Falklands Dispute Heats Up Once Again: Peru shows solidarity with Argentina Peru has cancelled the visit of a United Kingdom Royal Navy frigate in an effort to show solidarity with Argentina over their decades long dispute with the UK over the Falklands Islands. The HMS Montrose was supposed to dock in Peru later this week, […]
Pirate Attacks in Guyana
A small fishing boat travelling to help a fishing crew that was attacked by pirates this past weekend capsized on Saturday, leaving 3 out of the 4 crew members unaccounted for. Pirates targeted 15 fishing boats in a 24-hour spree in waters of Guyana’s Pomeroon river on Friday. Reports sent in to the Maritime Administration […]
Peru Piracy
Although the world’s attention has been recently drawn to pirate attacks in Somalia and elsewhere in the northwestern Indian Ocean, the threat in the Eastern Hemisphere remains significant, even if out of sight and mind of news agencies. Recently, a Japanese tuna trawler was raided by a group known as the “pirates of the sea” […]
Caribbean Security Risks
The recent economic growth in Latin America is quickly turning the Carribbean into one of the world’s largest hubs for international cargo transportation. As global trade increases with economic growth, countries from all over the world are showing notice– Australia and China in particular are non-regional players that have recently expressed interest in the Carribbean region. As this happens, […]