Guatemala’s National Security Council’s Technical Secretariat, National Institute for Strategic Security Studies (INEES), and Strategic Intelligence Secretariat organized the first International Seminar on Cybersecurity in the Latin American Context. “Cybersecurity is one of the greatest challenges that the government led by President Alejandro Giammattei has set for itself,” Colonel Francisco [ … ]
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Russia’s Shadow Soldiers The Wagner Group Gives Russian President Vladimir Putin Foreign Influence With Deniability
In Russia’s frenzied attempt to flex its muscles, get access to natural resources and increase its geopolitical relevance, it relies heavily on private military companies (PMCs). This strategy produces a small foreign footprint and offers the Kremlin plausible deniability while enriching a small circle of people. President Vladimir Putin’s Russia [ … ]
Undersea Cable Wars: Competition for control of networks brings long-term security risks to the surface
A labyrinth of more than 1.3 million kilometers of fiber-optic cables anchored to the sea floor carries about 95% of telephone and internet communications around the world every day, moving massive amounts of data every second. Everything from financial transactions to military orders passes along this underwater web of more [ … ]
Paraguay Seizes 16 Tons of Marijuana
In an operation in Bella vista Norte, Amambay department, the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) destroyed more than 16 tons of marijuana. Agents found the drugs in a rural establishment of some 5 hectares that housed several narco-camps with marijuana crops, where they also seized 1.5 tons of the drug [ … ]
Russian Spies: A Legacy of the Cold War
An attempt by a Russian spy posing as a Brazilian to infiltrate the International Criminal Court (ICC), which investigates Russian war crimes, has drawn attention to a scheme dating back to the Cold War era and the Kremlin’s use of spies in various regions of the world. The Dutch Intelligence [ … ]
Ecuador Strengthens Security Near Border with Colombia
Organized crime groups, urban gangs, bandits, and common thieves are threatening security in Ecuador, Voice of America reported. To confront these criminals, the Ecuadorian government deployed 4,500 members of its security forces to its border with Colombia in the first week of June. A total of 2,100 soldiers, 2,400 police [ … ]
China’s Digital Advance in Latin America
This article has been initially published in the Revista Seguridad y Poder Terrestre (Vol. 1 N.º 1 [2022]: July – September) of the Peruvian Army Center for Strategic Studies (CEEEP)https://ceeep.mil.pe/2022/06/30/chinas-digital-advance-in-latin-america/?lang=enDOI: https://doi.org/10.56221/spt.v1i1.5 Abstract This work examines activities by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its companies in digital technologies and associated economic sectors in Latin America, [ … ]
More Human Rights Abuses in Venezuela, NGOs warn
According to recent reports from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), human rights violations in Venezuela continued throughout 2021, resulting in a high number of victims, despite international scrutiny. “Police and service members caused the death, throughout the national territory, of 1,414 people between January and December 2021,” said Venezuelan human rights NGO [ … ]
Cyberattacks Threaten Security in Ecuador
Ecuador joins Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru among the Latin American countries hardest hit by cybercrime, and more specifically malware attacks. According to the latest Global Cybersecurity Index of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations agency, Ecuador ranks 119th out of 182 countries for vulnerability to cyberattacks. [ … ]
Costa Rica: Chinese Company’s Road Project Threatens Residents and Ecosystem
China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), a subsidiary of China Communication Construction Group (CCCC), which has been involved in fraudulent practices in several countries, is carrying out design, rehabilitation, and expansion work on 107 kilometers of National Route 32 (Río Frío-Limón) in Costa Rica, creating challenges that threaten the country’s social, [ … ]
Colombian Navy Strikes Illegal Mining in Chocó
The Colombian Navy continues its offensive against illegal mining throughout the national territory, reaffirming its commitment to preserving the nation’s resources and curbing the actions of transnational criminal organizations. As such, in late May, through a joint operation with the Army and the National Police, Navy units dealt a heavy [ … ]
Powerful Mexican Cartel Expands in Guatemala
On December 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of State (DoS) announced a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Juan Carlos Valencia González, an alleged high-level member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The DoS considers the CJNG to be one [ … ]