In mid-February, Venezuelan militia members participated in a national military exercise with the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB, in Spanish). The event, which included street patrols, simulated armed combat, and even training with portable air-defense systems, debuted the Bolivarian Militia as an official branch of FANB. On February 4, Nicolás [ … ]
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Disinformation and Ignorance: Cuban, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan Strategies
In the midst of a violent environment against the independent media in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, journalists are denouncing the interference of these regimes through social media, a tool for resistance, says Guillermo Medrano, coordinator for Human Rights at the Violeta Chamorro Foundation, a Nicaraguan nongovernmental organization (NGO) that advocates [ … ]
Mexico Opens Joint Training Center for Peacekeeping Operations
On January 8, 2020, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador inaugurated the facilities of the Secretariat of the National Defense’s Joint Training Center for Peacekeeping Operations (CECOPAM, in Spanish) in Huehuetoca, Mexico. In 2015, the country resumed its participation in United Nations (U.N.) led peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance operations. “For [ … ]
Brazilian Institutions and Teams Fight Cyberattacks
In 2019, federal, municipal, and state agencies all over Brazil recorded 23,717 notifications and 12,365 incidents in their networks and systems. The threats included website invasion, fraud, and interference in network and system availability. The Brazilian Government Response Team for Computer Security Incidents, a governmental organization tasked to gather, analyze, [ … ]
Russia Sets the Pace in Venezuela
The number of Russian service members in Venezuela is on the rise. Américo De Grazia, a lawmaker in the Venezuelan National Assembly who is in exile in the United States, said in January 2020 that “there is a reserved area at Canaima National Park where Russian and Iranian Hezbollah soldiers [ … ]
China Does Not Want a Democratic-Dominated World Order
Latin American and Caribbean countries should force China to follow the rule of law to preserve the integrity of its institutions. Chinese involvement in Latin America is largely a result of China’s 21st century rise as a global economic and political power. China’s total trade with the region grew from [ … ]
US Denounces Hezbollah Presence in Venezuela at Counterterrorism Summit
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo characterized as “unacceptable” the presence in Venezuela of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, considered a terrorist group and Iran’s proxy, The head of U.S. diplomacy made the statement January 20 at the Third Western Hemisphere Counterterrorism Ministerial Summit, which brought together ministers from more [ … ]
Shaping Online Public Opinion, Maduro’s ‘Army of Trolls’
In early January, Twitter suspended dozens of accounts linked to the Nicolás Maduro regime citing “platform manipulations.” Maduro’s presidential office, the Bolivarian Armed Forces’ Strategic Operational Command, the Central Bank of Venezuela, including state oil company PDVSA, and other government agencies temporarily lost access to their accounts. In 2019, both [ … ]
Mental Health in Maduro’s Venezuela
As the illegitimate regime of Nicolás Maduro continues to starve the Venezuelan people and destroy their health care system, the mental health of Venezuelans continues to deteriorate. For those suffering from chronic and severe mental health disorders — such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder — access [ … ]
Uruguay Seizes Largest Cocaine Shipment Ever
In late December 2019, the Uruguayan Navy seized about 6 tons of cocaine, striking what it called "the largest blow to narcotrafficking in the country's history." Authorities arrested four people following an operation that brought elements of the Navy from Montevideo Port, on the south coast, to the city of [ … ]
Social Control: Maduro’s CLAP
In 2019, the food distributed through the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP, in Spanish) of the Nicolás Maduro regime, reached fewer families, while delivery time increased. In addition, some products, such as canned tuna and wheat flour, were excluded from the subsidized food program, said a report from Venezuelan [ … ]
Brazil and US Sign Agreement on Use of Alcântara Launch Center
The technology safeguards agreement allows for the launch of rockets and satellites that use U.S. technology out of the Brazilian base. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a technology safeguards agreement (TSA) with the United States, during a visit to U.S. President Donald Trump in March 2019. On November 20, the [ … ]