Category: Latin America

Road Blocking Bolivians Defeat Government Vaccine Mandates

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—On Jan. 19 the administration of socialist President Luis Arce canceled the requirement of proof of vaccination against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus to enter any public establishment or place of commerce. The announcement was made by health minister Jeyson Auza. The Movement for Socialism (MAS) party officials announced the original “supreme decrees” 4640…


Latin America Has Disjointed Response to Omicron Variant

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—Regional response efforts to the latest variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as Omicron, has been erratic since the arrival of the first case in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Nov. 23. Countermeasures by governments in Latin America range from tightening border and entry requirements, to vaccine mandates, to talk…


Russia May Put Troops in Venezuela and Cuba if US Tensions Continue

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who headed Jan. 10’s talks with U.S. officials in Geneva, said he could neither “confirm nor exclude” the possibility of a Russian military build-up within the borders of Cuba and Venezuela if tensions continue with the United States over Ukraine. Ryabkov’s statement adds pressure to existing tensions with the West over…


Rep. Tom Tiffany: Federal Government Is Facilitating a Human Trafficking Operation, One of the Largest in the World

Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) recently alleged that the U.S. government is running one of the largest human trafficking operations in the world, referring to operations at the U.S.-Mexico border, with processes to facilitate the trafficking of migrants through Latin America and into the U.S. heartland. To learn more about this and about his own findings…


US and China Compete for Influence Through Law Enforcement in Latin America

News Analysis Latin America is the new frontline in the battle for influence between the United States and the Chinese regime. The current threat includes the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) law enforcement partnership program in the developing world, particularly, Latin America. The CCP’s international law enforcement cooperation (LEC) consists of providing materials, equipment, inexpensive digital tools,…


Defense Diplomacy: Beijing’s New Weapon for Expanding Its Influence in Latin America

News Analysis Defense diplomacy is Beijing’s stealthy move to expand its soft power through arms sales and military education—for both autocratic states and democratic allies of the United States—in the Americas. The Chinese regime is giving arms, loans, and investment to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), in exchange for mineral resources and political allegiance….


China Makes Economic Inroads in America’s Backyard

News Analysis Through investment, trade, and diplomatic coercion, the Chinese regime is steadily expanding its influence into America’s backyard—Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) became one step closer to isolating Taiwan when Nicaragua recently announced that it switched diplomatic allegiance from Taipei to Beijing. This leaves Taiwan with only 14 allied…


Legacy of Extreme Violence Looms Over Honduras’ First Female President

The new president of Honduras is a woman—the first one elected to that position in a country ranked second in the world for female murders. Democratic socialist Xiomara Castro won the presidency on Nov. 30 after the candidate for the National Party, Nasry Asfura, conceded defeat and congratulated her for her victory. Historic firsts aside, Castro is facing…


Latin America’s Vaccine Rejection Stems From Sterilization, Experiments

In Latin America, vaccine resistance efforts persist despite continued pressure for governments to vaccinate populations against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Low vaccination rates, in part, are the result of a history of forced sterilizations and unethical medical experimentation, which has created distrust of Western medical initiatives by indigenous populations. In Peru and Bolivia, indigenous women of the Andes…


Top Mexican Health Official Rejects Travel Ban Over Omicron Variant

On Nov. 27, the nation’s deputy health secretary, Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, published a statement saying that travel restrictions and border closures were “unhelpful measures” that affect the economy and well-being of the people. This comes as a response to the discovery of a new variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, called Omicron. The CCP virus, otherwise…