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Russia’s Latest Return to Latin America
The indirect threat made by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as the crisis in the Ukraine escalated in January 2022, that Russia could not rule out deploying military forces to Venezuela and Cuba, highlighted the strategic risks posed by Russia's position in the Western Hemisphere. On its face, the [ … ]
China Cements Ties with Venezuela through Arms Sales
China continues to be the most important supplier of weapons systems to Venezuela, Venezuelan nongovernmental Organization (NGO) Control Ciudadano revealed in its November 2021 report Bolivarian Armed Forces, Acquisition, Reception, and Incorporation of Weapons and Military Equipment, 2017-2021 Period. According to the report, China and Russia have remained as the [ … ]
Venezuela: Understanding Political, External, and Criminal Actors in an Authoritarian State
The predictable triumph by Maduro loyalists in Venezuela’s rigged November 2021 elections was a symbolic nail in the coffin for the attempt by the de jure government of Juan Guaido to restore the more liberal type of democracy previously prevailing in the country. Venezuela now seems to ever more resemble [ … ]
How to approach the fight against terrorism in the 21st century: crime or act of war?
The human being throughout his existence has been witness and protagonist of the struggle between good and evil. History illustrates from different perspectives how man has evolved and has become a being of knowledge, ideals and interests. When these are not fulfilled or satisfied, different mechanisms are established to obtain [ … ]
Paraguay: Anti-Drug Agents Seize Nearly 19 Tons of Marijuana
In three weeks, agents of the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) seized nearly 19 tons of marijuana in various operations. On December 17, 2021, upon entering a wooded area in Bella Vista, Caaguazú department, agents found a marijuana production and storage camp. “We destroyed a drug camp, 2 [ … ]
Argentine Naval Prefecture Carries Out Mega Operation Against Narcotrafficking in Rosario
The Argentine Naval Prefecture raided more than 30 homes in the cities of Rosario and Villa Gobernador Gálvez to dismantle a group of narcotraffickers, on December 11, 2021. “The mega operation included the deployment of some 330 units from the Prefecture and 70 land and river vehicles to reinforce those [ … ]
Costa Rica Achieves Record Drug Seizures with US Assistance
Costa Rica seized 71.2 tons of drugs in 2020, a twofold increase in two years and a new record for the country, which has emerged as a major initial transshipment country for South American drugs en route to the United States. The year 2021 shows no signs of letting up, [ … ]
9/11, Latin America, and the Impermanence of Strategic Concepts
On September 11, 2001, then US President George W. Bush had just completed a historic summit with his Mexican counterpart, Vicente Fox, the week prior. The interaction built on the “special friendship” between the two nations and the intertwined commercial, security, and other strategic interests binding the United States and [ … ]
Criminals Plan Attacks on Colombia from Venezuela
Some 1,900 Colombian criminals are allegedly living in Venezuelan border cities, where they plan criminal activities against Colombia and in favor of narcotrafficking, General Luis Fernando Navarro Jiménez, commander of the Colombian Military Forces, told the Chilean newspaper La Tercera in September 2021. Gen. Navarro estimated that around 1,200 members [ … ]
Chinese Investors Vie for Lithium Mines in Argentina
The Zijin Mining company, one of the largest copper and gold producers in China, will acquire in full the Canadian company Neo Lithium Corp., which exploits lithium in Tres Quebradas, in the Argentine province of Catamarca, for $770 million, both companies said in a mid-October statement. In September, two other [ … ]
Panama’s Maritime Business and The Evolving Strategic Landscape
Panama’s maritime business is being transformed by the complex interaction between multiple factors. These include the growing economic and political power of China and US-China competition, the long-term structural impacts of Covid on both the region and global trade, US policies to contain immigration from the Northern Triangle, climate change, [ … ]