From the economic downturn forecasted by economists to the ongoing migration crisis of Venezuelan refugees and the wave of protests as citizens react to electoral fraud, grand corruption, and crippling austerity measures, the trends currently underway across our hemisphere indicate a period of challenges for democracies ahead. Recent polls from [ … ]
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Operation Green Brazil 2 Fights More than 7,500 Fire Outbreaks in the Amazon
The Brazilian government extended through April 30, 2021 Operation Green Brazil 2, which prevents and counters environmental crimes in the Amazon region. The Ministry of Defense (MD, in Portuguese) coordinates the initiative by deploying members of the Armed Forces and Public Safety and Environmental Protection agencies. Green Brazil 2, launched [ … ]
Authorities Follow the Trail of Alex Saab, Nicolás Maduro’s Front Man
The Colombian Office of the Attorney General seized assets valued at $9.8 million from Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman and Nicolás Maduro’s front man, CNN reported on October 17, 2020. Authorities seized two properties in Barranquilla and Cartagena and three companies that Saab used for money laundering, the report says. [ … ]
Paraguay, Brazil Disrupt Narcotrafficking, Money Laundering Ring
In early September, Paraguayan and Brazilian security forces dismantled one of the most powerful narcotrafficking and money laundering networks in the region, the Paraguayan Secretariat for the Prevention of Money or Asset Laundering (SEPRELAD, in Spanish) said in a statement. It is the García Morínigo clan, “a family scheme that [ … ]
Argentina: Security Forces Rescue Human Trafficking Victims
The Argentine National Gendarmerie dismantled a human trafficking network and rescued seven women age 18 to 25 who were being sexually exploited in Salta province. The operation took place in mid-July, when the force raided residences that offered sexual services. Gendarmerie agents detained two women (the gang leader and the [ … ]
Peru: Security Forces Neutralize 4 Shining Path Members
On August 24, troops of the Peruvian Armed Forces and the National Police neutralized four Shining Path terrorists in the coca-growing region of the Apurímac, Ene, and Mantaro Rivers Valley (VRAEM, in Spanish). Alias Cirilo, the group’s leader, and aliases Roger, Wilmer, and Alejandro were neutralized. [caption id="attachment_39407" align="alignright" width="383"] [ … ]
US Offers $5 Million Reward for Arrest of Venezuelan Chief Justice
The U.S. Department of State has offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Maikel Moreno, nominal president of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela. According to the announcement made on July 21, the State Department is accusing Moreno of money laundering and [ … ]
Political Prisoners Incommunicado amid COVID-19 Crisis in Venezuela
The Venezuelan nongovernmental organization (NGO) Foro Penal revealed that there were 451 political prisoners detained in police and intelligence facilities of Venezuela as of the first week of June. This represents a 35 percent increase over the number of prisoners of conscience recorded by the same organization in March, showing [ … ]
Armed Forces Promote Operation Green Brazil 2 to Combat Amazon Deforestation
In early May, the Brazilian federal government launched Operation Green Brazil 2, carrying out preventive and repressive actions to combat crimes against the environment, such as illegal deforestation and wildfires in the Amazon. The 5 million-square-kilometer area represents 59 percent of all the national territory and includes nine states: Acre, [ … ]
Armed Forces and International Agencies Combat the Spread of Coronavirus Among Venezuelan Refugees in Brazil
Boa Vista, in Roraima state, now has facilities specifically dedicated to providing services to refugees and vulnerable Brazilians. The state, in northern Brazil, has about 5,500 Venezuelans, who in addition to the crisis in their home country, face the threat of the coronavirus. The Protection and Care Area (APC, in [ … ]
Confusion and Imprisonment in Venezuela Due to Pandemic
Uncertainty prevails in Venezuela as COVID-19 spreads, not only due to the health system’s inability to face the pandemic, but also because official data are not trustworthy, and those who question them risk being detained. “You cannot trust the figures that the Nicolás Maduro regime provides. His administration has a [ … ]
Investigative Journalism Report Reveals ‘Corporate Labyrinth’ of Venezuelan Defense Minister
According to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), the family of Venezuelan Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino López was involved in a business network that included 24 companies based in the United States and Venezuela. “His family has built up a web of private companies and real estate [ … ]