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Suriname, a Reliable Partner in the Fight Against Security Threats in the Region
Suriname combats violence and other criminal activities with different strategies at the operational and tactical level. Broadening security cooperation between the three Guianas and cooperation with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are part of the strategies Colonel Werner Guiseppe Kioe A Sen, commander of the Suriname Armed Forces (SAF), emphasizes to [ … ]
Organized Crime Threatens Peru’s Borders
The Amazon region of Peru, which borders Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador is plagued by narcotrafficking, illegal mining, and environmental crime, increasing threats, fear, and loss of biodiversity, environmental journalism news site Mongabay, reported in early May. “Many structural factors such as social vulnerability, the lack of presence of the [ … ]
Peru Destroys Clandestine Airstrips and Clips the Wings of Narcotrafficking
Peruvian authorities dealt a blow to international narcotrafficking by destroying 18 clandestine airstrips used to move drugs from the Peruvian jungle to neighboring countries and Europe, the Ministry of the Interior said in a statement. The Peruvian National Police’s objective is to have more than 30 clandestine airstrips destroyed by [ … ]
CANSEC 2023 Takes Action Against Cybercrime and the Impact of Climate Change
For the second time, Jamaica co-hosted the Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC) 2023, held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, June 6-9, 2023. CANSEC, a U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) annual regional security forum, brought together 21 nations, under the theme, “Strengthening Regional Security Through Informed Action.” CANSEC aims at fostering ties of cooperation, examining challenges, sharing lessons learned, and [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
The Fight Against Russia’s Fake News in Cuba
A fierce information war is being fought in Caribbean nations with Russian state media trying to peddle one narrative about the Ukraine war while a fact-checking site from Kyiv battles to rebut the stories. In Cuba, Kremlin-controlled media outlets such as Russia Today, Sputnik, and RIA-Novosti have been the main [ … ]
New Treaty Will Protect Oceans in International Waters
Following nearly two decades of talks, member states of the United Nations (U.N.) finalized the High Seas Treaty, which aims to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, the U.N. said in a statement. “International waters […] are the heritage of humanity,” [ … ]
Our Ocean Panama 2023: Latin America’s Commitment to Ocean Protection
The Our Ocean Panama 2023 conference sought to create a space to highlight the importance of protecting international waters, creating marine protected areas, growing sustainable blue economies, strengthening sustainable fishing and maritime security, and analyzing climate change and marine pollution. Authorities and delegates from more than 190 countries adopted 341 [ … ]
Chinese Regime Adopts Russian Disinformation Tactics
China is increasingly adopting tactics associated with Russia to generate propaganda and disinformation in order to expand its geopolitical and global strategy, AP reported. Beijing-linked actors are disseminating large numbers of denigrating social media posts and generating fake news with the help of artificial intelligence as part of a broader [ … ]