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Colombian Counternarcotic Mission Deals Heavy Blow in the Cauca Region

Colombian Counternarcotic Mission Deals Heavy Blow in the Cauca Region

Colombian authorities announced that eight dissidents from the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were neutralized during a joint military counternarcotics operation. In a statement released to the press, military officials said on April 14 that a specialized unit from the Colombian Army’s Third Division infiltrated the municipality of Algeria, Cauca department, where FARC dissidents and National Liberation Army…

May 18, 2020
Paraguay Increases the Fight Against Narcotrafficking

Paraguay Increases the Fight Against Narcotrafficking

On April 10, Paraguayan authorities seized a light aircraft with a Bolivian registration transporting more than 385 kilograms of cocaine on board. The Paraguayan Navy, Air Force, the Office of the Attorney General, and the National Police made the discovery in a rural establishment in the municipality of Bahía Negra, department of Alto Paraguay. “Our fight [is] firm and relentless.…

May 15, 2020
Partner Nations Step Up Drug Seizures

Partner Nations Step Up Drug Seizures

Colombian, Costa Rican, and Panamanian authorities, with intelligence support from the U.S. military, fight against narcotrafficking in combined operations. Costa Rica on alert According to Michael Soto, Costa Rican minister of Public Security, on April 15, the Costa Rican Air Vigilance Service and the U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron intercepted a vessel in international waters in the Pacific…

May 15, 2020
Record Cocaine Seizures for Costa Rica

Record Cocaine Seizures for Costa Rica

The fight against narcotrafficking in Costa Rica doesn’t let up, and the first quarter of 2020 has yielded historic results. Through constant operations carried out with the support of partner nations, the success of the Police forces of Costa Rica not only disrupts trafficking cells that receive, store, and transport drugs, but also weakens the finances of criminal groups. According…

May 14, 2020
Guaidó Leads on Venezuela’s COVID-19 Response

Guaidó Leads on Venezuela’s COVID-19 Response

While the Nicolás Maduro regime lies to the public about Venezuela’s confirmed coronavirus cases and its hospitals’ preparedness, Interim President Juan Guaidó and the National Assembly are taking a transparent and truthful leadership role in the COVID-19 response. “Information is a key element to face the pandemic,” Guaidó said on Twitter. “Venezuela is in our hands.” Guaidó and the National…

May 14, 2020
Nicaragua Confronts COVID-19 Without Ortega’s Help

Nicaragua Confronts COVID-19 Without Ortega’s Help

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has ignored the recommendations of national and foreign experts to confront COVID-19, making the country one of the weakest in the region to face the pandemic. Instead of promoting social distancing, authorities are organizing concerts, marches, and boxing matches, contrary to the recommendations of the Pan American Health Organization and the Multidisciplinary Scientific Committee, a Nicaraguan…

May 11, 2020