Abstract. This paper examines Chinese commercial, political, and security engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean, comparing it with similar engagement in Europe. It finds evidence that PRC engagement globally is driven by a strategy focused on re-orienting the world to the economic benefit of the PRC, with nonetheless important [ … ]
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A Race Against Time: Deploying Vaccines and Addressing the Disproportionate Impacts of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Chairman Sires, Ranking Member Green, distinguished members of the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to share my work with you today regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the importance of U.S. leadership in helping our neighbors [ … ]
Paraguayan Anti-Drug Agents Seize More than 18 Tons of Marijuana
In the last two weeks of June, the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) dismantled seven drug camps used for marijuana production in Amambay and Caaguazú departments, on the border with Brazil. During the operations, agents found more than 18 tons of the drug. According to a July 5 [ … ]
Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking and Terrorism, between Military Operations and Judicial Operations
Summary The drug trafficking business has driven the strengthening of the criminal actors that make up the internal armed conflict in Colombia. For almost sixty years, the governments of the time have tried to develop public policies, strategies and programs to counteract the growth of territories with the presence of [ … ]
Argentine Gendarmerie Seizes More than 4 Tons of Marijuana
On June 21, the Argentine National Gendarmerie (GNA, in Spanish) seized more than 4 tons of marijuana in Misiones province, on the border with Paraguay. Authorities found the marijuana during border control and surveillance operations, the GNA reported in several statements. During the first operation, a patrol of gendarmes located [ … ]
Peruvian Blue Helmets Contribute to World Peace
On June 22, the Peruvian Armed Forces’ Joint Command reported that 27 women and 178 men of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, all members of the Peruvian Engineering Company, left to join the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA, in French). “You are [ … ]
Dense Urban Environments: The Crucible of Multi-Domain Operations
This article was originally published in the Military Review magazine, English edition (January-February 2021). Multi-domain operations (MDO) and dense urban operations are two significant topics in contemporary Army research. While researchers have looked at these topics in isolation, very little research has been done to demonstrate the challenges and [ … ]
Leveraging Multi-Domain Military Deception to Expose the Enemy in 2035
This article was originally published in the Military Review magazine, English edition (March-April 2021) The operational problem facing the Army in the year 2035 will fundamentally differ from problems it has previously confronted. The legacy challenge for which the Army’s current platforms and doctrine are still optimized was a [ … ]
The Middle East Cold War and International Terrorism
Summary Saudi Arabia and Iran have fueled the conflicts of their neighbors with the aim of achieving regional hegemony, thus positioning governments in their favor. States such as Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq have been affected by these typical cold war dynamics, in which the conflict is escalating every day [ … ]
Peru, NASA, USAID Create Satellite Platform to Protect the Amazon
A cooperation agreement among the Peruvian government, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), now makes it possible to monitor illegal mining and deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon. The Radar Mining Monitoring Tool (RAMI), was officially launched on June 16, 2021, [ … ]
China and El Salvador: An Update
El Salvador’s recognition of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in August 2018 was the third such change in Latin America following the end of the informal truce that had restrained the PRC’s diplomatic competition with Taiwan between 2008 and 2016. This pivot also precipitated expressions of concern from Washington, [ … ]
A Historic Fight with Historic Results
Colombia has confronted the global problem of drugs throughout its history, as it became the main threat to public order, to the country’s political stability, to national security, and to the rule of law itself. For more than 40 years, the fight against this scourge has been relentless, and we [ … ]