In the first three months of 2023, a record 51,838 Venezuelan migrants and refugees entered Brazil. This is the highest number ever recorded in the first three months of the year since 2020. Operation Shelter (Operação Acolhida), executed and coordinated by the Federal government, with the support of federal entities, [ … ]
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Peruvian Navy at UNITAS LXIV
Two combat units and a total of 570 Peruvian sailors are representing the Peruvian Navy during the 64th edition of UNITAS, in Cartagena, Colombia, July 11-23, 2023. Peruvian Navy Captain Christian Ponce, commander of the B.A.P. Pisco, spoke with Diálogo about his country’s participation in UNITAS. Diálogo: How important it [ … ]
Red Flags Among Golden Passports: An Analysis of Chinese Influence In Five Caribbean Citizenship By Investment Programs
This work was first published in March 2023 by the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, part of Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School for International and Public Affairs. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper explores the extent wealthy Chinese Citizenship by Investment (CBI) holders in the Caribbean use their [ … ]
Ortega-Murillo Regime Uses New Repression and Control Methods
Police raids carried out throughout Nicaragua in May resulted in the arrests of some 60 opponents of the Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime. After being convicted within hours in summary trials without legal defense for “conspiracy to undermine national integrity and propagation of fake news,” the detainees were released on parole [ … ]
Russia’s State Media Has A Credibility Problem
This article was originally published on Per Concordiam. Russia’s state-sponsored media is in a difficult position. The increasingly unbelievable narratives coming out of the Russian Federation regarding actions in Ukraine have created a credibility crisis for organizations like Russia Today (RT), Sputnik and the Russian News Agency (TASS), among others. The [ … ]
China’s Bet on Colombia, Seeking Its ‘Golden Age’ in Latin America
In the last two decades, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has played a fundamental role in the economies of Latin America. Between 2005 and 2017, China lent several countries in the region close to $136 billion. The amount exceeded what, for the same period, the World Bank, the Inter-American [ … ]
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 [ … ]
China in Latin America: Investments, Loans, and Loss of Sovereignty
China’s economic activities in Latin America are changing. Its focus on gaining access to the hemisphere’s natural resources, which drove its investments during the first decade and a half of the century, has expanded to a portfolio that includes renewable energy generation, telecommunications, electricity distribution, and even ridesharing companies. “China’s [ … ]
Brazilian Air Force Brings Security and Care in the Amazon Region
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) brought much-needed medical assistance to communities along the Negro River, in the cities of Moura and Barcelos, in the state of Amazonas. The Logistics, Health and Operational Quartermaster Employment Campaign Exercise (EXCELSIOR), May 26-June 4, assisted some 600 people a day, exceeding expectations, the FAB [ … ]
Coordinated Operations, Best Weapon to Combat Illicit Activities at Sea
Defending Ecuador’s sovereignty, guaranteeing maritime protection, and supporting national maritime development are some of the primary tasks of Rear Admiral Jaime Patricio Vela Erazo, chief of Staff of the Ecuadorian Navy. Rear Adm. Vela, with 38 years of active military duty, spoke with Diálogo about the importance of national maritime [ … ]
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 [ … ]