The Inter-American Community of Crime Observatories of the Organization of American States (OAS) held its first Virtual Dialogue of 2023. It was attended by 229 guests from countries that make up the OAS, who focused on the work of these entities to guide action through the understanding and analysis of [ … ]
Search Results for: Cheap Cialis Light Pack-90 Online ~~ www.bit.ly/MensEDPacks ~~ Cheap Cialis Light Pack-90 Without a Prescription
Army of Russian Hackers Unmasked
In a northeastern suburb of Moscow, behind the walls of a cybersecurity consulting firm, NTC Vulkan engineers help Russia’s intelligence agencies strengthen their hacking operations, launch cyberattacks, sow disinformation, train agents on how to ambush national infrastructure, and monitor sections of the internet, The Vulkan Files, an international investigative project [ … ]
Ecuador Relentless in the Fight Against IUU Fishing
Ecuador’s fishing industry is of great importance to the country’s economy. Ecuador has the largest tuna purse seiner fleet in the Eastern Pacific; it is the second largest canned tuna processor in the world, the world’s leading shrimp producer, and the leading exporter of swordfish to the United States. To [ … ]
64 Percent of the Population Believes There Are Disinformation Strategies in Venezuela, Study Says
A study on access to information in Venezuela by Equilibrium CenDE, a research center that analyzes social, economic, and political problems in Venezuela and throughout Latin America, reveals that 64 percent of the Venezuelan population believes that there are disinformation and news manipulation strategies. The research shows that 78 percent [ … ]
Ortega Pushes for Integration of Russia in SICA
The regime of Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo requested in mid-April to bring Russia as an observer country of the Central American Integration System (SICA) to expand its presence in the region, U.S. news site Voice of America (VOA) reported. The initiative was immediately rejected by Costa Rica and Guatemala. The government [ … ]
Vessel Tracking Transparency Critical to Combat IUU Fishing
The time to act to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is now. IUU fishing is among the greatest threats to marine ecosystems and the sustainable management of ocean resources, generating negative economic, security, and social impacts for legitimate fishers and coastal communities around the globe. Cutting-edge technology to [ … ]
Chinese Fishing Vessels’ ‘Floating Cities’ Prey on Latin American Seas
The waters off the coast of Argentina are home to a unique phenomenon — seemingly “floating cities” of fishing vessels that exploit the lack of legislation in international waters to plunder the marine ecosystem. Most are part of China’s vast fishing fleet, which numbers in the hundreds and operate in [ … ]
Massachusetts National Guard Delivers Firefighting Equipment to Paraguay
A delegation led by U.S. Air Force Major General Gary Keefe, Massachusetts National Guard (MANG) adjutant general, delivered critical firefighting gear to Paraguay, the MANG’s partner in the State Partnership Program (SPP), on May 16. Massachusetts fire departments contributed 1,000 sets of firefighter personal protective equipment (PPE) and two fully [ … ]
US Government Repatriates Radioactive Materials from Guatemala
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) — a defense and combat support agency of the U.S. Department of Defense — recently played an integral role in the successful repatriation of two Cobalt-60 radioactive sources. In close partnership with Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines and the U.S. Department of Energy’s [ … ]
Colombia and US NCOs Lead the Way in WPS Initiatives
Colombian and U.S. noncommissioned officers (NCOs) planned and spearheaded the second hybrid Senior Enlisted Leader (SEL) Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Seminar in Santa Marta, Colombia, May 22-24, 2023. Joint Command Sergeant Major Consuelo Díaz Álvarez, sergeant major of the Colombian Military Forces, and U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Benjamin Jones, command senior enlisted leader [ … ]
Chinese Projects Violate Latin Americans’ Rights
China’s investments in Latin America come with social, cultural, and environmental violations, the Collective on Chinese Financing and Investment, Human Rights, and Environment (CICDHA), a network of 50 regional civil society organizations, indicated in a recent report. The report, presented in February as part of a United Nations (U.N.) review [ … ]
China to Increase Bolivian Lithium Extraction
State-owned Yacimientos de Litio Boliviano (YLB), together with Chinese companies CATL, BRUNP, and CMOC (CBC), will build two production plants in the Bolivian salt flats of Uyuni and Coipasa with direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology, which will be ready by 2025, Spanish daily El País reported. Each of these plants [ … ]