As Russia continues to shell neighboring Ukraine, the Kremlin also pushes its false narrative on Latin American social networks, pointing to the United States as the bigger problem, and portraying Russians as victims of the war, the AP news agency reported April 1. “Though many of the claims have been [ … ]
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Military Technology Sharing Agreement Between Brazil and United States Approved
On April 12, the Brazilian Senate approved, in a symbolic vote, a 2020 agreement between Brazil and the United States regarding military technology research and development. Signed in Miami, the agreement on Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Projects (RDT&E) covers collaboration, research, and development of advanced technology components and prototypes, [ … ]
Colombia Fights Clan del Golfo Relentlessly
The Colombian Army, Navy, and National Police are relentlessly combating the criminal structures and illicit economies of the Clan del Golfo. Between March 16 and April 2, authorities carried out five operations in which they captured 35 of the criminal group’s members, including several of its leaders. The Colombian Navy [ … ]
US Supports Peru’s First Police Criminal Investigation School
The U.S. government, through its Embassy in Peru, renovated 20 classrooms for the first Peruvian National Police’s (PNP) Criminal Investigation Postgraduate School in the Puente Piedra district, in the department of Lima. The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs invested $400,000 in the project, [ … ]
A Dangerous Frontier
The space environment is more competitive and dangerous than ever before. Technological advances, changes in strategic guidance, and new security challenges require United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) to adapt and innovate to ensure its space warfighters are prepared to accomplish missions in, from, and to space. Space affects almost every [ … ]
Uruguayan and Costa Rican Media Outlets Block RT
Social media giants, telecommunication companies, and European governments joined forces to halt the spread of disinformation from the Kremlin’s state-run media, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In Latin America, Uruguay’s state-owned telecommunications company, Antel, suspended Russian television network RT (formerly known as Russia Today) from Vera TV, its main media [ … ]
Exercise Viking 22: Building Partnerships for Peace
Exercise Viking is a training platform designed to prepare civilians, military, and police personnel for future deployments in United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping missions. As such, the Swedish Ministry of Defense, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, plan and conduct the exercise approximately every three years. Multidimensional, multifunctional, and [ … ]
Colombia and SOUTHCOM seize nearly 3.4 tons of cocaine
Coordinated work between the Colombian Navy, the Colombian Air Force, and U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), led to the identification of a suspicious vessel in the archipelago of San Andrés, in the Colombian Caribbean, Colombian daily El Tiempo reported 20 March. The military operation escalated with the pursuit and interdiction of [ … ]
Paraguay: SENAD Carries Out Largest Operation Against Organized Crime
More than 100 raids, 30 arrest warrants, and $100 million confiscated in assets. These are the results as of late March of A Ultranza PY, the largest operation against organized crime and money laundering in the history of Paraguay. The Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD), together with the U.S. Drug [ … ]
China and Russia: The Worst Image Among Latin Americans
A survey entitled What do you think in Latin America about the European Union? revealed that China and Russia lead the negative image ranking among participants in the poll, which was carried out by the Latinobarómetro pollster, at the request of the German Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation, and Nueva Sociedad/Grupo Diálogo [ … ]
Drones Strengthen Security in Colombia
Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano said March 12 that 20 drones have been put into operation to guarantee security, protect civilians, and dismantle armed criminal groups in the Arauca department. The rivalry between dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish) and the National Liberation Army (ELN, [ … ]
Guatemala Welcomes Ukrainians Fleeing Russian invasion
The Guatemalan government, through the Migration Institute, has taken measures to receive families fleeing Ukraine due to Russia’s attacks. On April 3, five Ukrainian citizens arrived in Guatemala, bringing the total number of Ukrainians arriving in the Central America country to more than 30, the Guatemalan Migration Institute reported. On [ … ]