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European Union Urges Sanctions Against Nicaraguan Authorities

International organizations are exerting pressure to prevent more abuses from the Nicaraguan government and restore democracy. Nongovernmental organization (NGO) Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the European Union (EU) to implement the individual sanctions presented on October 14, 2019, against President Daniel Ortega and six top members of the Nicaraguan Police, who are accused of committing multiple human rights violations. The…

December 04, 2019

Venezuelans Turn To Alternative Medicine Amid Shortages

The small waiting room at the home of self-styled healer "Brother Guayanes" in Caracas' rundown Petare district fills up quickly with patients — business has never been better. With Venezuela's chronic medicine shortages and hyperinflation, more and more people are turning to alternative medicine to treat common ailments in the crisis-wracked South American country. "We go to the hospital and…

November 22, 2019

Pollutants Found On Brazil’s Beaches Compatible With Venezuelan Oil

Since September 2, oil has contaminated 494 coastal locations in 10 Brazilian states. The oil spill has washed up on beaches spanning over 1,300 miles and is considered the worst environmental disaster on the Brazilian coastline. Press and government officials said an analysis by Brazilian Oil Company Petrobras confirmed the crude oil mix was not of Brazilian origin. “The oil…

November 18, 2019

South American Air Forces Focus On Cybersecurity

South American air forces’ chiefs seek mutual solutions to current cyber and space security challenges, as well as transnational threats. “Cooperation as a Strategy Towards Progress” was the opening theme of the South American Air Chiefs and Senior Enlisted Leader Conference, held at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, on November 4-8, 2019. For the first time, the conference…

November 14, 2019

US Imposes Additional Sanctions On Companies Moving Venezuelan Oil To Cuba

On September 24, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four companies that operate in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy. Additionally, OFAC identified four vessels that transport oil and other petroleum products from Venezuela to Cuba as blocked property owned or controlled by the four designated entities. “The United States continues to take…

October 21, 2019

Salvadoran Army Committed To Citizen Security

Diálogo met with Colonel Mario Adalberto Figueroa Cárcamo, chief of the Salvadoran Army General Staff (EMGE, in Spanish), during a visit to EMGE's headquarters in San Salvador. Col. Figueroa talked about his challenges, interagency work, and the Army’s role in citizen security. Diálogo: What's the most important challenge as commander of the Salvadoran Army? Colonel Mario Adalberto Figueroa Cárcamo, chief of the…

October 21, 2019

Russia Seeks Strategic Positions in Central America

Russia continues to search for spaces in Central America to take advantage of the isthmus’s geographical position, this time with an accord signed in the first half of 2019 with the Guatemalan-based Central American Parliament (PARLACEN, in Spanish), consisting of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic. PARLACEN’s mission is to be the democratic and political representative…

October 18, 2019

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Special Report

For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]