While the democratic legitimacy of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro has been rejected around the world, the dictator clings to ...

At the head of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces’ Joint Command since December 2023, at a very critical time in the history of the South American country, Admiral Jaime Patricio Vela Erazo must, among many ...

China’s growing influence in Latin America is being felt in Chile in several areas. Among others, the Asian country is pursuing increased access into the energy sector. China’s push, experts say, is a ...

The increasing number of Chinese-operated ports in Latin America is raising concerns about their use by Chinese criminal networks as well as transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) for the ...

As part of an ambitious modernization plan for 2025, the Argentine Armed Forces are boosting their aerial power with new acquisitions and upgrades. Among those are four Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion ...

This article was first published in U.S. Northern Command’s magazine The Watch, Volume 5, 2024. Threats to hemispheric security are myriad: trafficking in people, weapons and drugs; illegal fishing ...

Contributing to the stability and security of the region through earnest cooperation with partner nations, military, and intergovernmental organizations ranks high among the many objectives of ...

Russia has been intensifying its influence in Latin America on several fronts. In the IT sector, Russia has been furnishing advanced surveillance systems to several Latin American countries, ...

Trinidad and Tobago co-hosted the Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC), in Port of Spain, December 10-12, bringing together 21 nations to discuss enabling a regional approach to respond to ...

On December 10, U.S. Ambassador Candace Bond and U.S. Navy Admiral Alvin Holsey, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), met with Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley and other government ministers ...

The year 2024 marked a turning point in the relations between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Peru. While at the global level countries such as those of the European Union, Canada, and the ...