Laura Poy Solano

2 weeks ago | dialogo-americas.com | Laura Poy Solano

The fight against the Tren de Aragua has been intensifying in Latin America with several feats, thanks in part to increased cooperation and intelligence exchange of partner nations’ security forces. The Tren de Aragua, which started in Venezuela and whom Argentina and the United States designated as a terrorist organization, has been spreading its tentacles and wreaking havoc throughout the region.

2 weeks ago | dialogo-americas.com | Laura Poy Solano

The unfair influx of cheap Chinese steel continues to be a problem for Latin America’s steelmakers. As China pushes out shipments of steel, countries of the region are stepping up protections for their local industries. More recently, Colombia joined its neighbors, raising tariffs on Chinese steel in an effort to assuage its producers and lessen the impact on local jobs.

2 weeks ago | dialogo-americas.com | Laura Poy Solano

In the middle of the night and in adverse weather and sea conditions, units of the Colombian Navy, with the support of a U.S. aircraft, intercepted a semisubmersible in the Colombian Pacific carrying 2,276 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride. The illegal vessel, the first semisubmersible intercepted this year, was manned by two Colombians and one Ecuadorian, the Colombian Navy said in a statement.

2 weeks ago | dialogo-americas.com | Laura Poy Solano

China is intensifying its presence in South America, with a strategy that goes beyond investment in mega-projects. By controlling key sectors such as mining, energy, and port infrastructure, Beijing is securing strategic resources and further inserting itself in the region. Its economic and geopolitical expansion follows the model applied in Africa, consolidating its influence and generating new diplomatic tensions.

2 weeks ago | dialogo-americas.com | Laura Poy Solano

More than a decade after China launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), its ambitious infrastructure and investment project that significantly broadened China’s economic and political influence worldwide and touted by President Xi Jinping as the “project of the century,” the BRI is losing steam.