The waters off the coast of Argentina are home to a unique phenomenon — seemingly “floating cities” of fishing vessels that exploit the lack of legislation in international waters to plunder the marine ecosystem. Most are part of China’s vast fishing fleet, which numbers in the hundreds and operate in [ … ]
The Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime has begun another dubious social housing program with financing from state-run China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA). The regime, without further details and amid skepticism, said that CIDCA would invest $60 million in the construction of 12,034 houses in 15 departments of the country. “Nicaragua’s [ … ]
In an unprecedented action, the largest of its kind in Latin America, authorities seized more than 200 tons of drugs and 8,000 firearms and arrested nearly 15,000 people as part of INTERPOL-led Operation Trigger IX, which saw the participation of 15 police forces from the region for 22 days. The [ … ]
A delegation led by U.S. Air Force Major General Gary Keefe, Massachusetts National Guard (MANG) adjutant general, delivered critical firefighting gear to Paraguay, the MANG’s partner in the State Partnership Program (SPP), on May 16. Massachusetts fire departments contributed 1,000 sets of firefighter personal protective equipment (PPE) and two fully [ … ]
For the first time, military and civilian personnel from 21 partner nations of the Americas and Africa came together for the course “Climate Change and Implications for Defense and Security (CCIDS),” in Washington, D.C., May 8-19, 2023. The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies organized the course. “It’s [ … ]
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) — a defense and combat support agency of the U.S. Department of Defense — recently played an integral role in the successful repatriation of two Cobalt-60 radioactive sources. In close partnership with Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines and the U.S. Department of Energy’s [ … ]
Colombian and U.S. noncommissioned officers (NCOs) planned and spearheaded the second hybrid Senior Enlisted Leader (SEL) Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Seminar in Santa Marta, Colombia, May 22-24, 2023. Joint Command Sergeant Major Consuelo Díaz Álvarez, sergeant major of the Colombian Military Forces, and U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Benjamin Jones, command senior enlisted leader [ … ]
A delegation from the Office of International Nuclear Security (INS) of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, part of the Department of Energy, visited Santiago, Chile, to meet with the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CCHEN). The meeting included a training course on nuclear contingency planning and the evaluation of physical [ … ]
The United States and Colombian armies are continually looking for ways to further strengthen the already rich partnership they share. The latest example of this comes as an infantry company from the Colombian Army was embedded with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, alongside U.S. soldiers from the [ … ]
On April 8, The Chinese government urged Venezuela to join its lunar research station project in a bid to expand international collaboration, the Venezuelan regime said in an April 8 statement. The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), a joint China-Russia project, seeks to establish a research base on the moon [ … ]
Members of the West Virginia Air National Guard participated in a week-long humanitarian assistance and disaster response exercise in Lima, Peru, May 7-12. The exercise, appropriately named Cooperation IX, was led by the System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces (SICOFAA). SICOFAA is an entity intended to unite air [ … ]
The Chinese regime is working to massively increase its sphere of influence in Latin America, and its “reckless policies would surely destroy the region in the next few years,” Indian news site Firstpost reported in early April. “Beijing uses its economic strength in Latin America to pressure and meet its [ … ]
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