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Joint Task Force Bravo Conducts Medical Engagement in Olancho, Honduras
Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo) received a unique request during U.S. Southern Command’s Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART) 2022 mission to work alongside partner nation medical professionals to provide surgical and medical services to communities in Guatemala and Honduras. The request was to come to Olancho, Honduras to perform [ … ]
Borderland Battles, the Maduro Regime and the ELN’s Co-dependency
After almost two years of inter-guerrilla conflict between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and factions of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Colombia and Venezuela’s borderlands remain war-torn and an epicenter of the drug trade in the Americas. Inconsistencies in official data for Venezuela’s drug seizures in 2022, [ … ]
China’s Rampant Illegal Fishing Is Endangering the Environment and the Global Economy
If the term "illegal fishing" conjures images of small numbers of scattered vessels independently pirating the sea's resources, think again. The problem of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing stems increasingly from state-supported deep water fishing fleets, including massive trawlers accompanied by sustainment vessels, freezer, and transport vessels. Operating continuously [ … ]
Nicaragua Strengthens Alliance with Russian Media
The Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime of Nicaragua, through the Communication and Citizenship Council (CCC), made up of the country’s state-owned media, signed a memorandum of understanding with Russian state media outlet RT en Español to “exchange” information, Nicaragua’s state-owned news site El 19 Digital reported in December 2022. “There is [ … ]
China’s Network of Ports Grows in Latin America
According to a late 2022 study by the U.S.-based national security and defense think tank Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS), the number of Chinese-owned or operated ports worldwide has increased considerably. China’s foothold in some 40 ports in Latin America from Peru to Mexico, combined with 11 satellite [ … ]
Colombian Security Forces Dismantle Illegal Mine in the Amazon
The Colombian security forces closed 2022 dealing a major blow to illegal mining and the activities of transnational criminal organizations in the jungles of the department of Guainía, in the Colombian Amazon, after finding a large illicit gold mining area. Authorities estimated that the quantity of gold obtained from this [ … ]
Iran’s Tentacles Threaten Latin America
On January 11, the Iranian Navy announced plans to expand military operations to the Panama Canal later in the year to strengthen its presence in international waters, state-run The Tehran Times reported. According to experts, the move is a sign that the Islamic country seeks to strengthen ties with its [ … ]
China’s Belt and Road Initiative Loses Steam
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which China adopted in 2013 to develop land and maritime infrastructure projects in less developed countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Central and Eastern Europe, appears to be falling short of its original objectives, Forbes reported in late November 2022. [ … ]
CARICOM and US Launch Caribbean Intelligence Unit
The Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in partnership with U.S. law enforcement agencies, launched the CARICOM Crime Gun Intelligence Unit (CCGIU) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, in late 2022. “We will begin the unit’s work with eight agents, of which five [ … ]
Narcotrafficking Increases Violence in Ecuador
In the midst of bloody disputes between local gangs in cahoots with large international mafias, Ecuador is positioning itself as a hub for cocaine trafficking to the United States and Europe, the Ecuadorian daily El Tiempo reported. “The boom in violence in Ecuador converges with the impact of COVID-19, the [ … ]
Honduras Declares State of Emergency to Combat Gangs
The Honduran government has launched the National Integral Plan against Extortion and Related Crimes, declaring a state of emergency and announcing the deployment of security forces to combat crime, extortion, and narcotrafficking carried out by gangs and other criminal organizations. “This measure is necessary and timely to detain crime perpetrators [ … ]