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Criminal Gangs and Guerrillas Take Part in the Mining Arc Mayhem
Venezuelan nongovernmental organization (NGO) Fundares denounced in early February 2022 the ecological devastation illegal mining causes in the Orinoco Mining Arc, in the Bolívar department of the Venezuelan Amazon. “The serious environmental impact continues unchecked” by companies the Nicolás Maduro regime has authorized to exploit gold, “together with the actions [ … ]
Organized Crime Destroys Latin American Forests
Drug trafficking, illegal mining, and illegal logging in Latin America not only fuel violence, but also destroy the environment. “There was record destruction of the Amazon in 2020, as the rainforest loss an area around the size of Belize, and the situation looks even bleaker in 2021,” Insight Crime, an [ … ]
The Future of the Coldest, Windiest, Driest, Highest Place on Earth: The Antarctic Treaty
The treaty that governs the largest desert in the world is coming up for renewal in 2048. The year the Antarctic Treaty entered into force, 1961, most of the world was still watching television in black and white. On its face, this seems like something that we should be able [ … ]
Narcotrafficking in Brazil Speeds Up Amazon Rainforest Destruction and Increases Violence
Narcotrafficking in Brazil is increasingly intertwined with environmental crimes in the Amazon, researchers warn. Drug trafficking groups are relying more and more on loads of timber and manganese to conceal shipments of drugs abroad. “Much of the destruction of the forest in the region is the result of illegal activities [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Operation Against Illegal Mining Affects Finances of FARC Dissident Group
In early December 2021, the Colombian Military Forces’ Hercules Joint Stabilization and Consolidation Task Force (FTCEC Hercules, in Spanish) dealt a blow to the finances of the Oliver Sinisterra Front, a dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish), by disrupting illegal mining activities that it [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Nicaragua’s Other Crisis: Deforestation
Nicaragua is home to the second largest tropical rainforest in the Western Hemisphere, after the Amazon. The Bosawás Biosphere Reserve is considered to be the richest biome on the planet, according to UNESCO. However, Nicaragua has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, with a loss of [ … ]
Brazilian Federal Police Operation Shows Link Between Narcotrafficking and Mines in the Amazon
On November 4, 2021, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) launched Operation Narcos Gold to decapitalize and dismantle a criminal group that operated in the state of Pará for at least three years, promoting money laundering from narcotrafficking and using gold mining as a front. The operation involved more [ … ]
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 [ … ]