The Argentine government has a new Criminal Intelligence Analysis Center to support operations against narcotrafficking organizations and groups linked to terrorism. The center, in Puerto IguazĂş, in the Tri-Border area shared by Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, was inaugurated on January 15, La NaciĂłn reported. “This initiative, beyond combating organized crime, [ … ]
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China Shifts Latin America and Caribbean Strategy
China’s investments in Latin America and the Caribbean have shifted to what Beijing dubbed “new infrastructure,” which includes critical sectors such as telecommunications, financial technology, and energy transition, U.S. think tank The Inter-American Dialogue indicated in a new report. According to the report, China’s direct foreign investments in the region [ … ]
Iran’s Stealthy Steps in the Region: Latin America under Threat – PART II
The extent to which the Tehran regime has been promoting and increasing its presence in Latin America is striking. Its determined work in recent years to strengthen and intensify relations with countries in the region is leaving its mark. Today, the Islamic Republic already has 11 embassies in the region, [ … ]
China-Latin America Space Cooperation – An Update
This article was originally published in The Diplomat on February 16, 2024. In September 2023, during a visit to China, Venezuela’s Nicholás Maduro announced an agreement in which China would transport Venezuelans to a research base it plans to build on the moon, the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) [ … ]
Chinese Criminal Networks and Their Reach in Latin America
Despite high rates of violence and corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean driven by criminal organizations from the hemisphere, a study by researchers at Florida International University (FIU) highlights the growing impact of Chinese criminal networks in the region and exposes their link to Chinese-state owned companies.PAONat “They operate [ … ]
China’s Charm Offensive in Latin America and the Caribbean: A comprehensive Analysis of China’s Strategic Communication Strategy Across the Region [Part I: Propaganda and Politics]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper analyzes the expansion of Chinese media and public diplomacy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Through its “discourse of power” and an attempt to extend its soft power across the continent, Chinese and some LAC media (print, audiovisual, and digital) sustained, amplified, and exalted the [ … ]
Strengthening the US-Uruguay Security Partnership
The commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, visited Uruguay February 5-8, and met with senior government and defense leaders to discuss the bilateral defense partnership between the United States and Uruguay. The visit was Gen. Richardson’s first to Uruguay as SOUTHCOM commander. During her [ … ]
Russian MIR Payment Cards in Cuba: Another Step Toward Tighter Relations
Russia and Cuba have taken one more step toward tightening their relationship, allowing Russian tourists to use their MIR cards in the Caribbean Island to make transactions at ATMs, and pay for goods and services in commercial and retail businesses. The MIR cards have so far been accepted in popular [ … ]
Colombia and Ecuador Join Forces to Disrupt Narcotrafficking
After a more than two-year operation, Colombia and Ecuador dismantled transnational narcotrafficking organization Los Curva, following the January 6 capture in Colombia of two brothers identified as the leaders of the gang, Argentine news site Infobae reported. According to Operation Gran FĂ©nix, carried out by Ecuador’s National Police, Navy, and [ … ]
Regional Collaboration Assists with Large Marijuana Seizure by Royal Bahamas Defence Force
Cooperation between regional allies and partners resulted in the arrest of four men smuggling nearly 3,000 pounds (1,361 kilograms) of marijuana in the Bahamas. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF), the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), and the United States collaborated to apprehend the high-speed vessel near Ragged Island in [ … ]
Iran’s Stealthy Steps in the Region: Latin America under Threat – PART I
The criminal and bloody attack perpetrated against Israel by the Islamist armed movement Hamas on October 7, once again raised the alarm as to the role that the Islamic Republic could be playing in financing and helping to plan and execute this type of terrorist activities worldwide, and particularly in [ … ]
Ecuadorian Military Leaders Visit Kentucky National Guard
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