China is once again pressuring Argentina to build a naval base in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, which would mean opening the door to Antarctica for Beijing. The military base would allow China to control the passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and monitor communications throughout the hemisphere, amounting [ … ]
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New Hampshire National Guard, Salvadoran Cyber Teams Strengthen Partnership
Back lit by the soft blue glow of nearly a dozen computer screens, a joint cyber team from the New Hampshire National Guard administered a concept assessment to El Salvador’s burgeoning cyber unit during a recent State Partnership Program exchange in El Salvador on December 5-9, 2022. The trends of [ … ]
China Expands Influence in Nicaragua
Since the Ortega-Murillo regime of Nicaragua broke its diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the bond of friendship between Nicaragua and the People’s Republic of China has grown stronger in a number of strategic areas. One example are the frequent meetings between high authorities of the two countries. On November 16, the [ … ]
Firearms Trafficking in the Caribbean: Haiti’s Unrest and the Neighbors Next Door
Firearms trafficking is one of the main drivers of the Caribbean’s soaring violence, with Haiti reaching a breaking point. The country not only currently faces a catastrophic humanitarian situation and gang-related violence, but also a firearms crisis created and fueled by transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) operating in and around Haiti [ … ]
Colombia’s Environment and Native People, Victims of Illegal Gold Mining
Colombia’s gold mining industry has historically been rife with criminality, creating an immense black market for the precious metal. Criminal organizations including the National Liberation Army (ELN), dissident groups of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and other criminal gangs exploit Colombia’s large gold reserves, financing multiple criminal [ … ]
‘We Are a Promise and We Are All in It Together’
“It’s a source of pride to represent the Dominican Republic and the United States in this humanitarian mission Continuing Promise,” said U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Randol Corporan Arias, a physical therapist and member of the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort crew, as he saw patients at the [ … ]
Dominican Armed Forces Doctors Bring Care Aboard the USNS Comfort
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort not only changes the lives of patients receiving care in its operating rooms, but also those of its crew members. That is the sentiment of Lieutenant Abraham de Los Santos, a specialist in emergency medicine and critical patient management, and Lieutenant Junior Grade [ … ]
Climate Change as a Regional Security Issue
Published in the Journal of the Americas, Volume 4, Third Edition 2022, the U.S. Air Force professional magazine. Introduction This paper analyzes the impacts of climate change on the roles and missions of the armed forces in Latin America and the Caribbean, and examines the range of missions generated [ … ]
NY Air Guardsman Graduates from Brazil’s Jungle Training School
For New York Air National Guard Technical Sergeant Jeremy Miter, adapting to the heat and humidity of the Amazon basin was the toughest part of the six weeks he spent at Brazil’s jungle warfare School from late September until mid-November 2022. “Once we got into the jungle it was a [ … ]
US Sanctions Nicaraguan Gold Industry
On October 24, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the Nicaraguan Ministry of Energy and Mines’ (MEME) General Directorate of Mines (DGM), which the Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo regime use to finance its authoritarian and destabilizing activities, the Treasury said in a statement. The sanctions come under a new Executive [ … ]
Bolivia and Peru Face Narcotrafficking Together
Peru and Bolivia committed to join and strengthen their efforts to combat narcotrafficking during the IX Meeting of the Bolivian-Peruvian Joint Commission held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, in late September. Exchanging information on illegal narco aircraft that fly over the airspace on the border between both nations and exchanging experiences [ … ]
Tussle for the Amazon: New Frontiers in Brazil’s Organized Crime Landscape
Brazil is witnessing a “tussle for the Amazon”—a new and deadly phase in the history of its organized crime groups and their operations. While the country is no stranger to violent criminal organizations, recent years have seen groups building increasingly sophisticated networks, both within and beyond Brazil’s borders. In the [ … ]