Although global fentanyl production represents lower manufacturing costs and increasing demand, Colombia continues to be considered one of the world’s largest exporters of cocaine, and demand continues to grow and enter new markets. “What you see globally in terms of demand for cocaine is that it continues to grow despite [ … ]
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South America’s Largest Drug Organization Expands to Europe and Africa
The First Capital Command (PCC), one of Brazil and South America’s largest criminal group, teamed up with other major drug gangs to smuggle cocaine to countries in Europe and Africa, strengthening ties to global organized crime, British daily The Economist reported. “Since 2016 there has been a clear expansion plan [ … ]
China-Argentina Radio Telescope, Threat to National Security
China began assembling the antenna of the China-Argentina Radio Telescope (CART) at the El Leoncito Astronomical Complex in Argentina’s San Juan province on November 23, 2023, generating concerns among experts despite its importance as the largest radio telescope in South America. With 20 percent progress, the radio telescope, which will [ … ]
Colombian Submarine Put to the Test in International Training
The Colombian Navy’s 209-class submarine ARC Pijao returned to Cartagena in early December after a successful participation in the 2023 Diesel-Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI), an anti-submarine warfare exercise conducted with countries of the region in waters off the east coast of the United States. The DESI initiative, spearheaded by the [ … ]
Costa Rica Strengthens Fight Against Organized Crime
Costa Rica is facing an unprecedented wave of violence due to disputes between drug gangs that use its territory to transit, store, produce, and sell drugs, Voice of America reported. To curb crime these groups bring about, the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Security launched the National Public Security Policy [ … ]
The Dangers of China’s Influence in the Cloud
Chinese cloud computing companies, such as Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu, have been making inroads in many parts of the world, including Latin America, raising national security and data privacy concerns. Chinese firms’ growth in cloud business impact many critical areas such as 5G, artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and [ … ]
Ameripol Strengthened Against Transnational Crime
Authorities from several Latin American nations signed the treaty for the constitution of the Police Community of the Americas (Ameripol) in Brasilia, Brazil. This document, known as the Treaty of Brasilia, consolidates the Community as a regional police organization to strengthen cooperation and information exchange between the police and security [ … ]
Cuba’s Military Reserve Serves as ‘Cannon Fodder’ for Russia
The Cuban regime recruits hundreds of youth between the ages of 17 and 28 for compulsory military service. In a recent report, Global Americans, a think tank that specializes in human rights and democracy in the Western Hemisphere, indicated that this reserve of military-trained men serves as “cannon fodder for [ … ]
Brazilian Government Strengthens Fight Against Organized Crime
In early November 2023, the Brazilian government launched a Decree to Guarantee Law and Order (GLO), to reinforce actions to combat organized crime. The plan includes the strengthening and joining of the Federal, Highway, and Criminal Police; and the Armed Forces (Army, Air Force, and Navy), to expand operations at [ … ]
Ecuador and Peru Lead Fight Against IUU Fishing in the Region
Ecuador and Peru are leading the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing that the Chinese fishing fleet carries out year round in Latin America, British newspaper The Economist reported in late 2023. IUU fishing has decimated fish stocks globally over the last decade. The crime ranks as the [ … ]
Iran’s Disinformation Penetrates Latin America
The Iranian regime’s Spanish language news channel HispanTV, which portrays terrorism as “resistance” and is actively involved in incitement and disinformation campaigns in Latin America raises concern, U.S.-based think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) indicated in a late 2023 report. “Tehran maintains an international propaganda and disinformation campaign, [ … ]
Religious Persecution Continues Unabated under Ortega-Murillo Regime
The Catholic Church has been under assault in Nicaragua under the Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime, experiencing a troubled reality marked by persecution, imprisonment, and exile. Authorities and people sympathetic to the regime have routinely harassed Catholic clergy and worshippers. Among the regime’s latest actions was the expulsion of 12 catholic [ … ]