China’s influence continues to grow through global development and its Belt and Road Initiative. So what’s next? China’s vast overseas development spending has made Beijing one of the most sought-after financiers from countries around the globe. From 2000 to 2017, China’s loans and grants totaled $843 billion across 165 countries, [ … ]
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China Speeds Up Nuclear Expansion
China is developing nuclear weapons at a “terrifying speed.” It could have some 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035 if it continues to expand its arsenal at the current rate, The EurAsian Times reported on February 25, based on a late 2022 U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) report. According to STRATCOM, China’s [ … ]
Iranian Warships’ Presence in Latin America Stirs Concerns
The presence of Iranian ships in Latin America has raised concerns in all parts of the world. “Israel views the docking of Iranian warships in Brazil a few days ago as a dangerous and regrettable development,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lior Haiat said via Twitter on March 2. “Those ships [ … ]
Sovereignty in Space, No One Can Own It, which Drives Competition, Cooperation
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) fired off a letter to the United Nations in December 2021 complaining it had been forced to maneuver its newly occupied space station twice in four months to avoid colliding with two Starlink satellites, part of the constellation launched by United States-based SpaceX to [ … ]
Cyberspace Freedom, Allied and Partner Nations Resist Authoritarian Controls Imposed Under the Guise of Digital Sovereignty
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the internet in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) echoed the Chinese government’s noncommittal stance, declining to portray Moscow’s military assault in Europe as an unprovoked attack. Censors commissioned by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were similarly vigilant in early 2022, limiting [ … ]
China Displaces Taiwan in Latin America and Gains Greater Influence
Guatemala, Haiti, Belize and Paraguay are the only countries in the Americas that recognize Taiwan's independence; the rest maintain commercial and bilateral relations with the People's Republic of China, which is gaining more and more ground in Latin America. SAN SALVADOR - China's influence in Latin America has almost completely [ … ]
Venezuela and Nicaragua, Most Corrupt in Latin America
On February 1, Berlin-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) Transparency International (TI) released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2022, which ranked 180 countries based on perceived levels of corruption in the public sector. According to the NGO, 95 percent of the countries analyzed made very little progress in the fight against corruption in [ … ]
Argentina and Brazil to Share Military Technology
Argentina’s Defense Minister Jorge Taiana and Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira signed a letter of intent to incorporate 156 Guaraní 6x6 armored combat vehicles to the Argentine Army’s fleet to enable both nations to conduct combined military operations with an efficient asset and contribute to stability in the region. “The [ … ]
OAS: Illegal Gold Trade from Ecuador to China on the Rise
Organized crime, illegal mining, and illicit gold trade between Ecuador and China have increased substantially in recent years, the Organization of American States (OAS) indicated in a report. These problems have led Ecuador to declare illegal mining a national security threat on January 26. According to the OAS report, On [ … ]
Nicaraguan ‘Dictatorship Tried to Silence the Media,’ Says Journalist
Arrested for her journalism, kept in dire conditions in a small prison cell, and now stripped of her Nicaraguan citizenship, Lucia Pineda Ubau has endured a lot. Pineda suspects prison guards drugged her food and kept her in solitary confinement to break her will while she was in prison in [ … ]
Mexican Cartels Bolster Foothold and Alliances in Colombia
Between 2018 and 2022, Colombia’s Ombudsman Office emitted more than 20 alerts that affiliates of Mexico’s largest and most powerful cartels were active on Colombian soil. Some 40 Mexican nationals, according to the Ombudsman Office, were behind bars for drug trafficking charges in Colombia as of early 2023. Syndicates such [ … ]
Illegal Gold Mining Operations in Venezuelan Amazon on the Rise
On January 9, the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), of U.S.-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) Amazon Conservation, said that according to satellite images more than 750 hectares of the Yacapana National Park in the Venezuelan Amazon had been deforested between 2021 and 2022 — all for illegal gold mining [ … ]