According to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), the family of Venezuelan Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino López was involved in a business network that included 24 companies based in the United States and Venezuela. “His family has built up a web of private companies and real estate [ … ]
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JTF-Bravo Strengthens Central America Against COVID-19
U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo) is deploying its humanitarian arm in Central America to strengthen response capabilities and halt the rapid spread of COVID-19. JTF-Bravo is sending health supplies to protect doctors, nurses, service members, and police forces. This aid began to reach the region in early [ … ]
Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela Powerless Against COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an atmosphere of uncertainty among the people of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Lack of transparency in crisis management, inefficient healthcare systems, and systematic violations of human rights paint a bleak picture for the three countries. In Nicaragua the government of Daniel Ortega still refuses to [ … ]
Peruvian Navy Develops Ventilators amid Coronavirus Emergency
The Peruvian Navy has developed the first mechanical ventilator made exclusively in the country to respond to the coronavirus crisis. Under the leadership of the Armed Forces, a team of engineers from the Peruvian Navy, universities, and private companies built the ventilator dubbed Samay, which means “breathe” in the Quechua [ … ]
Colombia Continues to Hinder Narcotrafficking
The efforts of the Armed Forces of Colombia to address all the emergencies and needs due to the coronavirus crisis have not curbed their drug interdiction operations. “Intelligence operations show that, at this time, while our units are also handling tasks related to COVID-19, there has been an increase in [ … ]
Northern Triangle Service Members Strengthen Fight Against COVID-19
The Northern Triangle’s armed forces have deployed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras have land, sea, and air border surveillance perimeters to help enforce the lockdown, as they continue to support public security and fight illicit trafficking. “We conduct constant surveillance on 186 blind [ … ]
Venezuelan Regime Lines Its Pockets With Drug Money
For years, Venezuela has been strengthening narcotrafficking. The leader of the illegitimate National Constituent Assembly, Diosdado Cabello Rondón, plays a decisive role in the process, not only because he is the second most powerful man in the regime, but also because he provides political and military protection to narco-terrorist crimes, [ … ]
Honduran Service Members Deliver Food to People Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
About 4,000 elements of the Honduran Armed Forces deliver food to the most vulnerable populations in the country, who are on lockdown as part of the government’s measures to curb the coronavirus spread. Food distribution efforts, which began on March 25 in Tegucigalpa, will continue in other departments to deliver [ … ]
Petrocaribe Decline Worsens
Petrocaribe, the crude oil and gasoline trade alliance project between Venezuela and Caribbean nations, which the Venezuelan regime promoted for years, is in decline, and its failure is evident. “The program is crashing rapidly due to the crisis in Venezuela and, more specifically, to the decline in production by Petróleos [ … ]
Colombia, New Target of Russian Disinformation
In December 2019, Colombian Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez told the press that Colombia was suffering a wave of disinformation attacks from Russia and Venezuela. Ramírez said that social media trolls (people who disrupt online communities) encouraged violent protests, in an attempt to destabilize Iván Duque’s government. These complaints coincide [ … ]
Colombia Deploys Service Members to Contain COVID-19 Spread
Colombia is fighting to contain the coronavirus spread with a robust package of measures authorities took after declaring a state of national emergency focused on a lockdown, which started at 12 a.m. on March 23. The mandatory order will last until at least April 13. The country reported its first [ … ]
Peruvian Armed Forces Strengthen Cyberspace Defense
Peruvian Minister of Defense Walter Martos Ruíz inaugurated the headquarters of the Armed Forces Joint Command’s Cyber Defense Operational Command (COCID, in Spanish) in Lima, in late January 2020. The command’s mission is to plan and carry out cyberspace operations to counter attacks against national security. “The unit is equipped [ … ]