Project 141 is believed to be the code name for China’s plan to install military bases worldwide. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carefully designed this initiative to capitalize from increasing logistics support of regimes in its favor, various news sites reported. Beijing’s most recent attempt is a base in Cuba. [ … ]
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Argentine and Brazilian Navies Hold Combined Exercises
The Argentine and Brazilian navies strengthened interoperability with combined exercises Passex and Fraterno XXXVI. Service members carried out various maneuvers on the high seas, including navigation in low visibility, transit under air, and surface threat and submarine operations. Participants also visited strategic logistics ports, such as Mar del Plata in [ … ]
Chilean, Spanish, and US Special Forces Together for Southern Star 2023
A 3,700-kilometer area of operations, covering almost all of Chile’s territory, from the Atacama Desert to the southern pampas, was the backdrop for joint-combined exercise Southern Star 2023. The training brought together the Chilean Army, Navy, and Air Force (FACH); U.S. Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH), a component of U.S. [ … ]
Iran Seeks to Spread Its Radical Ideology in Latin America
The Iranian regime seeks to expand its Islamic revolution globally and continues its push in Latin America. As part of that strategy, it is promoting the memoirs of its leaders to engage local actors, Washington-based nongovernmental organization Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) indicated in a report. So far in [ … ]
JTF-Bravo, Committed to Honduras
In the village of Plan de Encima, Santa Bárbara department, Honduras, students who wanted to go to high school had to travel about 25 km daily. They had to get up before 4 a.m., walk, then ride in the back of a pickup truck to arrive at 7 a.m. for [ … ]
US Donates 4 Scanners to Panama
Thanks to the Export Control and Related Border Security Program (EXBS), whose objective is to support port and customs control of partner nations, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Panama donated four Rapiscan Eagle M60 mobile container scanners to the Panamanian National Customs Authority (ANA). U.S. [ … ]
Nicaragua Asserts Alliance with Russia to Amplify Disinformation
Unconventional alliances are emerging in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Among them is the partnership between Russian state media outlet Russia Today (RT) and the Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime in Nicaragua. This link raises concerns about disinformation and the role of Russian propaganda in the region. “The union reflects [ … ]
China Moves Forward in Argentina with Worrisome Works
China has been seeking to finance or build large infrastructure projects in Argentina to expand its influence in South America. A port, a nuclear power plant, a power station, and a radio telescope are among the projects announced. For experts, however, these works are cause for concern. “Being ‘partners’ with [ … ]
Colombia Dismantles Narcotrafficking Groups
The Colombian Navy dealt hard blows to organizations linked to international narcotrafficking cartels through its Red Naval Plus strategy, in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office. As of August 29, the Pacific and Caribbean Naval Forces had weakened nine narcotrafficking groups over the course of 2023. One of the latest [ … ]
Chinese State-owned Zijin Mining Under International Scrutiny
In a world where business activities are under constant global scrutiny, Zijin Mining, a Chinese state-owned company specializing in gold and lithium mining, stands out as a symbol of persistent concerns about its impact and operating practices in Latin America and beyond, Radio FM Bolivia reported. Its track record is [ … ]
Cartel of the Suns Expands Operations with ELN and Mexican cartels
Retired Major General Hugo Carvajal Barrios, alias El Pollo, Venezuela’s former director of Military Counterintelligence, was extradited on July 19 from Spain to New York, where he will be tried for what is described as a vast narcoterrorist conspiracy aimed at generating instability in the United States by attempting to [ … ]
Continuing Promise 2023 Mission Concludes
The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship, USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10), completed its fourth and final stop of the Continuing Promise 2023 (CP23) mission in St. George’s, Grenada, September 23. The Burlington also visited Almirante, Panama, Santa Marta, Colombia, and Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, over the course of the [ … ]