The impact of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is visible and far-reaching in Latin America. It damages marine ecosystems and livelihoods and facilitates other crimes, InSight Crime, an international organization that investigates organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean, said in a September report. “Illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing [ … ]
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Colombia Bursts onto Space
Colombian authorities are determined to make inroads into space development, and have begun to reap the benefits of data collected on intelligence, cartography, climate, agriculture, and airspace and terrestrial security, among others. In the future Colombia will seek to create its own space agency. For the time being, the Colombian [ … ]
Uruguay Adds Three Coast Guard Vessels to Its Navy
The Uruguayan Navy received three Protector-class coastal patrol boats from the U.S. government. The handover ceremony took place in the United States, at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore on September 1. The Coast Guard cutters will arrive at Naval Base TN Carlos Macchitelli in Montevideo in early November to [ … ]
Latin America United to Preserve Antarctica
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay approved bringing about greater synergy to position Latin America more prominently within the Antarctic Treaty System, during the 33rd Meeting of Latin American Antarctic Program Administrators (RAPAL), in Quito, Ecuador, August 23-26. Colombia, Venezuela, and Costa Rica attended as observers, the Chilean Joint [ … ]
Chinese Fishing Fleet Threatens Marine Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean
“Illegal, unreported, and unregulated [IUU] fishing poses a potentially enduring threat to the security and well-being of the United States and its neighbors in Latin America and the Caribbean,” the August report IUU Fishing Crimes in Latin America and the Caribbean of the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies [ … ]
Russia ‘Launders Information’ on Ukraine Invasion
Since the ban in the European Union (EU) of RT and Sputnik, two of the main outlets spreading disinformation about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sites under other names that publish the same content have been on the rise, experts who track fake news on the internet said. NewsGuard, a journalism [ … ]
Perry Center Honors Excellence in Security and Defense Education Award Recipients
Each year, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies recognizes individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions advancing mutually supportive approaches to security and fostering transparent and capable defense and security governance institutions. On September 22, Daniel P. Erikson, U.S. deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for the [ … ]
Russia to Install Satellite Navigation System in Venezuela
Russia announced its plans to install a GLONASS satellite navigation ground station in Venezuela. The GLONASS system is similar to the GPS of the United States and the Galileo system of Europe. According to the Russian space agency Roscosmos, the deployment of the station is part of the agreement between [ … ]
Disinformation in Spanish Alarms United States
According to the United States, Russia is using disinformation to influence Latin America and Spanish-speaking communities in general, as a political weapon amid the war in Ukraine and three months before the U.S. mid-term elections. In a country with more than 62 million Hispanics, in the last three months, congressmen [ … ]
Nicaragua: Dictatorship and Collaboration with Extra-Hemispheric US Rivals
This piece was originally published on the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ website, August 29, 2022 On June 9, 2022, Nicaragua’s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) government renewed the authorization of Russian military forces to operate in the country. In doing so, it reminded the United States and the [ … ]
Russia Strengthens Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America
Through selective threats, military activities, and disinformation campaigns, Russia has been strengthening the dictatorships of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela as a geopolitical leverage pointfor its expansion in the region, Noticias de Israel, an Israeli media outlet that broadcasts news in Spanish, reported. “Russia is acting more aggressively in the hemisphere. [ … ]
Aerial Replenishment of Ballistic Missile Submarines at Sea Enhances Readiness
U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) recently demonstrated the capability to replenish U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarines operating at sea using different types of aircraft to deliver supplies. During the months of July and August 2022, U.S. Navy MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft, and U.S. [ … ]