U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant, a subsidiary of Google, said that Chinese hackers, backed by their government, used a vulnerability in a well-known e-mail security device to access the networks of numerous public and private organizations in several countries worldwide, the Associated Press (AP) reported on June 15. “The Chinese state [ … ]
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Ecuador Redoubles Efforts to Combat Illegal Mining
Ecuador has been intensifying the deployment of its Armed Forces in nine of the provinces most affected by illegal mining, the Interior Ministry said in early May. Although authorities acknowledge that this illicit activity exists throughout the country, the military is focusing on the provinces of Napo, Orellana, Esmeraldas, Zamora [ … ]
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 [ … ]
‘Interoperability Begins with People’
Nearly 1,700 participants from Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Panama, and the United Kingdom came together for the combined military interoperability and humanitarian assistance exercise Resolute Sentinel 2023 (RS23), from June through July, hosted by Peru. The participants’ focus is to achieve a joint and combined doctrine and interoperability [ … ]
Venezuela: What Does the Resumption of the ICC Prosecutor’s Investigation Imply?
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will continue to investigate the Venezuelan regime for alleged crimes against humanity, which would make it possible to establish “specific” and “individual” responsibilities for the facts, human rights experts said. On June 27, the Pre-Trial Chamber authorized ICC Prosecutor [ … ]
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, [ … ]
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 [ … ]
US and Brazilian Marines Share Best Practices on Training Female Recruits
The United States Marine Corps hosted a delegation of Brazilian Marines at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Parris Island, South Carolina, to discuss and observe how the Marine Corps is integrating male and female recruits on their path to becoming Marines. The visit, June 5-9, 2023, was designed 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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]
China Breaks Ground on Dubious Housing Scheme in Nicaragua
The Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime has begun another dubious social housing program with financing from state-run China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA). The regime, without further details and amid skepticism, said that CIDCA would invest $60 million in the construction of 12,034 houses in 15 departments of the country. “Nicaragua’s [ … ]