The Chinese regime is working to massively increase its sphere of influence in Latin America, and its “reckless policies would surely destroy the region in the next few years,” Indian news site Firstpost reported in early April. “Beijing uses its economic strength in Latin America to pressure and meet its [ … ]
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Iran and Venezuela Strengthen Ties in Oil Industry
Tehran and Caracas signed new memorandums of understanding to expand cooperation in the energy sector in the face of economic sanctions imposed on both countries, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. The agreements on oil, gas, reconstruction, and renovation of oil refineries, which Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and [ … ]
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 Space Station on Argentine Soil Continues to Arouse Suspicion
The Espacio Lejano Station, with its 35-meter-diameter antenna operated by the Chinese military in Argentine Patagonia, continues to arouse suspicion. Security and Defense experts insist that the structure, which sits on a 200-hectare compound in Neuquén province, leased to China for 50 years, could be dual use. “Five years after [ … ]
US Sanctions more Illicit Iranian Financial Networks
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identified and sanctioned several “shadow banking” networks, multi-jurisdictional illicit financial systems that allow criminalized Iranian entities access to the international financial system. “The shadow banking network seeks out jurisdictions that have business with developing countries that Iran wants to forge [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Military Consolidates Political Power in Venezuela
Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro announced on Twitter the appointment of Bolivarian Army Colonel Pedro Rafael Tellechea Ruíz as the new oil minister, replacing Tareck El Aissami, one of the regime’s most effective operators, following his resignation. “It is already a military hegemony. This rearrangement of officials is to diminish the noises [ … ]
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 [ … ]
US Pledges $27 million to Education in El Salvador
The U.S. government and the Salvadoran Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology launched the Educational Innovation Project in a bid to improve the safety and quality of education for children between the 1st and 6th grades in 300 public schools in the departments of Santa Ana, San Salvador, and San [ … ]
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 [ … ]
US Helps Costa Rica Combat Cyberthreats
The United States committed to donate $25 million to Costa Rica to help strengthen its cybersecurity and digital infrastructure against threats from malicious actors. Costa Rica’s Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology, and Telecommunications (MICITT) and the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica announced the initiative. “The U.S. government’s support is very [ … ]
China Makes Advances on Second Overseas Naval Base
Chinese-funded construction in the northern compound of Ream Naval Base in Cambodia, in the Gulf of Thailand, is making progress, recent satellite images have shown. As reports began to emerge in 2022 about the deal that will allow China to use the base militarily for 30 years, both countries initially [ … ]