This article was originally published on The Policy Spotlight of Florida International University’s Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, June 14, 2024. The deployment of Russian warships to the Caribbean is Kabuki theater. For 15 years, a Russia whose international power projection capabilities have deteriorated significantly since the end [ … ]
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Brazil and China: Asymmetric and Troubling Relationship – PART II
Since the People’s Republic of China (PRC) set its sights on Latin America, at the beginning of the century, seeking mainly to acquire commodities to supply its industrial base and feed its huge population, it turned Brazil — Latin America’s largest economy and one of the world’s most important agricultural [ … ]
Russia Covertly Spreads Disinformation in Latin America
Using disinformation, economic coercion, and overt and covert political actions, Russia has weakened democratic institutions in Latin America, nongovernmental organization U.S. Institute of Peace said in a report. “This Russian machine is extremely pernicious and dangerous,” Jorge Serrano, a security expert and member of the advisory team of Peru’s Congressional [ … ]
Russia Seeks to Destabilize Latin American Countries
Under its new foreign policy concept, Russia outlines ambitious plans to destabilize peace and order in the Western Hemisphere and create rivalries among Latin American countries to further widen the gap between states already aligned with the Kremlin’s ambitions. “This document is the result of its [Russia’s] invasion of Ukraine,” [ … ]
Armed Forces of the Americas Unite to Support Brazil’s Flood Victims
Service members of the Americas joined the Brazilian Armed Forces to support victims of the floods in Rio Grande do Sul, which left more than 160 people dead and more than 580,000 displaced. “Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay are cooperating directly with Joint Operation Taquari 2,” the Social Communication Section of [ … ]
China-Argentina Space Engagement: Reconciling Science, Sovereignty, and Strategic Risk
This article was originally published in the magazine of the RED CHINA & AMÉRCIA LATINA (REDCAEM) No 40, May 2024 Summary This work examines China-Argentine space collaboration, with a focus on the People’s Republic of China- (PRC) operated deep space radar facility in Neuquén. It argues that in interest of [ … ]
Venezuelan Regime Uses Military Networks for Maduro’s Campaign
Spokespersons of the Venezuelan Armed Forces are using their X and Instagram accounts to praise Nicolás Maduro in a push to support his reelection and criticize opposition leaders. In his X account, Venezuela’s main military operational chief, General Domingo Hernández Lárez, mixes messages about military deployments throughout the country with [ … ]
Authoritarian Countries Exploit Latin American Socialist Regimes
Authoritarian countries such as China, Iran, and Russia have found a gateway through dictatorships in Latin America to gain influence in the region. “These nations take advantage of corruption in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to gain influence, manipulate electoral processes, infiltrate the government, and take over strategic commercial sectors,” U.S. [ … ]
China State-Backed Hacking Group Volt Typhoon, an Increasing Threat
Disruptive cyberattacks linked to the People’s Republic of China and its spy agencies are a growing threat, analysts say. Of increasing concern is China state-sponsored hacking gang Volt Typhoon. The cyberespionage gang’s activities have led the global intelligence alliance known as Five Eyes, comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United [ … ]
How Kremlin Uses False Fact Checks to Spread Disinformation
Just a few weeks after Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine, Moscow started to promote a website that claims to tell the truth about the war. War On Fakes was presented as a fact-checking resource where experts and journalists debunk the most "egregious" statements about Russia and the “unprecedented stream of [ … ]
AI Boosts Cybercrime, INTERPOL Warns
The use of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), large language models, and cryptocurrencies are allowing Latin American criminal organizations such as the Red Command, the First Capital Command, and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), to better delve into financial fraud, a March INTERPOL report indicated. “Machine learning tools [ … ]
Organized Crime and Its Use of Drones to Sow Terror
In recent years, organized crime in Latin America has adopted a new tactic: the use of drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) as weapons to exercise a new level of power and control to attack authorities, rival gangs, and citizens who do not comply with their criminal demands. This threat [ … ]