By, CDR José Adán Gutiérrez, USN (Ret.), Senior Fellow, MSI² LTC Octavio Pérez, US Army (Ret.), Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² Dr Rafael Marrero, Chief Economist & Founder, MSI² This is the first article in a three-part series by the Miami Strategic Intelligence Institute (MSI²). The series examines Ecuador’s...
By, Dr. Luis O. Noguerol, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² 1. Introduction: The Rising Cybersecurity Challenge in Latin America In recent years, Latin America has found itself at an increasingly pivotal crossroads in global geopolitics, particularly concerning cybersecurity and telecommunications. As nations across the region rapidly digitize their...
By, Jaime (Jim) González, Senior Fellow, Analytical Tradecraft SME In my March 2025 article, “Colombia at a Crossroads: New Leadership, New Strategy, Uncertain Future,” I argued that Minister of Defense (MoD) Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez Suárez could pursue three courses of action to improve civil‑military relations while...
By, Jaime (Jim) González, Senior Fellow, Analytical Tradecraft SME The victory of President Daniel Noboa in Ecuador this year is of profound significance, particularly in the context of the country's strategic defense alignment with the United States. Following the invocation of the muerte cruzada constitutional mechanism and the...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² For over two decades, the clandestine use of low-profile vessels (LPVs), semi-submersibles, and the rare but technically advanced fully submersible craft has evolved from a maritime curiosity to a formidable logistics tool of transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). These vessels...
By, Jesús Daniel Romero, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, MSI² & PK Kelley, SME China’s expanding economic and military footprint in Latin America and the Caribbean—coupled with increasingly agile asymmetric threats and escalating humanitarian crises—demands a strategic overhaul of U.S. military posture in the Western Hemisphere (Ellis, 2023)....