On September 11, 2001, then US President George W. Bush had just completed a historic summit with his Mexican counterpart, Vicente Fox, the week prior. The interaction built on the “special friendship” between the two nations and the intertwined commercial, security, and other strategic interests binding the United States and [ … ]
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Paraguay: Anti-drug Agents Seize More than 13 Tons of Marijuana in 5 Days
In just five days, the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) took more than 13 tons of marijuana out of circulation. On September 30, 2021, agents arrested two Brazilians and two Paraguayans as they were negotiating the delivery of 1,198 kilograms of marijuana. Authorities caught the individuals inside two [ … ]
Argentina Enhances Response Against Cyberattacks
The Argentine Armed Forces strengthened their knowledge in denial of service, antivirus neutralization, and confidential data propagation, during the Cyber Dawg 2021 exercise that took place in the United States in late September. Some 20 U.S. state organizations, members of the Georgia National Guard, and Argentine service members — united [ … ]
Chinese Investors Vie for Lithium Mines in Argentina
The Zijin Mining company, one of the largest copper and gold producers in China, will acquire in full the Canadian company Neo Lithium Corp., which exploits lithium in Tres Quebradas, in the Argentine province of Catamarca, for $770 million, both companies said in a mid-October statement. In September, two other [ … ]
Energy Crisis in China Threatens Latin American Economies
The growing electricity crisis in China, a result of the lack of coal and a high post-pandemic demand for energy, is forcing the rationing of electricity throughout the country, causing industries to close and threatening to derail China’s economic growth, an adverse scenario for Latin America. “It is the worst [ … ]
Panama’s Maritime Business and The Evolving Strategic Landscape
Panama’s maritime business is being transformed by the complex interaction between multiple factors. These include the growing economic and political power of China and US-China competition, the long-term structural impacts of Covid on both the region and global trade, US policies to contain immigration from the Northern Triangle, climate change, [ … ]
UNITAS 2021: Brothers in Arms
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Luis A. Camacho, a light armored vehicle platoon sergeant, broadly smiles as he sees Peruvian Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Eric Chocano, commander of the tactical vehicles battalion. Good friends and comrades, the two greet with a hug. Staff Sgt. Camacho grew up in Chosica, Lima, [ … ]
China Threatens South American Oceans
A September 24, 2021 investigative feature published by the Associated Press (AP) and the Univisión network, whose team joined the research and patrol vessel Ocean Warrior of the Amsterdam-based environmental nongovernmental organization (NGO) Sea Shepherd Global, revealed that Chinese ships are increasing their presence in the Pacific waters off the [ … ]
Russian Disinformation Thrives on Emotion
Russia’s disinformation campaigns are built on five “pillars” that work together to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda and sow division, according to the U.S. Department of State (DOS). By understanding how those pillars operate — especially the use of “proxy sources” — the United States and the West can counteract Russia’s tactics, [ … ]
UNITAS LXII, a Hemispheric Link
Naval forces from 20 countries took part in exercise UNITAS LXII, in Bahía Salinas, Peru, September 24-October 6, 2021. UNITAS took place during the celebrations of the Peruvian Navy’s bicentennial, and more than 32 vessels, four submarines, 26 aircraft, and 5,700 service members from different countries participated, U.S. Southern Command [ … ]
Russia Takes Action in Nicaraguan IT Security
According to an agreement that the Nicaraguan National Assembly approved on September 7, 2021, Russia will help Nicaragua to “prevent, detect, and put an end to computer incidents, as well as to investigate crimes and criminal cases related to the use of information and communication technologies for terrorist and criminal [ … ]
Argentine Air Force Incorporates US Aircraft in Its Fleet
The Argentine Air Force (FAA, in Spanish) incorporated its first Beechcraft TC-12B Huron aircraft, which it acquired through the U.S. Department of Defense’s Excess Defense Articles program, the Argentine government said in a September 16, 2021 statement. “This is the first of 12 units that we are going to incorporate, [ … ]