Following nearly two decades of talks, member states of the United Nations (U.N.) finalized the High Seas Treaty, which aims to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, the U.N. said in a statement. “International waters […] are the heritage of humanity,” [ … ]
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Brazil Increases Presence of Women in UN Peacekeeping Missions
Brazil once more demonstrated its commitment to Women, Peace, and Security, exceeding the participation of women security officers in United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping missions in 2022, the Brazilian Ministry of Defense indicated in a statement. “The deployment of Brazilian military women to occupy such positions indicates the alignment of the [ … ]
US Helps Costa Rica Combat Cyberthreats
The United States committed to donate $25 million to Costa Rica to help strengthen its cybersecurity and digital infrastructure against threats from malicious actors. Costa Rica’s Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology, and Telecommunications (MICITT) and the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica announced the initiative. “The U.S. government’s support is very [ … ]
Our Ocean Panama 2023: Latin America’s Commitment to Ocean Protection
The Our Ocean Panama 2023 conference sought to create a space to highlight the importance of protecting international waters, creating marine protected areas, growing sustainable blue economies, strengthening sustainable fishing and maritime security, and analyzing climate change and marine pollution. Authorities and delegates from more than 190 countries adopted 341 [ … ]
Nicaraguan Regime Wages War Against Catholic Church
The Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime of Nicaragua is waging a war against religious freedom, targeting the Catholic Church as the most important independent institution left in Nicaragua, human rights activists warned. “Sandinismo has never agreed with the principles of the Catholic Church because the priests and bishops have always told [ … ]
Women’s Presence Soars in Uruguayan Armed Forces
The percentage of women in the Uruguayan Armed Forces rose by 25 percent in recent years, with military women assuming more important responsibilities in the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Uruguayan Ministry of Defense indicated. In early February, the Uruguayan Navy reached a historic milestone as Ensign Nati Fontaine [ … ]
China Makes Advances on Second Overseas Naval Base
Chinese-funded construction in the northern compound of Ream Naval Base in Cambodia, in the Gulf of Thailand, is making progress, recent satellite images have shown. As reports began to emerge in 2022 about the deal that will allow China to use the base militarily for 30 years, both countries initially [ … ]
CENTAM SMOKE, 15 Years of Training in Central America
The Central America Sharing Mutual Operational Knowledge and Experiences (CENTAM SMOKE) exercise, which brought together military rescuers and professional firefighters from five countries for firefighting and disaster response training, was carried out at the Manuel Soto Cano Air Base in Comayagua, Honduras, headquarters of Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo), March [ … ]
Venezuelan Doctors Blame Maduro for Exodus of Health Professionals
The health care workers’ situation in Venezuela is precarious and has a direct impact on the care these professionals provide to the population. According to the Venezuelan Medical Federation (FMV), at least 42,000 health workers have left the country in recent years due to the economic crisis, miserable salaries, and [ … ]
Chinese Regime Adopts Russian Disinformation Tactics
China is increasingly adopting tactics associated with Russia to generate propaganda and disinformation in order to expand its geopolitical and global strategy, AP reported. Beijing-linked actors are disseminating large numbers of denigrating social media posts and generating fake news with the help of artificial intelligence as part of a broader [ … ]
Latin American Dictatorships Strengthen Ties with Iran
The regimes of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela strengthened their geopolitical alliance with Iran during a “friendly tour” of the Islamic country’s Foreign Minister Hosein Amir-Abdollahian. Experts, however, warn that Iran is an unreliable ally, which is alienated from the international community, and abuses its trade relationship with other nations to [ … ]
China Seeks to Control Strategic Minerals
Chinese companies have been expanding worldwide, seeking to extract the strategic minerals that fuel the clean energy revolution. Their sights are set on Latin America and its reserves of lithium, cobalt, copper, and rare earth elements. Between 2018 and 2023, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile received the top Chinese lithium investment, [ … ]