Colombia Rocked by Sustained, Countrywide Protests
Colombia has been seized by debilitating, nationwide protests that show no signs of abating. While the original impetus for protests was a tax proposal aimed at closing a yawning budget…
African Autocrats Using COVID to Consolidate Power
In those African countries led by autocrats, COVID-19 has cost not just lives but an erosion of civil liberties as well. According to the excerpted accompanying article from Germany-based Deutsche…
COVID-19 Pandemic Fuels Violence Against Women
Many of the victims of COVID-19 in Africa don’t have the virus. Instead, as the accompanying article from Deutsche Welle points out, they are the women who have been beaten,…
Al-Shabaab Successfully Recruits in Kenya’s Isiola County
Despite Kenya’s Isiolo County being located far from the Kenya-Somalia border as well as the country’s hotspots of violent extremism, such as Nairobi and the coast, and despite the deployment…
Philippines Military Sees Imminent End to Communist Insurgency
The Philippines has been battling Communist insurgents in the New People’s Army (NPA) for decades. Despite the end of the Cold War, the NPA has remained resilient. However, the excerpted…
Army Games and Russian Soft Power
As expected, Russia proved victorious during the 6th annual International Army Games, which were held from 23 August to 5 September. Russia has won every year since its inception in…
How the Turkish Military is Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19
Despite the outbreak of COVID-19, the Turkish military is more active than ever. It is currently fighting on two military fronts (Syria and Libya) while conducting operations against Kurdistan Workers’…
Peru Pandemic News
Comments on reportage in covering the COVID-19 pandemic in the Ibero-American region have been problematic because data sources and methods have appeared so confusing, untrustworthy and inconsistent, both across and…