Senior logistics leaders from 19 partner nations of the Western Hemisphere came together for the fifth U.S. Southern Command- (SOUTHCOM) sponsored Senior Leader Logistics Symposium (SLLS), in Doral, Florida, September 6-7. Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, the United Kingdom, [ … ]
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China Shies Away from Coalition Against Synthetic Drugs
The fight against the synthetic drugs that are wreaking havoc around the world is entering a new chapter. Some 90 countries are now part of the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats. China plays a leading role in the sale of precursors used in the commercial manufacture of these [ … ]
SENNIAF Provides Protection for Migrant Children in the Darién
Graciela Isabel Mauad Ponce took over as head of Panama’s National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents, and the Family (SENNIAF) in May 2021. Since then, one of her tasks has been to attend to the situation of migrant children and adolescents who cross the thick Darién jungle on the border between [ … ]
China’s Rapacious Port Expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean
In recent years, China’s expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean has been a topic of discussion in the world’s major political and economic circles. And the reason is clear: China seeks to become the region’s main trading partner and leader over the rest of the world in the financing, [ … ]
China’s ‘Long Game’ Influence Campaign in Latin America
U.S.-based cybersecurity firm Nisos uncovered the existence of a network of pro-China accounts targeting Latin American audiences, designed to bolster the country’s image and status, Time magazine reported in mid-July. This operation is part of the continued expansion of Chinese influence in the region, to consolidate its position as the [ … ]
Paraguay Reaches Record Drug Seizures
Paraguayan authorities made historic drug seizures between 2018 and 2023, with 30,000 tons of marijuana and nearly14 tons of cocaine in more than 5,000 operations, Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) indicated in a statement. “International cooperation was key to carrying out these actions in the fight against organized crime,” Francisco [ … ]
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, [ … ]
Chinese Investments in Brazil Create Unfair Competition
Brazil’s relationship with China and some of the trade agreements recently signed for Chinese companies to invest in the South American nation have set off alarm bells in industrial sectors, warning of unfair competition that harms the local market. In mid-April, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva traveled to [ … ]
Brazil Exposes and Dismantles Major Money Laundering Ring from International Narcotrafficking
The Brazilian Federal Police (PF) successfully dismantled a large money laundering network linked to international drug trafficking. Operation Bahamut, launched on July 12, led to the arrest of several people in the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. As part of Bahamut, [ … ]
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 [ … ]
‘Narco Bananas,’ New Drug Trafficking Method
Ecuador and Colombia are making significant efforts to reduce the advances of narcotrafficking in their territories, increasing their focus on the banana industry, an important source of income for both nations. In a June 2023 investigation, Ecuador’s state-owned TC Televisión and the transnational media initiative CONNECTAS warned about the increase [ … ]
Brazil’s Criminal Groups Hamper Fight Against Illegal Mining in the Amazon
Brazil’s largest criminal groups, the First Command of the Capital (PCC) and the Red Command (CV), have been working together with illegal miners in the Amazon, hampering government efforts to eradicate mining and contributing to increased violence in Brazil’s Yanomami reservation, the largest indigenous territory in the world and home [ … ]