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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 Tegucigalpa. Representatives of the Honduran Armed Forces along with international…
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 few days ago, the Dominican government, through the Ministry of…
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 Liberation Army describes the vessel, Yuan Wang 5, as a…
The Collective on Chinese Financing and Investments, Human Rights and Environment (CICDHA), a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that promotes social, environmental, political, and cultural rights in Latin America, examined some of China’s largest backed projects in Latin America and presented some conclusions on their environmental and human rights impact. “Things aren’t moving forward, and we identified new problems,” Julia Cuadros, a…
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. The aircraft, with 14 Venezuelan and five Iranian crew members…
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 are many things that this region has to offer,” declared U.S.…
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 to bring together partner nations with marine forces and naval…
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 be operational by the end of 2022, the newspaper detailed.…
Washington is keeping the growing influence of China and Russia in Latin America in its sights due to the worrying consequences that this expansion could have in terms of instability, insecurity, and weakening of democratic institutions. Such is what U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command, said in an interview with Voice of America, highlighting the…
Colombia and the United States are celebrating 200 years of diplomatic relations. The two countries established relations on June 19, 1822, when U.S. President James Monroe officially received Manuel de Trujillo y Torres as Colombia’s first chargé d’affaires in the United States. Since then, both countries have become strategic allies with common goals to promote democracy, security, and the fight…
Five Chilean Army officers deployed June 7 to Bosnia and Herzegovina to fulfill the mission of the Chilean Peace Force CHILFOR 36 and replace personnel who represented Chile for more than seven months under Operation ALTHEA, the Chilean Joint Chiefs of Staff (EMCO) said. The objective of the mission is to help create a climate of security and ensure that…
The Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime has authorized Russian personnel, ships, and aircraft to enter Nicaragua from July 1 to December 31, 2022. The Russian troops will participate in humanitarian aid, military exercises, and operations against illicit activities on the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, the June 7 decree in the official Gazette indicated. “The region has reason to feel…
