Brazil is witnessing a “tussle for the Amazon”—a new and deadly phase in the history of its organized crime groups and their operations. While the country is no stranger to violent criminal organizations, recent years have seen groups building increasingly sophisticated networks, both within and beyond Brazil’s borders. In the [ … ]
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Brazil: Police Seizes 18 Tons of Marijuana
Agents from Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) and Federal Highway Police (PRF) seized nearly 18 tons of marijuana in Santa Catarina state in mid-September. Authorities found the 17,900 kilograms of drugs in a truck carrying food on the BR-101 Highway in Greater Florianópolis. This was the largest amount of marijuana seized [ … ]
Brazil: Federal Police Dismantles International Narcotrafficking Organization
In mid-September, Brazil’s Federal Police (PF) launched Operation Rookies to dismantle a criminal organization that engaged in transnational narcotrafficking and money laundering. “The Justice ordered the blocking of 130 bank accounts of 30 people under investigation,” the PF reported. According to the investigation, members of the criminal organization moved close [ … ]
US Military Takes Part in War Training in Brazil
Members of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) took part in the fifth edition of Brazilian Air Force- (FAB) sponsored Joint Exercise (EXCON) Tápio 2022. The exercise was carried out at Campo Grande Air Base (BACG), in Mato Grosso do Sul state, August 16-September 3. EXCON Tápio gathered more than 900 [ … ]
104th Fighter Squadron Lends Expertise to Exercise Tapio
Pilots from the 104th Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, recently traveled to the Campo Grande Air Force Base in the largest city in the Mato Grosso do Sul state to assist the New York Air National Guard (NYANG) train with their partner, Brazil. Exercise Tapio is a Brazilian combat [ … ]
Perry Center Honors Excellence in Security and Defense Education Award Recipients
Each year, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies recognizes individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions advancing mutually supportive approaches to security and fostering transparent and capable defense and security governance institutions. On September 22, Daniel P. Erikson, U.S. deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for the [ … ]
NY Air Guard Airmen Train with Brazilian Counterparts
One hundred New York National Guard airmen — including 80 from the 106th Rescue Wing — were in Brazil participating in exercises with their Brazilian Air Force counterparts, which ran through August 31. The U.S. airmen were operating from the Brazilian Air Force base at Campo Grande in Brazil’s Mato [ … ]
China and Russia Step Up Cyber Presence in Latin America
China and Russia have stepped up their cyber presence in Latin America, while employing cyber tools, including disinformation, cybercrime, and electoral interference to pursue their goals in the region, experts said. Disinformation campaigns through state-owned Spanish-language social media platforms, cyberattacks, such as those the Russian Conti ransomware group perpetrated against [ … ]
Nicaraguan Regime Closes 3 more Radio Stations
During Radio San Carlos’ last broadcast, transmitted on August 15, there was a prayer to the Divine Mercy led by a nun who was at the station in southeastern Managua. Hours later, however, the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services (Telcor) cancelled the radio station’s license along with two [ … ]
Power and influence: Its applications in the military organizations of the brazilian army
1 INTRODUCTION The dynamics and complexity of human interaction are increasingly being studied in order to achieve results and effectiveness in actions. However, leaders from all sectors of society face difficulties in overcoming these challenges in a world in constant transformation, where people are increasingly more distant and at the [ … ]
Chinese Lithium Giant Expands Operations in Argentina
China’s largest lithium compounds producer, Ganfeng Lithium Co., will acquire Lithea Inc. for $962 million to secure more resources for the production of metals to produce batteries, Reuters reported. Privately owned Lithea Inc. owns rights to lithium salt lakes in Argentina’s mineral rich Salta province. “There is more and more [ … ]
Cocaine Trafficking Shifts to Brazil’s Smaller Ports, UN Report Says
The city of Santos in Brazil’s São Paulo state, which has the largest port in Latin America, is one of four places that stand out in the global maritime drug trade, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) indicated in an early July global report. According to the [ … ]