Chinese telecommunications company Huawei and its fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology represent a very high risk for democracy in Latin America, because of the company’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Euclides Tapia, professor of International Relations at the University of Panama, told Diálogo on June 11. “The issue is [ … ]
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Colombia: Coca Price Crash Offers Opportunities and Challenges in the Fight Against Narcotrafficking
In recent months, the price of coca, the raw plant used to make cocaine, collapsed by as much as 50 percent in Colombia, while coca buyers have seemingly all but disappeared. In the country’s most impoverished regions, where hundreds of thousands of families depend on the crop for their livelihood, [ … ]
Panama Strengthens Actions Against Narcotrafficking
So far this year, until the first half of June, Panamanian security forces have carried out 119 anti-drug operations, Panamanian Public Security Minister Juan Manuel Pino told the press. “We seized more than 27 tons of drugs, mostly cocaine, of which more than 9 tons were seized in the province [ … ]
‘Fake Content Industry’ Threatens Press Freedom Worldwide
The World Press Freedom Index 2023 of French nongovernmental organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) evaluates the environment for journalism in 180 countries and territories and highlights the effects the “fake content industry” has on press freedom in the digital ecosystem. China is among the top offenders, which according to RFS, [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Colombian Gold Enriches Criminal Groups, Impoverishes Soil and Population
Colombia is currently the 16th largest gold producer worldwide and the third largest in Latin America, according to the Statista world ranking. In 2022 alone, the country exported 70.7 tons of gold worth $2.9 billion, according to figures from Colombia’s National Mining Agency. Following oil, coal, and coffee, gold is [ … ]
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 [ … ]