The Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime has begun another dubious social housing program with financing from state-run China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA). The regime, without further details and amid skepticism, said that CIDCA would invest $60 million in the construction of 12,034 houses in 15 departments of the country. “Nicaragua’s [ … ]
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Operation Trigger IX Combats Crime in Latin America
In an unprecedented action, the largest of its kind in Latin America, authorities seized more than 200 tons of drugs and 8,000 firearms and arrested nearly 15,000 people as part of INTERPOL-led Operation Trigger IX, which saw the participation of 15 police forces from the region for 22 days. The [ … ]
US Government Repatriates Radioactive Materials from Guatemala
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) — a defense and combat support agency of the U.S. Department of Defense — recently played an integral role in the successful repatriation of two Cobalt-60 radioactive sources. In close partnership with Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines and the U.S. Department of Energy’s [ … ]
Colombia and US NCOs Lead the Way in WPS Initiatives
Colombian and U.S. noncommissioned officers (NCOs) planned and spearheaded the second hybrid Senior Enlisted Leader (SEL) Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Seminar in Santa Marta, Colombia, May 22-24, 2023. Joint Command Sergeant Major Consuelo Díaz Álvarez, sergeant major of the Colombian Military Forces, and U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Benjamin Jones, command senior enlisted leader [ … ]
Colombian Gold Enriches Criminal Groups, Impoverishes Soil and Population
Colombia is currently the 16th largest gold producer worldwide and the third largest in Latin America, according to the Statista world ranking. In 2022 alone, the country exported 70.7 tons of gold worth $2.9 billion, according to figures from Colombia’s National Mining Agency. Following oil, coal, and coffee, gold is [ … ]
Colombia’s Fight Against Illegal Mining Thwarts Organized Armed Groups
The Colombian government has kept up with its vow to forcefully curb illegal mining that organized armed groups carry out, causing irreparable damage to the environment. The results are telling. For example, on May 10, the National Police reported the destruction of 32 mining production units in Tutendo, Certegui, and [ … ]
Chinese Projects Violate Latin Americans’ Rights
China’s investments in Latin America come with social, cultural, and environmental violations, the Collective on Chinese Financing and Investment, Human Rights, and Environment (CICDHA), a network of 50 regional civil society organizations, indicated in a recent report. The report, presented in February as part of a United Nations (U.N.) review [ … ]
China to Increase Bolivian Lithium Extraction
State-owned Yacimientos de Litio Boliviano (YLB), together with Chinese companies CATL, BRUNP, and CMOC (CBC), will build two production plants in the Bolivian salt flats of Uyuni and Coipasa with direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology, which will be ready by 2025, Spanish daily El País reported. Each of these plants [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Women’s Presence Soars in Uruguayan Armed Forces
The percentage of women in the Uruguayan Armed Forces rose by 25 percent in recent years, with military women assuming more important responsibilities in the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Uruguayan Ministry of Defense indicated. In early February, the Uruguayan Navy reached a historic milestone as Ensign Nati Fontaine [ … ]
Venezuelan Doctors Blame Maduro for Exodus of Health Professionals
The health care workers’ situation in Venezuela is precarious and has a direct impact on the care these professionals provide to the population. According to the Venezuelan Medical Federation (FMV), at least 42,000 health workers have left the country in recent years due to the economic crisis, miserable salaries, and [ … ]
Latin American Dictatorships Strengthen Ties with Iran
The regimes of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela strengthened their geopolitical alliance with Iran during a “friendly tour” of the Islamic country’s Foreign Minister Hosein Amir-Abdollahian. Experts, however, warn that Iran is an unreliable ally, which is alienated from the international community, and abuses its trade relationship with other nations to [ … ]