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![Image The rise and dominance of Colombia's private military contractors [Lima Charlie News]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Colombias-Private-Military-Contractors-Lima-Charlie-News.png?time=1686085475)
The policies designed to protect human rights and avoid reliance on vigilante gangs in the fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have driven Colombians into private security. Keep Reading
![Image U.S. immigration crisis could worsen if Nicaragua fails to hold it together [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Jorge Cabrera/Reuters]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/U.S.-immigration-crisis-could-worsen-if-Nicaragua-fails-to-hold-it-together-480x320.jpg)
Daniel Ortega’s balancing act has kept Nicaragua from suffering the fates of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, where thousands have fled to the U.S. due to poverty, skyrocketing crime and gang-related violence. But after months of protests and a brutal government crackdown, Ortega’s days may… Keep Reading
![Image NATO's embrace of Colombia signals Western insecurities about China in Latin America [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Mauricio Duenas Castaneda / EPA]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/NATOs-embrace-of-Colombia-signals-Western-insecurities-about-China-in-Latin-America-480x320.jpg)
With Chinese investment and influence in Latin America on the rise, NATO and the U.S. welcomed Colombia into NATO’s global partnership, the first Latin American country to join. In May, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced that Colombia would join NATO as a “global partner.”… Keep Reading
![Image Prison fire and riots throw more chaos into Venezuelan presidential elections [REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Prison-fire-and-riots-throw-more-chaos-into-Venezuelan-presidential-elections--480x320.jpg)
Venezuelans who came to visit incarcerated loved ones last week instead bore witness to the detention center being engulfed in flames. 68 have been confirmed dead, according to officials, and on Monday, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced that prison officials’ “negligence” had played… Keep Reading
![Image Venezuela's refugees add pressure to Colombia's presidential race [Lima Charlie News]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Venezuelas-refugees-add-pressure-to-Colombias-presidential-race-480x320.png)
“Please. I’m pregnant, and we won’t survive there,” pleaded a Venezuelan woman standing on a bridge that stretches between the northern Colombian city of Cúcuta and Venezuela. “I’m sorry, honey, but you need to go back,” said a Colombian female police officer, sending the sobbing… Keep Reading
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A joint Russian-Argentinian investigation that followed the seizure of 850 lbs. (389kg) of cocaine on the grounds of Russia’s embassy in Buenos Aires, led to 6 arrests this Thursday. The December 2016 seizure, with a street value estimated to be worth about $60 million, sparked a… Keep Reading
![Image Venezuela’s mass exodus continues as Maduro opposition vows to boycott presidential election [Image: ARIANA CUBILLOS / AP]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Venezuela-asylum-ARIANA-CUBILLOS-AP-480x322.jpg)
As the economic circumstances in Venezuela continue to deteriorate, its citizens are increasingly desperate to find relief abroad. While approximately three million, or to put that number in context, a tenth of the population, have left the country in the last two decades, roughly 1.2… Keep Reading
SolarReserve is developing technology to make a solar system with 24-hr power generating capacity. The system relies on molten salt for its efficiency. In 2015, SolarReserve opened 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes solar energy facility. It has 1,100 megawatt-hours of energy storage, and the facility can… Keep Reading
Last week, a cease fire between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), a communist guerrilla army, came to an end, and the rebels went straight to work attacking the county’s oil infrastructure. #Atención | Por atentandos al oleoducto #CañoLimónCoveñas, le pedimos a… Keep Reading
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Lima Charlie Business | South America, Venezuela Something in Venezuela Square in Caracas was conspicuously absent this Christmas: lights. This year Venezuela has suffered from 2000% inflation, as the government ramped up the printing of money to deal with a constitutional crisis and an economic crisis… Keep Reading
Russia may have its own independent internet infrastructure by August 1, 2018. That’s according to members of the Russian Security Council who reportedly discussed the creation of an alternative to the globally used Domain Name System or DNS. While Russian officials cite national security concerns… Keep Reading
Lima Charlie Business | Central & South America Protests over a disputed election in Honduras began to ramp up on Monday, as Honduran police said they would ignore orders to crack down on protestors in the streets. The police mutiny began when the elite Comando de Operaciones Especiales (COES)(“special… Keep Reading
Thousands of women marched in major cities around Venezuela Saturday both for and against the country’s socialist government. Those wearing white shirts in protest sang the national anthem and chanted, “Who are we? Venezuela! What do we want? Freedom!” Those in favor of President Nicolás… Keep Reading
CARACAS, VENEZUELA (LC – SOUTH AMERICA) Opposition leaders have called for new mass protests on Monday, after twelve people were killed in Caracas in three days of street fighting, protests and looting. The latest figures raise the total number of deaths during growing protests to… Keep Reading
![Image Peace for Colombia? FARC Havana Deal Promises End to 50 Year War [Lima Charlie News]](https://75bdb6.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Colombia-FARC-Peace-480x320.jpg)
FARC Havana peace deal sets the stage for lasting peace: But at what cost? On August 24th, shortly after 7 PM local time, the nation of Colombia bid “Adios A La Guerra,” bringing the longest running war in the Americas to a historic and hopeful… Keep Reading
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Colombia Celebrates Independence Day and Cautious Optimism. Colombia! The happiest country in the world, according to a 2012 and 2016 WIN/Gallup International Poll, celebrates its 206th birthday today. Día de la Independencia! Heralded as the Gateway to South America, Colombia follows its neighbor to the… Keep Reading
