The U.S. government has mobilized unprecedented resources to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and is providing substantial foreign assistance. “Today, I am pleased to announce that the United States has made available nearly $274 million in emergency health and humanitarian funding. Along with the U.S. private sector, the American people [ … ]
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Ecuador’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
The number of coronavirus cases in Ecuador continues to increase with nearly 2,000 cases as of late March and nearly 30 deaths. President Lenín Moreno decreed a state of emergency throughout the country on March 16, and established a curfew from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. to contain the expansion [ … ]
Brazilian Armed Forces Strive to Fight Against the Coronavirus in Latin America
On March 18, 2020, Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) service members deployed near the Brazil-Venezuela border to stop the entry of Venezuelans into Brazil. The soldiers followed the orders of the Brazilian government to partially close the border to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Brazil. The order will [ … ]
Exercise Vita: JTF-Bravo, Colombian Partners Conduct Interoperability Training in La Guajira
Combined forces from Colombia and the United States concluded Exercise Vita at Fort Buenavista, Colombia, during a ceremony March 17 that marked more than two weeks of operations in the country's La Guajira region. More than 150 members of Joint Task Force Bravo (JFT-Bravo), based out of Soto Cano Air [ … ]
For Women of Jamaica Defence Force, Failure Is Not an Option
As the first and only female flag officer/general officer in the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Commodore Antonette Wemyss-Gorman hopes to inspire women to follow in her footsteps. The child of a single mother, Cmdre. Wemyss-Gorman grew up with her grandparents in rural Jamaica, yet made the surprising choice of joining [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Dominican Republic Strengthens Territorial Surveillance
The Dominican Republic strengthened its borders to counter transnational crime, with troops from the Army, Navy, and Air Force joining the Border Fence Task Force (FTCF, in Spanish), an elite group created to bolster security and curb narcotrafficking and smuggling. The unit now has more checkpoints and increased patrols. According [ … ]
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 [ … ]
JIATF South: Hub for International Cooperation on Drug Interdiction
Bigfoot, a 53-foot, self-propelled semi-submersible (SPSS) traveled full speed on the Eastern Pacific waters. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Steadfast interdicted it off the west coast of Costa Rica in November 2006 and found 4.1 tons of cocaine. The Costa Rican Coast Guard towed the vessel into port and later [ … ]
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 [ … ]