Ecuador

Calm before the storm

June 22, 2010

Jorge Castañeda’s (former Mexican foreign minister and NYU professor) piece on geopolitics in Latin America and the two competing regional blocs: “Americas-1″—nations neutral to the conflict between the United States and Venezuela/Cuba or are openly opposed to the “Bolivariano” governments of Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela; and “Americas-2″—radical left nations moderately retreating but able [...]

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Brigade of Cuban Special Forces is in Ecuador

May 13, 2010

Cuban Special Forces—Black Wasps (Tropas Especiales—Avispas Negras) are allegedly in control of key sectors/zones in Ecuador’s capital, Quito. General Patricio Haro of the Liberty and Justice movement claims that members of Batallón Pardo, a brigade of Cuban special forces capable of organizing shock troops is in the country. These troops have come to Ecuador as a [...]

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Ecuador’s govt using CDR to surveil rural areas

October 4, 2009

It looks like Ecuador is adopting Cuba’s CDR model to surveil rural areas of the country, reports El Universal. A force of 15,000 members is being proposed first for Manabi province. Cesar Alvarado, director of PAIS, said: “The CDR (Committee of Citizen Revolution — Comites de Revolucion Ciudadana) will be responsible for monitoring the Citizen [...]

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Regional security in the Americas

September 3, 2008

The Eighth Defense Ministerial of the Americas: End of the Line? by Ray Walser Heritage Foundation The Canadian government will host the Eighth Defense Ministerial of the Americas (DMA) September 2

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Cuban espionage, threat to the Americas

August 19, 2008

By Jerry Brewer via Mexidata.info Totalitarian dictatorships still exist and, as a matter of fact, they are very much alive in Latin America. Democracies throughout the Americas must immediately address their governments’ counterintelligence missions, and their strategic long and short range vision to monitor aggression and other forms of insurgency within their homelands. Cuba’s intelligence [...]

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