areas, Washington-based think tank Atlantic Council said in a February report. “China is driving a strategic agenda guided by its economic, geopolitical, and energy interests,” Sergio Cesarin, [ … ]
China Withholds, Manipulates, Falsifies Official Data
The Communist Party of China (CPC) exhibits a pattern of deliberate withholding, manipulation, and falsification of official government data designed to restrict information to outside observers and artificially inflate its reputation and global standing, revealed the China Transparency Report 2024 by Washington-based think tank The Heritage Foundation (THF). “While some [ … ]