International Relations

The governments of Argentina and Bolivia have made progress in military, space, and communications technology cooperation in recent months. Among the latest developments, in July, Argentine Minister of Science, Technology,and Innovation Daniel Filmus visited the Bolivian Space Agency’s (ABE)Amachuma Ground Station. In May, Argentine Minister of Defense Jorge Taiana received [ … ]

China is now a preferred lender across Latin America and the Caribbean. It hosts two international development banks — the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB) in Shanghai —that are both expanding their footprint across the region, TIME Magazine reported. “Infrastructure development has shrunk [ … ]

“Alone we are strong, together, we are Invincible.” Every senior military leader who spoke during the closing ceremony of PANAMAX 2022, held August 11 at the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, uttered this phrase, including host U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command [ … ]

Honduras is keeping up its human rights and international humanitarian law training. The Honduran Ministry of National Defense’s (SEDENA) Human Rights Directorate, with the support of the Human Rights Initiative (HRI) of U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) Human Rights Office, held the Honduran Human Rights Initiative Seminar, August 9-11, 2022, in [ … ]

Vice President of the Dominican Republic Raquel Peña greeted August 6 the trained personnel sent by the Canadian government, who arrived with the equipment for the rescue of the two miners trapped for a week in the underground mine of Corporación Minera Dominicana (CORMIDOM), in the Cerro de Maimón. “A [ … ]

China has dispatched a military ship to Sri Lanka’s port city of Hambantota in the midst of the rapidly changing political situation in the island nation. The move has raised questions about whether China is trying to establish a strong military presence on Sri Lanka’s Indian Ocean coast. China’s People’s [ … ]

Experts warn that Iran is seeking to expand its influence in Latin America with illicit activities, disinformation, hate speech, and even maybe new terrorist attacks. A warning sign occurred in June, when a 747 cargo plane registered to the Venezuelan airline Emtrasur was detained at Ezeiza Airport in Buenos Aires. [ … ]

U.S. companies are hitting speed bumps in the race to win contracts to extract lithium in the Americas, particularly as the Chinese and Russian governments throw their weight around to land such agreements, U.S. digital media The Hill reported on July 19. “The ‘lithium triangle’ is in this region. There [ … ]

Marines and sailors from 27 African nations, eight European allies and Brazil, totaling 36 nations, gathered at the Naval Infantry Leaders Symposium-Africa (NILS-A) 2022, co-hosted by the Senegalese Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa in Dakar, Senegal, July 6-7, 2022. NILS-A is an Africa-focused, multinational forum, designed [ … ]

The United States and the European Union (EU) plan to work together to fund and help protect the digital infrastructure of countries vulnerable to cyberattacks, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported June 15. Africa and Latin America are likely to be the first regions to receive funding. The partnership could [ … ]