On April 1, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF) launched Operation Decontamination to dismantle a criminal group that was sending drugs by sea to Europe. PF officers, with the support of the Bahia Military Police, served 12 search and seizure warrants and eight preventive arrest warrants in several cities of Bahia [ … ]
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The Devastating Environmental Impact of Chinese Influence in Latin America
As German international media outlet DW noted, until just a few years ago, Chinese corporations were relatively unknown in Latin America, but their direct investments in the region have averaged about $10 billion per year since 2010, and this has a heavy damaging effect on the environment, according to the [ … ]
Brazil, Paraguay Destroy 748 Tons of Marijuana in the Border Region
Nearly 100 officers from the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) and the Brazilian Federal Police (PF) destroyed 748 tons of marijuana as part of Operation New Alliance XXX. During the 10-day raid, which ended April 1, the security forces used helicopters to locate the crops and follow the movement of [ … ]
Air Forces of the Americas Carry Out Exercise Cooperation VIII
Exercise Cooperation VIII was held at the Argentine Air Force’s (FAA, in Spanish) IV Air Brigade, in the province of Mendoza, March 28-April 8. The training was geared toward the standardization, planning, execution, and control of air operations during natural disasters, and demonstrated the effectiveness of participants in humanitarian aid. [ … ]
Brazilian Army Prepares for Joint Exercise with US
Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) troops have been preparing throughout March for the international Combined Operations and Rotation Exercise CORE 22, which will be carried out with U.S. Army counterparts in Fort Polk, Louisiana. “The activity is expected to take place in August and September 2022. The definitive date is [ … ]
NCOLCoE, World’s Premiere Institution for NCO Education
The Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Leadership Center of Excellence (NCOLCoE) is the backbone of NCO Army military education. The NCOLCoE, located in Fort Bliss, Texas, was founded in 1972, under the name the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. In 2018, the institution changed its name to represent a more diversified [ … ]
Russia Denies Massacre in Ukraine Despite Global Shock
Sometimes, not even all the disinformation or fake news is able to change public opinion. Such is the case of the killings Russian troops perpetrated in the town of Bucha, located 15 miles northwest of Kyiv, which Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba classified as the worst massacre in Europe since [ … ]
Colombian Navy Seizes Two Semisubmersibles in Illegal Shipyard
During a riverine operation, the Colombian Navy’s Pacific Naval Force, with the Army’s support, seized two semisubmersibles in an illegal artisanal shipyard in the rural area of Tumaco, Nariño department, in mid-March. The 380-square meter shipyard, as well as the illegal naval artifacts, belonged to the Iván Ríos structure, a [ … ]
Argentina Seizes Nearly 9.5 Tons of Marijuana
On March 31, Argentina’s Misiones Province Police reported dealing a blow to narcotrafficking in the city of Eldorado. Local authorities seized 9,449 kilograms of marijuana, the largest in its history, the Misiones Police said. “As part of the fight against narcotrafficking in the north of Misiones, personnel from the Regional [ … ]
Bolivian Police Seizes 66 Narco Planes
The Bolivian Police Special Tactical Action Group carried out a mega-operation in an airfield in the municipality of Cotoca, Santa Cruz de la Sierra department. Authorities arrested 38 people (36 men and two women), seized 66 aircraft, and locked 29 hangars. [caption id="attachment_70129" align="alignright" width="300"] The Bolivian Police’s Special Tactical [ … ]
Security Forces Blow up Narco Clandestine Ports on the Brazil-Paraguay Border
[caption id="attachment_70147" align="alignright" width="300"] The Border Police Battalion monitors at least 300 clandestine ports along the banks of the Paraná River and the Itaipu Lake, on the border Brazil-Paraguay border. (Photo: Brazilian Federal Police)[/caption] Brazilian security forces blew up some 20 clandestine ports used for international drug and arms trafficking [ … ]
Russian Propaganda Misleads Audiences in Latin America
Kremlin-controlled media outlets such as RT and Sputnik have amassed a large number of Spanish-speaking followers on social media platforms and spread disinformation to millions, news site Insider reported April 7, 2022. RT is now the third most shared site on Twitter with Spanish-language information about the Ukraine invasion, AP [ … ]