Although increasingly authoritarian, Ecuador is unable to get a grip on its prison problem
Clashes between inmates in the prison of the city of Esmeraldas, located in the northwest of Ecuador, left three inmates...
January 12, 2022Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil-Paraguay border reported at least 10 journalist deaths in a decade
"Someone hired me to kill you tied up," read a message received by a Paraguayan radio broadcaster, based in Pedro...
January 3, 2022
U.S. military personnel shared war tactics with the Brazilian Air Force
The event, which took place from December 6 to 16, was attended by military personnel from the 81st Fighter Squadron...
December 23, 2021
Brazil’s Federal Police arrest militia leader in Rio; operation leaves 5-year-old boy wounded
The Federal Police on Tuesday, December 21, arrested the leader of a militia that operates in the community of Rio...
December 23, 2021
Alert on increase in murders in rural areas of Brazil
The Pastoral Land Commission in Brazil found that in the country, between January and November 2021, 26 murders were recorded
December 22, 2021
Police violence in Brazil: a black person is killed every 4 hours
A survey conducted by the Network of Observatories on Security (ROS) revealed that the police kill a black person every...
December 22, 2021
Argentina is studying the purchase of a submarine to reinforce defense
Argentine Minister of Defense held talks with French company Naval Group to study the possibility of the purchase of a...
December 21, 2021
Brazil’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office and Police conduct operation against Nazi groups
Prosecutor's Office (MPRJ) and the Civil Police yesterday served 4 arrest and 30 search and seizure warrants issued against self-proclaimed..
December 17, 2021
U.S. sanctions Brazil’s largest drug trafficking group
The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on individuals and companies linked to drug trafficking groups,
December 16, 2021