Nine months after launching a major operation to dismantle extensive illegal gold mining activities in the Yanomami indigenous lands of the Amazon, the Brazilian government has achieved great success with a reduction of almost 80 percent of the territories affected by the illegal activity, the Brazilian Ministry of Defense said [ … ]
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Investigation Lays Out Deep Involvement of Maduro Regime in Drug Trade
The latest transnational journalistic investigation, led by the international investigative journalism organization Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), in partnership with the Latin American Center of Investigative Journalism (CLIP) and various other Latin American organizations, highlights the deep involvement of the Venezuelan regime and its military in the drug [ … ]
US and Chilean Navies Strengthen Interoperability with Naval Exercise
With the aim of increasing interoperability, readiness, and strengthening ties of friendship and cooperation, the navies of the United States and Chile completed a new edition of naval exercise Teamwork South, October 6-12, between the regions of Coquimbo and Valparaíso, in central Chile. “There is a manifest interest in terms [ … ]
Colombian Military Forces Activate New Command in the Northwest
In mid-October, the Colombian government inaugurated the creation of the Northwest Joint Command No. 5 (CCON5), tasked with guaranteeing the security, defense, and well-being of communities in the departments of Antioquia, Córdoba, Sucre, Bolívar, Boyacá, and Chocó. The new military unit composed of more than 30,000 men and women from [ … ]
US Army South Hosts Tradewinds 2024 Scenario Development Conference
Planners from across the region concluded the Tradewinds 2024 (TW24) Scenario Development Conference (SDC) held in San Antonio. Texas, December 5-7. The three-day planning conference included military planners from Barbados, Canada, and the United States, and interagency partners from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), [ … ]
Russia Hits Latin America with Anti-Ukraine Fake News
The Russian government is financing with considerable resources an ongoing disinformation campaign in Latin America aimed at weakening support for Ukraine and propagating anti-U.S. and anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sentiment, the U.S. State Department said on November 7. The Kremlin campaign seeks to leverage contacts established with media in [ … ]
Ortega-Murillo Regime Offers Energy Megaprojects to China
State-owned company China Huadian Overseas Investment will build the Tumarín and Mojolka power projects in Nicaragua. The Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime announced the agreement in mid-October, state media El 19 Digital reported. “Nicaragua seeks to carry out infrastructure projects, but their authenticity and viability are being questioned,” Ricardo Abello, professor [ … ]
Amazon: Brazilian Criminal Groups and FARC Dissidents Join Forces for Cocaine Trafficking
Criminal organizations are joining forces in the Amazon and using the jungle as a route for international cocaine trafficking. Documents from the Colombian Army, obtained by the investigative journalism consortium Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), indicate that dissidents from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have sent [ … ]
The Risks of China-Made High-Impact Infrastructure in Colombia PART II
Colombia, unlike other Latin American countries, was until recently almost immune to China’s penetration. However, this has changed significantly in recent years. According to data from the Bank of the Republic of Colombia, in 2022 direct investment from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) tripled in the Andean country. The [ … ]
The Illusion of China’s Investments
The seemingly large presence of Chinese companies in Central and South America is causing concern among social and political analysts, environmental news site Mongabay Latam reported. The reality may closer to an illusion, only useful to the Asian nation and its purposes. “The presence of Chinese companies in the region [ … ]
Maduro Returns from China with Little More than Promises
Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro traveled to the People’s Republic of China hoping to get fresh cash to advance his populist agenda. Chinese President Xi Jinping received him during his five-day stay in September, signing 31 documents including pledges, agreements, and memorandums of understanding. Upon his return, Maduro could only offer the [ … ]
Brazil Leads Ibero-American Cyber Defense Forum
The Brazilian Army’s (EB) Cyber Defense Command (ComDCiber) held the First Ordinary Session of the VI Ibero-American Cyber Defense Forum in early October, in Brasilia. The event was held in parallel to Exercise Cyber Guardian 5.0, considered one of the main cyber defense simulations in the Southern Hemisphere. Thirteen countries [ … ]