https://www.reuters.com/world/guatemala-receives-first-arrivals-ukrainians-fleeing-conflict-2022-03-12/ Last Friday it was announced that Guatemala is taking in Ukrainian families fleeing their homeland since Russia’s invasion of its neighbor last month. These Ukrainian families arrive in the Central American country for humanitarian reasons. One of the Ukrainian members who were able to flee released a statement saying “I don’t know what the future holds for us, but… Read more »
https://news.sky.com/story/costa-rica-declares-state-of-emergency-following-russian-speaking-criminal-cyber-terrorism-12609215 Costa Rica has now had to declare a state of emergency following the Conti gang behind these ransom attacks. The hackers have interrupted the country’s tax collection and exposed citizens’ personal information as the President Rodrigo Chaves who previously sworn into office described the attack of 18 April as an act of cyber terrorism. The State Department added that… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61297538 Tensions rise between Haiti and the Dominican Republic as the DR is now pressing Haiti to launch an immediate investigation into the apparent kidnapping of one of its diplomats. This happened near the capital of Haiti in Port-au-Prince which for the past couple months have been wrecked by violent with armed gangs that are increasingly tightening their grip on… Read more »
https://time.com/6169890/cyber-attack-chaos-costa-rica/ This article talks about how lots of chaos occurring from ransomware attack that has crippled Costa Rica’s government IT systems is entering its second week with no resolution in sight. The Costa Rica government is refusing to pay the hacker like they want, however the hacker has begun publishing the stolen information which could be very bad for Costa… Read more »
