The United States Embassy will donate $4.5 million to Costa Rica to build a new coast guard station and dock in Moín, Limón province, the Embassy said. The station will be set up through the Ministry of Public Security and the Board of Port Administration and Economic Development of the [ … ]
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Building Resilience through Cooperation for Cybersecurity and Climate Change at SOUTHDEC 2023
“South America is critical to the Western Hemisphere — it’s so important! It’s importance surpasses the economic ties and the wealth of its natural resources… Yet, the entire region, to include South America is facing unparalleled threats in the cyber domain and from climate change,” said U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, [ … ]
Partnership with Costa Rica to Establish Cyber Security
The United States and Costa Rica announced August 21 a collaborative security initiative that will strengthen Costa Rica’s cyber defenses against threats from malicious actors. In San José, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves and the Commander of U.S. Southern Command, General Laura J. Richardson, announced a three-year, $9.8 million U.S. funded [ … ]
SENAN at the Service of Panama and the World
The Panamanian National Air and Naval Service (SENAN) carries out naval and air operations to provide protection, surveillance, security, and defense of the country’s air and maritime jurisdictional areas. The SENAN has some 2,500 agents, 45 vessels, and some 40 aircraft. Commissioner Rafael Jurado, SENAN’s national director of Air and [ … ]
US and Costa Rica Present Together for Limón
U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica Cynthia Telles and Costa Rican Minister of Public Security Mario Zamora presented in early July the Together for Limón initiative, a joint U.S.-Costa Rican effort to bring greater prosperity and security to the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Together for Limón reflects the U.S. commitment [ … ]
USS Wasp Celebrates 50 Years of Independence, Friendship in the Bahamas
The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp sailed into Nassau for a three-day visit on June 28, 2023, to help the Bahamas commemorate both a half-century of independence and regional partnership with the United States. The highlight of the Wasp’s port call was a June 30 reception onboard the U.S. Navy [ … ]
Panama, United to Fight Transnational Crime
Panama’s security agencies have joined forces under a single operational center that fights crime in a united way and strengthens the regional fight against international criminal organizations. This is Panama’s Regional Center for Aeronaval Operations (CROAN), which, since its February 2021 inception, has fought against narcotrafficking by sea and air; [ … ]
China Wants to Control the Latin American Electricity Sector
Beijing is seeking to position itself as a leader in the electricity sector in Latin America through strategic investments and acquisitions, taking advantage of gaps left by other companies, Uruguayan news site Latinoamérica 21 reported. “This could generate technological and economic dependency on China, which would allow Beijing to become [ … ]
Mexico’s Engagement with China and Choices for Its Future
Introduction As Mexico looks to national elections in June 2024, the expanding engagement that the country is backing into with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will have profound implications for the country’s future, as well as the United States and the rest of the region. Background Mexico’s relationship with [ … ]
‘In Panama We believe in Strategic Alliances’
Juan Manuel Pino serves as Panama’s minister of Public Security since February 5, 2020. Since then, he has been committed to focusing his country’s security agencies on teamwork as one of the fundamental aspects to combat criminal organizations, providing border security by land, sea, and air; confronting illegal migration; eradicating [ … ]
PRC Engagement in The Bahamas
Introduction In his March 2023 annual posture statement to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, head of U.S. Northern Command General Glen VanHerck referred to the substantial commercial and other presence of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Bahamas as “efforts to gain a foothold only 50 miles [ … ]
China Sells Low Quality Weapons
In recent years, China has sold and exported weapons to more than 40 countries worldwide. A growing problem has been arising, however, concerning the quality, safety, and performance of this equipment, global research organization RAND Corporation indicated in a June report. “Many countries acquiring Chinese military equipment for the first [ … ]