The trafficking of synthetic drugs such as methamphetamines (MDMA), fentanyl, and ecstasy is on the rise in Latin America, with new markets, routes, and substances that challenge the traditional predominance of plant-based narcotics, InSight Crime, an organization that studies organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean, indicated in a [ … ]
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Venezuela and Iran Deepen Relations on Various Fronts
As part of Iran and Venezuela’s recently signed 20-year cooperation road map, Iran’s car manufacturer Saipa will launch new models in Venezuela under a deal the company signed with the Venezuelan regime, Iranian broadcaster PressTV reported in early October. The deal, according to a Saipa statement, will focus on joint [ … ]
The Impact of IUU Fishing
The impact of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is visible and far-reaching in Latin America. It damages marine ecosystems and livelihoods and facilitates other crimes, InSight Crime, an international organization that investigates organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean, said in a September report. “Illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing [ … ]
China Ensures Its Food Security at the Expense of Other Countries
Chinese state-owned and private companies have been looking at the overseas food supply chain to ensure the country’s food security. “The way China sources its food is of global concern,” Japanese publication Nikkei Asia said in a report. “China’s food security policy has to do with [...] voracious purchases of [ … ]
Uruguayan Armed Forces, Consolidating Their Strategic Course
General Rodolfo Pereyra took over as head of the Uruguayan Defense General Staff (ESMADE) in April 2022. Since then, his focus has been on consolidating strategic and organizational guidelines to chart a new course for ESMADE. A graduate of the Aeronautic Military School in December 1987 as a Second Lieutenant [ … ]
Uruguay Adds Three Coast Guard Vessels to Its Navy
The Uruguayan Navy received three Protector-class coastal patrol boats from the U.S. government. The handover ceremony took place in the United States, at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore on September 1. The Coast Guard cutters will arrive at Naval Base TN Carlos Macchitelli in Montevideo in early November to [ … ]
Peruvian Armed Forces Dismantle Shining Path Cell
Peruvian security forces neutralized 15 Shining Path (SL) terrorists, seized weapons, and dismantled the group’s communications system as part of Operation Patriot, Peruvian Army General Manuel Gómez de la Torre, head of the Armed Forces’ Joint Command, told the press. The operation in the Vizcatán area of the Apurímac, Ene, [ … ]
Russia to Install Satellite Navigation System in Venezuela
Russia announced its plans to install a GLONASS satellite navigation ground station in Venezuela. The GLONASS system is similar to the GPS of the United States and the Galileo system of Europe. According to the Russian space agency Roscosmos, the deployment of the station is part of the agreement between [ … ]
Suriname, Strengthening Border Protection from Illegal Activities
Opening lines of communication with neighboring countries to successfully fight against narcotrafficking and other crimes has been one of the focus of Colonel Werner Guiseppe Kioe A Sen, commander of the Suriname Armed Forces (SAF). Col. Kioe A Sen is set on keeping criminal international organizations away from Suriname. Col. [ … ]
Costa Rica Combats Narcotrafficking on the Pacific Coast
Costa Rica continues to deal blows to Caribbean narcotrafficking groups that have shifted their transit routes to the Pacific Ocean. According to the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) of Costa Rica’s Supreme Court of Justice, authorities are increasingly detecting their activities in that region. “This can be attributed to different circumstances: The [ … ]
JTF-Bravo Conducts HEART 22 Military Medical Brigade in Guatemala and Honduras
A team of some 50 U.S. service members from U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo), specializing in ophthalmology, dentistry, and orthopedics, is working side by side with medical and technical personnel from the Guatemalan and Honduran ministries of Health in the Health Engagement Assistance Response Team 2022 (HEART [ … ]
Disinformation in Spanish Alarms United States
According to the United States, Russia is using disinformation to influence Latin America and Spanish-speaking communities in general, as a political weapon amid the war in Ukraine and three months before the U.S. mid-term elections. In a country with more than 62 million Hispanics, in the last three months, congressmen [ … ]