Unconventional alliances are emerging in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Among them is the partnership between Russian state media outlet Russia Today (RT) and the Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime in Nicaragua. This link raises concerns about disinformation and the role of Russian propaganda in the region. “The union reflects [ … ]
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New Era of Cuba-Russia Relations Threatens Latin America
With its anti-aircraft guns, the Russian Navy training ship Perekop docked in Cuba on July 11, raising concerns in the region. The ship arrived with more than 200 cadets on board at the port of Havana, where it stayed for three days. “This is the first official visit by a [ … ]

Russia and Cuba Seek to Boost Relations
Russia finds itself increasingly isolated. The war in Ukraine is having a strong diplomatic impact on the Kremlin, leaving it with only a few loyal allies including China, Iran, Syria, and three Latin American countries: Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, Argentine news site Todo Noticias reported. Russia’s military industry is central [ … ]

US Neutralizes Russian Snake Malware Program
A coalition of U.S. security agencies dismantled Russia’s global Snake Malware network, considered “the most sophisticated cyber espionage tool designed and used by Russia’s Federal Security Service [FSB] for long-term intelligence gathering on sensitive targets,” the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) said in May. “This network, supported by Russian intelligence, [ … ]

Russia Seeks to Divide Latin American Countries
Russia’s new foreign policy concept, published on March 31, outlines ambitious plans to destabilize peace and order in the Western Hemisphere and create rivalries among Latin American countries to further widen the gap between states already aligned with the Kremlin’s ambitions. “This document is the result of its [Russia’s] invasion [ … ]

Russia Gains Foothold in Bolivia with Nuclear Plant Project
On April 28, Russian state-owned atomic energy corporation Rosatom completed the test assembly of a reactor that will operate at Bolivia’s Center for Research and Development in Nuclear Technology (CIDTN), Russian state media reported. The reactor is set to be shipped to Bolivia for installation later on this year. With [ … ]

Army of Russian Hackers Unmasked
In a northeastern suburb of Moscow, behind the walls of a cybersecurity consulting firm, NTC Vulkan engineers help Russia’s intelligence agencies strengthen their hacking operations, launch cyberattacks, sow disinformation, train agents on how to ambush national infrastructure, and monitor sections of the internet, The Vulkan Files, an international investigative project [ … ]

Russian Accounts Spread Fake News on TikTok
Kremlin-funded media and their propaganda have been reaching millions via Chinese social media app TikTok, an analysis from the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) of U.S. think tank German Marshal Fund found. The ASD identified a network of 78 accounts on TikTok, linked to kremlin-funded outlets, which spread disinformation, pro-Russian [ … ]

Ortega Pushes for Integration of Russia in SICA
The regime of Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo requested in mid-April to bring Russia as an observer country of the Central American Integration System (SICA) to expand its presence in the region, U.S. news site Voice of America (VOA) reported. The initiative was immediately rejected by Costa Rica and Guatemala. The government [ … ]

The Fight Against Russia’s Fake News in Cuba
A fierce information war is being fought in Caribbean nations with Russian state media trying to peddle one narrative about the Ukraine war while a fact-checking site from Kyiv battles to rebut the stories. In Cuba, Kremlin-controlled media outlets such as Russia Today, Sputnik, and RIA-Novosti have been the main [ … ]

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 [ … ]

Leaked Document Shows How Russia, China Collaborate on Censorship
Leaked documents provided to Voice of America’s (VOA) sister network RFE/RL confirm reports that Russia and China collaborate on censorship and internet control tactics. The materials detail documents and recordings said to be from closed-door meetings in 2017 and 2019 between officials from the Chinese and Russian agencies charged with [ … ]