{"id":3696,"date":"2019-02-08T13:04:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T13:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vricmonitor.org\/february-2019\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T18:50:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:50:31","slug":"february-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/es\/february-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"FEBRUARY 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3696\" class=\"elementor elementor-3696 elementor-737\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c6a46b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c6a46b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c35842f\" data-id=\"c35842f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eafd73d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eafd73d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/vric01-1024x550.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5595\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/vric01-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/vric01-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/vric01-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/vric01-1536x825.png 1536w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/vric01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aa43b7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8aa43b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div><div><div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 12px; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">The commencement of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s illegitimate second presidential term in January has provided a platform for extra-regional actors to attack democracy in Latin America. The fight for legitimacy in Venezuela has formed two blocs around the globe: those who support Maduro, and those who oppose him.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">China, Russia, and Iran have used the Venezuelan crisis to counter U.S. influence by proxy; all three of these nations have denounced the U.S. stance on Venezuela and have vowed to protect the Chavista regime and the Bolivarian revolution. However, this heightened political tension in Venezuela should not distract from the persistent diplomatic, economic, social, and military engagement by these same foreign forces throughout the region.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">While Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state news outlets flood the media with their interpretation of current events, these nations are still aggressively pursuing their goal to offset U.S. influence in Latin America. Meanwhile, the VRIC bloc is opening opportunities for other extra-regional actors, namely Turkey, to do the same.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47614de elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"47614de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/venezuelacovermonitor-1-1536x640-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3850\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/venezuelacovermonitor-1-1536x640-1.webp 1536w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/venezuelacovermonitor-1-1536x640-1-300x125.webp 300w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/venezuelacovermonitor-1-1536x640-1-1024x427.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/venezuelacovermonitor-1-1536x640-1-768x320.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efd6b5f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efd6b5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">2019 began with an ongoing political crisis in Venezuela. Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s illegitimate second term in office is challenged by the National Assembly and the constitutional interim president, Juan Guaid\u00f3, who swore into office on January 23 before millions of Venezuelans. This quickly divided most of the world into two camps: those supporting Guaid\u00f3 and those supporting the Maduro regime.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">The Lima Group, comprised of 14 countries, signed a declaration denouncing Maduro, and joined the U.S. and many other nations worldwide in recognizing Guaid\u00f3 as the interim Venezuelan president. The only hold out of the Group is Mexico, who has declared neutrality on the issue. However, extra-regional actors such as Russia, Iran, China, Turkey, Hezbollah, and Hamas quickly voiced their support for the Maduro government and warned against U.S. intervention in Venezuela.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">As international pressure mounts against the illegitimate Maduro government, the regime continues to strengthen its alliances.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: square; color: #000000; font-size: 12px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\"><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Venezuelan opposition leader and\u00a0interim president Juan Guaid\u00f3\u00a0said Monday that President Nicolas Maduro is trying to transfer up to $1.2 billion to a bank in Uruguay. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/venezuela-guaido-accuses-maduro-of-trying-to-move-1-2-billion-to-uruguay\/4772099.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Voice of America on 04-FEB<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, made a quick visit to Venezuela to see Nicol\u00e1s Maduro on Friday, February 1. This trip was made during Morales\u2019 return to Bolivia from the U.S. where he was participating in a UN General Assembly meeting. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/rpp.pe\/mundo\/venezuela\/evo-morales-realizo-visita-relampago-a-nicolas-maduro-y-le-dio-su-respaldo-noticia-1178604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RPP on 01-FEB (content in Spanish)<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Venezuela will receive 2,000 Cuban doctors who left Brazil following a dispute between the Communist-run island and the government of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who ordered an end to their stay after taking office this year. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-venezuela-cuba\/venezuela-to-receive-2000-cuban-doctors-pulled-from-brazil-maduro-idUSKCN1PC00D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters on 17-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Salvadorans elected Nayib Bukele\u00a0as their next president, shocking the two parties that emerged from the country\u2019s\u00a0civil war in the 1980s and have held power\u00a0since. Bukele, who was previously with the FMLN, until his public expulsion in 2017, may still have ties to the party through his purported relationship with Jose Luis Merino and Alba Petr\u00f3leos.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/elfaro.net\/es\/201901\/el_salvador\/22845\/Bukele-se-divorci%C3%B3-del-Frente-pero-no-del-grupo-Alba.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">El Faro on 08-JAN (content in Spanish)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">BOLIVIA<\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: square; color: #000000; font-size: 12px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\"><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Bolivian Minister of Foreign Affairs Diego Pary confirmed Bolivia\u2019s anticipated participation in a conference\u00a0held by Mexico and Uruguay in Montevideo regarding the current conflict\u00a0in Venezuela. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eldeber.com.bo\/bolivia\/Bolivia-ira-a-conferencia-convocada-por-Mexico-y-Uruguay-por-caso-Venezuela-20190203-8398.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">El Deber on 03-FEB (content in Spanish)<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Cuban state\u00a0media\u00a0reports that El Salvador\u00a0relinquished\u00a0its pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to Bolivia\u00a0on Monday, January 14\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plenglish.com\/index.php?o=rn&amp;id=37632&amp;SEO=new-chapter-in-celac-el-salvador-hands-over-presidency-to-bolivia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prensa Latina\u00a0on 14-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Energy ministers from Peru and Bolivia agreed\u00a0to discuss building a pipeline that would transport natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Bolivia to its neighbor. The pipeline would provide crucial access to the Pacific Ocean for landlocked Bolivia, running to Peru\u2019s southern port of Ilo. Bolivia had wanted to build a pipeline through Chile to reach the ocean and expand its gas exports, but the International Court of Justice ruled against Bolivia\u2019s demand that Chile negotiate granting it sovereign access to the sea in October. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-peru-bolivia-natgas-idUSKCN1P505E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters\u00a0on 10-JAN<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a190c53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a190c53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/russiacovermonitor-1536x640-1-1024x427.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3853\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/russiacovermonitor-1536x640-1-1024x427.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/russiacovermonitor-1536x640-1-300x125.webp 300w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/russiacovermonitor-1536x640-1-768x320.webp 768w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/russiacovermonitor-1536x640-1.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e23d85f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e23d85f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 12px; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">Russia is actively working to defend its interests in Latin America, particularly in the energy sector. Despite Venezuela\u2019s failing economy and falling oil output, Russia stands behind its faithful ally, even so far as to reportedly provide mercenary troops for protection of the Maduro regime. As it stands, Russia owns significant portions of at least five oil fields in Venezuela.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">Meanwhile, it has also been enhancing its nuclear energy network in Latin America by collaborating closely with the Cuban and Bolivian governments. On January 17, the Russian Ministry on Science and Education invited Bolivian students to participate in a nuclear training program. Four days later, on January 21, Cuban nuclear physicists received awards in Russia for their research.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: square; font-size: 12px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\"><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">A Boeing 777 belonging to Russia\u2019s Nordwind Airlines arrived in Caracas on January 28\u00a0and could still be seen on January 30\u00a0on the tarmac at Maiquetia airport outside the capital, its presence sparking unproven claims that President Nicolas Maduro\u2019s administration is looking to whisk what\u2019s left of the nation\u2019s depleted gold reserves out of the country. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/the_americas\/surprise-arrival-of-russia-plane-to-venezuela-fuels-intrigue\/2019\/01\/30\/7975dcec-24ab-11e9-b5b4-1d18dfb7b084_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.02bac77af4c3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post on 30-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Private military contractors who do secret missions for Russia flew into Venezuela in the past few days to beef up security for President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in the face of U.S.-backed opposition protests, according to two people close to them. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-venezuela-politics-russia-exclusive\/exclusive-kremlin-linked-contractors-help-guard-venezuelas-maduro-sources-idUSKCN1PJ22M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters on 25-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Cuban state\u00a0media reports, PhD Katherin Shtejer D\u00edaz, researcher at the Center for Technological Applications and Nuclear Development (CEADEN), won one of the awards of the High Energy Laboratory of the Unified Institute of Nuclear Research (IUIN), in the city of Dubna, in the Russian Federation. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.periodico26.cu\/index.php\/en\/cuba-news\/item\/14119-cuban-nuclear-physics-awarded-in-russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Periodico26 on 21-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Cuban state\u00a0media reports Russia\u2019s State Nuclear Energy Corporation (Rosatom) and the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education invited Bolivian students to participate\u00a0in a\u00a0scholarship program to specialize in nuclear and related technologies. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plenglish.com\/index.php?o=rn&amp;id=37744&amp;SEO=russia-supports-bolivia-in-training-nuclear-specialists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prensa Latina on 17-JAN<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Russia\u00a0acknowledges the efforts that Venezuela has made to create Petro, an oil-backed crypto-coin, to deal with the U.S. sanctions and inflation, it has said that it\u2019s not ready to use it in bilateral trade but would continue supporting\u00a0Venezuela. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinexchangeguide.com\/russia-declines-to-use-venezuelas-petro-crypto-coin-proposes-to-help-the-country-without-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bitcoin Exchange Guide on 14-JAN\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">The Russian embassy is ready to assist suppliers looking to expand grain exports to Mexico, Viktor Koronelli, the Russian ambassador in Mexico, told\u00a0Sputnik.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.world-grain.com\/articles\/11473-russian-ambassador-eyes-more-grain-exports-to-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Grain on 10-JAN<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-186984a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"186984a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/irancoverfinal-1-1536x640-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3856\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/irancoverfinal-1-1536x640-1.webp 1536w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/irancoverfinal-1-1536x640-1-300x125.webp 300w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/irancoverfinal-1-1536x640-1-1024x427.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/irancoverfinal-1-1536x640-1-768x320.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a19423a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a19423a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">Iran\u2019s presence in January has primarily manifested in\u00a0active\u00a0media engagement complemented by\u00a0diplomatic and military outreach. Iranian state\u00a0news agencies such as Fars News, Mehr News, and Iran Daily have aggressively engaged with the news cycle to promote\u00a0Iran\u2019s global\u00a0agenda in Latin America. This was evident\u00a0during\u00a0major regional\u00a0events, such as Maduro\u2019s inauguration in Venezuela\u00a0or the Colombian car bombing by the ELN, when\u00a0Iranian state\u00a0media covered these events\u00a0with\u00a0posturing from the Islamic Republic.\u00a0A state visit to Venezuela by the Iranian defense minister prompted speculation of the Islamic Republic\u2019s military\u00a0adventurism, while unconfirmed reports of Hezbollah\u2019s presence in the mining region of eastern Venezuela added to the concern.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">Furthermore, Turkey\u2019s recent political alignment with Iran, possibly out of deference to its revolutionary model, could foreshadow potential new alliances in Latin America with revolutionary movements in the ALBA bloc and beyond.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: square; color: #000000; font-size: 12px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\"><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Colombian authorities have arrested two Iranian citizens on charges of overseeing illegal mining in the department of Choc\u00f3 and of having illicitly exported over $50 million worth of gold and platinum to Canada and the United States. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insightcrime.org\/news\/brief\/iranian-gold-smugglers-arrested-colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Insight Crime on 31-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Iran denounced events in Venezuela, saying the opposition\u2019s claim\u00a0that it held the presidency was a \u201ccoup\u201d and an attempt to take power unlawfully. The foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said: \u201cIslamic Republic of Iran supports the government and people of Venezuela against any sort of foreign intervention and any illegitimate and illegal action such as attempt to make a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat.\u201d \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/jan\/24\/juan-guaido-venezuelas-opposition-leader-declares-himself-interim-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian on 24-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Cuban and Iranian enterprises were expected to sign agreements for cooperation in the fields of public health, commercial investment, energy, agriculture, and sports. The agreements were lined up for the two-day 17th session of Cuban-Iranian Inter-Governmental Commission,\u00a0the Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment reported. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/financialtribune.com\/articles\/domestic-economy\/96213\/iran-cuba-line-up-agreements-in-wide-ranging-fields\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Financial Tribune on 16-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Defense Minister Amir Hatami attended the inauguration ceremony of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, which was held outside the Supreme Court building in Caracas. On the sidelines of the event, Hatami and his accompanying delegation also met with Bolivian President Evo Morales and discussed international and regional developments as well as bilateral ties, ISNA reported. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/financialtribune.com\/articles\/national\/96105\/defense-minister-attends-maduro-s-inauguration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Financial Tribune on 11-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">As Iran and Venezuela become increasingly isolated and sanctioned by the U.S and much of the international community, the two governments are said to be tightening their bond \u2013 with the help of Tehran\u2019s proxy group, Hezbollah, in the middle of the action. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/fervent-ties-remain-between-iran-and-venezuela-by-the-way-of-hezbollah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News on 10-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Iranian warships will sail for the first time into Atlantic waters early in 2019, the deputy commander of Iran\u2019s navy has said. The long-distance voyage would bring\u00a0Iran\u2019s military forces\u00a0closer to U.S. soil, and territorial waters, than they have been since the 1979 Islamic revolution which brought the current regime to power. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-navy-warships-atlantic-gulf-of-mexico-near-us-waters-spring-2019-irna-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS News on 04-JAN<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">HEZBOLLAH<\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: square; color: #000000; font-size: 12px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\"><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Following U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s recognition of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaid\u00f3\u00a0as that country\u2019s legitimate president, not President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, Hizbullah declared its support for Maduro, condemned the \u201cattempted overthrow\u201d that it said was orchestrated by the U.S., and sent an official delegation to the Venezuelan Embassy in Beirut to express its support for Maduro. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.memri.org\/reports\/hizbullah-declares-its-support-venezuelan-president-maduro-condemns-us-intervention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Middle East Media Research Institute\u00a0on 29-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">On January 14,\u00a0during the 13th annual Parliamentary Intel Security Forum, former Congressman Robert Pittenger stated Hezbollah has been laundering money in Paraguay. The Paraguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luis Castiglioni, quickly demanded proof, which was provided by Emanuele Ottolenghi, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, in a letter to ABC Color. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.com.py\/nacionales\/no-faltan-las-pruebas-1779166.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC Color on 19-JAN (content in Spanish)<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">In an interview with Miami-based\u00a0newspaper Diario las Am\u00e9ricas, opposition lawmaker Am\u00e9rico De Grazia revealed\u00a0Lebanese militant group Hezbollah controls gold exploration mines in Venezuela. De Grazia was criticizing President Nicolas Maduro\u2019s Orinoco Mining Arc, a mega-mining project to explore 12 percent of Venezuela\u2019s territory for non-renewable metals and minerals.-\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/News\/middle-east\/2019\/01\/14\/-Hezbollah-exploiting-gold-mines-in-Venezuela-politician-reveals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Al Arabiya\u00a0on 14-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Latin American authorities cautioned against the presence of Iran\u2019s proxy Hezbollah in South America\u2019s volatile Tri-Border Area (TBA), noting that the group is using tens of millions of dollars in drug trafficking and money laundering proceeds to fund its jihadi activities. Referring to Hezbollah and other drug traffickers in the TBA, Fabiano Bordignon, federal police chief of Foz do Igua\u00e7u, Brazil,\u00a0told\u00a0Infobae, \u201cThere is a great concern for the criminal organizations that exist in Brazil and are establishing very firm foundations throughout the border and within Paraguay and Argentina.\u201d \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2019\/01\/11\/report-hezbollah-funding-jihad-latin-american-drug-profits-brazilian-gang-deals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breitbart\u00a0on 11-JAN<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">TURKEY<\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: square; color: #000000; font-size: 12px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\"><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">In a break with NATO allies including the U.S. and Canada, Turkey has backed Nicol\u00e1s Maduro as the President of Venezuela. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday that countries which support self-proclaimed president Juan Guaid\u00f3\u00a0fuel the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, Reuters reported. Mr. Cavusoglu suggested that countries which have acknowledged Mr. Guaid\u00f3\u2019s victory should have instead brokered negotiations to mediate the conflict that sparked massive ongoing protests across Venezuela. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2019\/feb\/3\/turkey-backs-nicolas-maduro-venezuela-president-br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Times\u00a0on 03-FEB<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">A senior Western diplomatic source told the BBC that Turkey was now considered the main concern among the countries engaging in the gold trade. They added that there are growing suspicions that gold exported to Turkey was ending up in Iran, which would violate US sanctions.\u00a0Venezuela\u2019s gold trade with Turkey is soaring. Last year, the country exported almost $900m (\u00a3688m) worth of gold to Turkey, ostensibly to be refined there and returned to Venezuela, although there is no record of re-exportation. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-47092784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBC\u00a0on 02-FEB<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">When Venezuela\u2019s industry chief Tareck El Aissami swapped the Caribbean sun for the wintry skies of central Anatolia on Wednesday, he was greeted by bouquet-bearing dignitaries eager to play a role in Turkey\u2019s growing gold trade with the Latin American state. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/features\/gold-trade-booms-venezuela-eyes-stronger-turkey-ties-190117084423511.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Al Jazeera on 17-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Turkey\u2019s Vice President on Saturday called on Turkish businesspeople to focus on Latin America for investments. Speaking to the reporters, Fuat Oktay said there is a tremendous potential in Latin American and in Caribbean countries, adding the region is \u201cextremely\u201d important for Turkey\u2019s future goals. Oktay\u2019s remarks came after his meeting with several officials from South America in the Venezuelan capital Caracas. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/economy\/turkish-businesspeople-urged-to-focus-on-latin-america\/1362770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anadolu Agency on 12-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">The Turkish state media reports that Bolivia plans to open an embassy in Turkey to cement bilateral relations, Turkish presidential sources said late January\u00a09. The agreement on opening the embassy was reached at a meeting between Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay and Bolivian President Juan Evo\u00a0 Morales Ayma in the Venezuelan capital Caracas. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/bolivia-set-to-open-embassy-in-turkey-amid-growing-ties-140400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hurriyet Daily News\u00a0on 10-JAN<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">QATAR<\/strong><\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: square; color: #000000; font-size: 12px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\"><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, H E Dr Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi, met yesterday with Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina to the State of Qatar, Carlos Hernandez. During the meeting, bilateral relations between the two countries were discussed and ways of boosting them, in addition to discussing issues of joint interest. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/thepeninsulaqatar.com\/article\/17\/01\/2019\/Qatar,-Argentina-review-bilateral-ties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Peninsula on 17-JAN<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cab0337 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cab0337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/chinacover-1536x640-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3859\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/chinacover-1536x640-1.webp 1536w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/chinacover-1536x640-1-300x125.webp 300w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/chinacover-1536x640-1-1024x427.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vric.securefreesociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/chinacover-1536x640-1-768x320.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-191fed0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"191fed0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">China continues its aggressive outreach in Latin America, both in economic and extra-economic engagement. In light of the current trade war with the U.S., China is increasing its demand for agro-trade with Latin America. This is most evident in its increasing cooperation with Argentina, signing several agreements at the G-20 summit in December 2018, including 30 agriculture and investment deals and offering a $9 billion currency swap to Argentina\u2019s fledgling economy.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">Above its economic interests, China continues to advance its military-run space station in Argentina and its nuclear interests in Brazil. Filling trade gaps in Latin America continues to allow China to leverage trade dependency to purchase or acquire critical infrastructure, such as the recent purchase of 60% stake in the Peruvian port Chancy undergoing construction via a subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned company.<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\">\u00a0<\/p><ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: square; color: #000000; font-size: 12px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\"><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">When China built a military-run space station in Argentina\u2019s Patagonia\u00a0region it promised to include a visitors\u2019 center to explain the purpose of its powerful 16-story antenna. The center is now built \u2013 behind the 8-foot barbed wire fence that surrounds the entire space station compound. Visits are by appointment only. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-space-argentina-china-insight\/chinas-military-run-space-station-in-argentina-is-a-black-box-idUSKCN1PP0I2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters on 31-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">China will send 90 satellites on its Long March-6 carrier rocket into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre for an Argentine company, the China Great Wall Industry Corporation said. The corporation has signed a multiple launch services agreement with Satellogic, a private Argentine company specializing in Earth-observation satellites. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/argentina-set-to-launch-90-satellites-in-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punch on 18-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">The China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) group has bought all the existing solar and wind power assets of Italy\u2019s Enel group in Brazil, the group said in a statement released\u00a0in Rome.\u00a0The assets negotiated with the Chinese company are\u00a0solar power plants\u00a0in the state of Piau\u00ed\u00a0and\u00a0Bahia. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/macauhub.com.mo\/2019\/01\/17\/pt-grupo-china-general-nuclear-power-corporation-compra-activos-solares-e-eolicos-no-brasil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macauhub on 17-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Latin America represented 11% of\u00a0the total of Chinese steel exports, increasing its participation by two points compared to Jan-Nov 2017, becoming the main destination of the Chinese Steel exports, exemplified by the 28 percent increase of steel imports\u00a0from China to Latin America\u00a0in the last six (6) months. Among the Latin American countries, Chile was the main destination for the Chinese steel. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellenicshippingnews.com\/steel-imports-from-china-to-latin-america-grow-28-in-the-last-six-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Freight\u00a0News on 16-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">China for the first time positioned itself as the main market for Chilean agroforestry exports, displacing the United States. Mar\u00eda Emilia Undurraga, director of Odepa, reported that the balance of the silvo-agriculture trade balance in 2018 grew by 17%, compared to 2017, accumulating US $11.162 billion. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/industrytrend.net\/china-displaces-the-us-as-the-main-market-for-chilean-agroforestry-exports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Industry Trend on 09-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">As America recedes into the background, Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean has skyrocketed over the last ten years, according to a 2018 report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. China dropped close to $90 billion in the region between 2005 and 2016. With a growing emphasis on telecommunications, Chinese investment in emerging technology is increasingly\u00a0the primary fuel behind Latin America\u2019s tech boom. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-01-08\/guess-who-s-behind-latin-america-s-tech-boom-china-of-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloomberg on 09-JAN<\/a><\/li><li style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; list-style: none; position: relative; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline-style: none !important; outline-width: initial !important;\">Soybean growers in Brazil, already the world\u2019s largest exporter of the oilseeds, sold some 83.8 million tonnes of that grain last year in global markets, up 23.1 percent from 2017, according to foreign commerce data for 2018 released by Brazil\u2019s government. Brazil\u2019s largest soybean buyer was China, which remains embroiled in a trade war with the United States that hampered the ability of U.S. growers to compete with their Brazilian rivals. \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007bff; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; transition: all 0.3s ease-out 0s; outline: none !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/brazil-agriculture-exports\/brazil-farmers-receive-windfall-amid-global-trade-tensions-2018-data-idUSL1N1Z20ZU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters on 02-JAN<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"row related_row\" style=\"margin: 80px -15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; color: #000000; font-size: 12px; outline: none !important;\">\u00a0<\/div><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: none !important; margin: 0px 0px 50px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; font-family: Rubik, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: none !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-style: italic;\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> The VRIC Monitor does source a limited amount of media reports from state-owned or -controlled media outlets from\u00a0VRIC nations. These media reports are carefully selected and solely intended to report on cultural, diplomatic, economic, or military activities that are not reported on by other media and relevant for understanding VRIC influence in the region.<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: none !important; margin: 0px 0px 50px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-size: 19px; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; font-family: Rubik, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: none !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; font-style: italic;\">Given the inevitability that state propaganda will be mixed into these articles, we ensure that reporting from state-media outlets is no more than 20 percent of the overall VRIC Monitor and exclude any opinion pieces or anti-US (anti-West) declarations of any kind.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1fde9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae1fde9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; outline: none !important;\"><div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">The VRIC Monitor is a one-of-a-kind, monthly report from SFS tracking extra-regional\u00a0influence in Latin America. VRIC stands for\u00a0<\/em><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; text-decoration-line: underline; outline: none !important;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">V<\/em><\/span><\/strong><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">enezuela,\u00a0<\/em><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; text-decoration-line: underline; outline: none !important;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">R<\/em><\/span><\/strong><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">ussia,\u00a0<\/em><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; text-decoration-line: underline; outline: none !important;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">I<\/em><\/span><\/strong><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">ran,\u00a0<\/em><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; text-decoration-line: underline; outline: none !important;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">C<\/em><\/span><\/strong><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">hina where Venezuela represents the country itself, but also the broader Bolivarian Alliance or ALBA. Likewise, Iran represents the Islamic Republic and a growing presence of Middle Eastern actors in Latin America, namely its chief proxy, Hezbollah.<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 50px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: #505050; line-height: 34px; outline: none !important;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; outline: none !important;\">The monitor is comprised of open source information selected by SFS analysts and fellows. 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