[caption id="attachment_56040" align="alignright" width="300"] The United States trained personnel of the Paraguayan Ministry of Health and the Armed Forces to set up and operate the hospitals. (Photo: Paraguayan National Emergency Secretariat)[/caption] The United States, through its Office of Defense Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance program, donated four field hospitals and 24 [ … ]
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Operation Discovery Dismantles Cybercrime Network in the Dominican Republic
Following months of investigations, the Dominican Republic Office of the Attorney General dismantled a transnational cybercrime network believed to have defrauded hundreds of U.S. citizens of more than $200 million, through sexual and economic extortion and identity theft, the Attorney General’s Office said in a March press release. On March [ … ]
British Soldier, First to Row Solo Across the Atlantic from Portugal to Miami
Monster waves, high winds, sleep deprivation, rogue killer whales, boat-sinking marlins, and salt sores, among other hazards of the open seas, didn’t stop British Army Corporal Jack Jarvis from achieving his dream. He trained tirelessly for months to complete a record-breaking solo transatlantic charity row. On March 24, after a [ … ]
China Sells Bad Military Equipment to Good Friends
A K-8 Karakorum two-seat single-engine jet trainer and light attack aircraft, which was on a night training mission, crashed on September 20, 2021 north of Omdurman, on the west bank of the Nile, in Sudan, The Defense Post reported. The accident — which killed two pilots —was due to a technical [ … ]
Brazilian Officers Support Humanitarian Demining in Colombia
Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) Lieutenant Colonel Cláudio Santos Bispo and Brazilian Marine Corps Captain Gustavo Lopes da Silva Freitas are training Colombian service members to become national humanitarian demining monitors. The Brazilian officers are instructors of the National Humanitarian Demining Monitors Course, as part of the Inter-American Technical Advisory [ … ]
China’s Changing Strategic Priorities in Latin America: From Soft Power to Sharp Power Competition
For the past 15 years, the willingness of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to give billions of dollars in loans across Latin America created the perception that the country has been spending unlimited resources to woo allies in a region where the United States historically carries significant influence. Far [ … ]
How Cryptocurrencies Are Empowering Transnational Criminal Organizations and Countries in Latin America
During the COVID-19 pandemic, life as we knew it changed dramatically as activities, both licit and illicit, moved to the virtual world. We witnessed shopping, college classes, diplomatic meetings, financial transactions, and organized crime activities transition online almost overnight. The pandemic has empowered transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) to establish new [ … ]
Peru Deals Blow to Illegal Mining
Peru’s abundant reserves of mineral resources help drive the development of its mining sector, but also attract large numbers of illegal miners and transnational criminal organizations that engage in mining exploration and extraction. The hotspots of Peruvian illegal mining are in the departments of Madre de Dios, Arequipa, Puno, Piura, [ … ]
Ukraine to Become Europe’s Largest Refugee Crisis this Century
Russian millionaires and the Ukrainian population are on the move. Not for the same reasons. At least four yachts owned by Russian billionaires have set a course to Montenegro or the Maldives, according to Marine Traffic data reviewed by CNBC. This is a result of the sanctions imposed on Russia by Western [ … ]
US and Colombia Conduct Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise in Caribbean Sea
The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) and the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) conducted a bilateral anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training exercise in the Caribbean Sea with the Colombian Navy, February 27-28. USS Minnesota and USS Billings were joined by Colombian Navy submarine ARC Pijao [ … ]
The Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine on the Global Strategic Environment and Latin America
Modern history is punctuated by decisive events that both directly impact the strategic environment and change the calculations of global actors. Russia’s February 2022 invasion of the Ukraine is arguably one such event. The impact of the invasion on the global strategic environment, including Latin America and the Caribbean will [ … ]
Terrorism in the MAGHREB
Extreme poverty, lack of opportunities, mistrust of democratic institutions representing the state and religious radicalisms that take advantage of these dramatic conditions are some of the reasons that create the ideal breeding grounds for the emergence and development of terrorist organizations. The Maghreb is a region in northwest Africa that [ … ]