The Argentine and Brazilian armies carried out combined exercise Arandú, deploying 1,400 troops in the Argentine province of Corrientes to achieve greater interoperability between both armed forces, Argentina’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement. “Combined training in the field is key to practical learning because it plays a fundamental [ … ]
Cuba and China have formed a post-Cold War alliance: Cuba supports Chinese interests in Latin America to cover its economic shortfall, while satisfying Beijing’s strategic needs for military intelligence and biotechnology, the report Security Implications of the China-Cuba Alliance of think tank Global Americans indicates. “Cuba depends on foreign assistance [ … ]
In its latest Internet Security Report, for the first quarter of 2023, U.S. cybersecurity company WatchGuard Technologies, indicated that 75 percent of the new threats of its top 10 list of malwares have strong ties to Russia or China. “These hacker groups target unsuspecting users and unprotected devices. In many [ … ]
In mid-September, 44 criminals, among them 36 Venezuelans, six Chileans, one Dominican, and one Colombian, stood trial for various crimes committed in the extreme north of Chile. They all belong to the violent Tren de Aragua cell known as Los Gallegos, which wreaks havoc not only in Chile, but also [ … ]
U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), visited Peru September 13-15, and met with senior government and military leaders to discuss the longstanding U.S.-Peru defense partnership. This was Gen. Richardson’s first visit to Peru since assuming the command of SOUTHCOM in 2021. Gen. Richardson met [ … ]
The United States announced its support to curb illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing of sharks and rays in Ecuadorian waters through the Habla Tiburón (Shark Talk) project, the U.S. Embassy in Quito said in a statement. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), together with the Charles Darwin Foundation [ … ]
The Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime handed out Chinese company Zhong Fu Development two mining concessions to exploit some 15,400 hectares in Nicaragua’s northern Caribbean coast, negatively impacting the environment and indigenous communities, the alliance of Indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples of Nicaragua (INANA-AIP) indicated in a statement. The indigenous group denounced [ … ]
In a similar move to that of Nicaragua’s dictator Daniel Ortega, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro regime went after the Red Cross on August 4, raising the alarm among human rights organizations about the crackdown on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the country. In May, the Nicaraguan regime abolished the humanitarian organization [ … ]
The project for the construction of Atucha III, Argentina’s fourth nuclear power plant, which seeks financing from China, is raising concerns due to the Asian country’s growing influence. According to experts, the proposal to finance the plant with Chinese capital could leave Argentina in a vulnerable economic situation. “China operates [ … ]
Brazil’s technology for monitoring fire outbreaks in the Amazon will now help protect the entire rainforest, regardless of borders, since the countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) can now access it. [caption id="attachment_85733" align="alignleft" width="300"] file photo. A member of fire prevention group PREVFOGO extinguishes a burning area [ … ]
Senior logistics leaders from 19 partner nations of the Western Hemisphere came together for the fifth U.S. Southern Command- (SOUTHCOM) sponsored Senior Leader Logistics Symposium (SLLS), in Doral, Florida, September 6-7. Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, the United Kingdom, [ … ]
Authorities from the U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Ecuador donated $3.1 million to representatives of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces during a visit to El Coca, in the province of Orellana. “This handing over shows the collaboration in terms of security between Ecuador and the United States,” U.S. Air Force Colonel [ … ]
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