Latin America has taken a democratic backslide in the 21st century with more regimes entrenching themselves in power through autocratic practices and political repression. The lack of human rights and increase in political violence in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, are alarming, especially as this sort of authoritarian learning starts to spread throughout the region. For Episode 35 of the Border Wars Podcast, we are joined by Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano of the Republic of Paraguay, who shares lessons learned throughout his 35 years of diplomatic experience. Paraguay is a staunch supporter of Israel; it's the largest country recognizing Taiwan; and is an important trade partner for Brazil and Argentina, two of the largest countries in Latin America. Minister Ramírez Lezcano takes us through a tour of the region, discussing the challenges in Venezuela and Cuba, while explaining the opportunities in the Caribbean countries. Nominated by Paraguayan President Santiago Peña as a candidate to be the next secretary general of the Organization of American States, Minister Ramírez Lezcano also provides his vision for the OAS ahead of its election in March 2025.

Marxism has evolved from being an economic theory to a cultural battle that is subverting public schools, universities, the media, hollywood, and much more throughout America and the world. This isn't Soviet Marxism of the 1960s, it's Next Gen Marxism that has fueled violent protests and riots from Chile to Colombia to the United States and is destroying the nuclear family. For Episode 34 of the Border Wars Podcast, we sit down with author and renowned scholar Katie Gorka, who describes the geneology of Marxism from Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Antonio Gramsci, to Black Lives Matter and Antifa. In her latest book "Next Gen Marxism: What it is and how to combat it," co-authored with The Heritage Foundation scholar Mike Gonzalez, Gorka explains the top ten tactics for patriots to fight back and win the cultural battle against Woke ideology.

As China enters into a quarrel with the Philippines in the South China Sea and holds military drills encircling Taiwan - the question is no longer if China will attack but when? Understanding the warfare strategy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is essential for U.S. national security and important for allies in the Indo-Pacific: India, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, the Pacific Islands, and more. For Episode 33 of the Border Wars Podcast, we sit down with two top Indo-Pacific experts to explain what happens when China attacks and how to respond. Col. (ret) Grant Newsham from the Center for Security Policy (CSP) and Cleo Paskal from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) join the podcast to discuss how China's war against the U.S. and the West has already begun.

Grant Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine and American Diplomat that has served in the Indo-Pacific for decades and lived in Tokyo for more than twenty years and the author of the new book "When China Attacks: A Warning To America."

Cleo Paskal is a former travel journalist and current special correspondent for the Sunday Guardian newspaper in India, focusing her work on the Indo-Pacific, including recent research on the U.S. Freely Associated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands.

En nuestro nuevo episodio de Border Wars Podcast conversamos sobre como ha afectado de manera negativa el Gobierno de Gustavo Petro el crecimiento económico en Colombia, trayendo así mayor desempleo, pobreza, inseguridad y el fortalecimiento de redes criminales transnacionales. Para hacer un claro análisis sobre la crisis social y polarización que vive Colombia, estuvo con nosotros, por segunda ocasión, María Fernanda Cabal, Senadora de la República de Colombia y una de las principales líderes opositoras al Gobierno de Gustavo Petro. ¿Podrá Gustavo Petro realizar una Asamblea Nacional Constituyente en Colombia como lo hizo Hugo Chávez en Venezuela? ¿Petro desencadenará una Guerra Civil? ¿Cuál es la incidencia de actores externos como Nicolás Maduro y el Foro de São Paulo en todo lo que está pasando en Colombia? 📲 Suscríbase ahora a nuestro podcast en diferentes plataformas digitales: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3q4GXaR Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/34IkMzz Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/securefreesoc YouTube: https://bit.ly/BWPodcastYouTube #GustavoPetro #Colombia #BorderWarsPodcast

On April 13, Iran unleashed an unprecedented drone and missile attack against Israel. This follows the brutal terrorist attack by Iran-sponsored Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023, and arming the Houthi Rebels in Yemen to function as long-range pirates in the Red Sea. Since November, the Iran-backed Houthis have launched more than 40 attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea, effectively choking off the Bab al-Mandab Strait and shutting down the Suez Canal. They did this by using armed drones, fast attack craft, guided missiles, and other armament provided to it by the Islamic Republic of Iran. For Episode 31 of the Border Wars Podcast, we sit down with Erik Prince, the founder of the private security company Blackwater and more recent co-founder of Unplugged, a secure software and smartphone, to explain how the Houthi-style long-range piracy tactics are coming to the Caribbean courtesy of Iran and Venezuela. We discuss how an impending conflict between Venezuela and Guyana, over a disputed border territory called the Essequibo, is an extension of Iran's proxy wars in the Middle East with the backing of Russia and China.

Iniciamos nuestra tercera temporada de Border Wars Podcast, por eso para este episodio número 30, conversamos con una gran invitada, se trata Patricia Bullrich, actual Ministra de Seguridad de la República de Argentina. Patricia Bullrich, Doctora en Ciencias Políticas, Presidenta del PRO (Propuesta Republicana) en Argentina y Ex Diputada de la Nación por la Ciudad de Buenos Aires; junto a ella, nuestro Director Ejecutivo Joseph Humire, analizaron el cambio y crecimiento positivo que está viviendo la nación de Argentina con el liderazgo del Presidente Javier Milei, tras la crisis económica y social producida por más de 20 años en manos del kirchnerismo. ¿Cuál ha sido la incidencia directa que ha tenido Irán en la nación de Argentina a través de diferentes hechos de terrorismo como el atentado a la AMIA y el reciente caso del avión de Emtrasur con tripulantes miembros de la Guardia Revolucionaria Iraní? ¿De qué manera podemos unir esfuerzos en la región para enfrentar a dictadores como Nicolás Maduro y el Estado criminal que lidera desde Venezuela? 📲 Suscríbase ahora a nuestro podcast en diferentes plataformas digitales: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3q4GXaR Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/34IkMzz Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/GooglePodcastSFS YouTube: https://bit.ly/BWPodcastYouTube #PatriciaBullrich #JavierMilei #Argentina

En un nuevo episodio de Border Wars Podcast conversamos con Alicia Galván y Humberto López, fundadores de Patria Unida, un think thank de México con el propósito principal de levantar líderes en esa nación con la capacidad de defender las ideas de la libertad y la democracia en México. Las ideas del socialismo lideradas por el Presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) han traído un panorama de inestabilidad político-social para México; es así como Patria Unida, en el año 2022, se levantó como un movimiento, una voz para hacer oposición a la izquierda desde la sociedad civil. ¿Cómo es la conexión que existe entre el Presidente AMLO, el crimen organizado y las redes de narcotráfico? ¿Qué buscó el Presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador con la creación de una Guardia Nacional y su similitud con la Guardia Civil creada hace algunos años por Hugo Chávez en Venezuela? ¿Cuál es el propósito de AMLO al consolidar y establecer alianzas con Venezuela Rusia, Irán y China, y cómo esto trae riesgos para la estabilidad y seguridad del Hemisferio Occidental? Los invitamos ver este episodio para entender lo que sucede en México junto a los fundadores de Patria Unida, nuestro Director Ejecutivo Joseph Humire y el análisis de nuestro Investigador Senior José Gustavo Arocha. Para conocer más sobre Patria Unida: www.patriaunida.mx Instagram: www.instagram.com/patriaunidamx X: www.twitter.com/PatriaUnidaMX

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Central America has long been plagued with crime and corruption that has stifled foreign investment and slowed economic growth. That's where Próspera comes in. Próspera is a special economic zone or Zonas de Empleo y Desarrollo Económico (ZEDE) on the island of Roatán in the Central American country of Honduras. It's a legal autonomous zone with its own fiscal, regulatory, and administrative architecture - which is the key to its success and challenges. Not bound by the overburdened regulatory system of Honduras nor its complicated tax system, Prospera provides incentives for start-up companies and investors to thrive. More importantly it provides the legal framework for a stronger Rule of Law in a country whose current government is destroying the Rule of Law. For Episode 28 of the Border Wars Podcast we are joined by Nick Dranias, the general counsel of Próspera, to discuss the recent attacks made by the Xiomara Castro government in Honduras and efforts at indirect expropriation of foreign companies that are not Chinese or Russian. Who is behind these attacks? How far are they willing to go?

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