Pentagon leaks: warning of Russia's and China's intentions in Latin America and the Caribbean

New details about the leaked Pentagon Intelligence documents have come to light. According to the Miami Herald, which accessed some of the documents, some information confirms the involvement of Russia and China in the internal affairs of Latin American and Caribbean countries. Different international observers and studies had already formed this hypothesis, but the documents reveal in detail the movements of these powers in these countries close to the United States' southern border.

According to documents available to the Miami Herald, the mercenary group Wagner, which is aligned with the Russian government, intends to occupy an important place in Haitian security efforts. Members of this private military company are said to have come to Haiti to convince authorities to count on them to remedy the country's serious national security crisis.

Haiti, which dismantled its armed forces in 1995 to prevent a coups d'état, has been trying since 2017 to put its army back on its feet. In this task, the United States is unsuccessfully trying to offer solutions to the Caribbean country. The presence of the Wagner mercenary group on the island of Hispaniola could pose a serious threat to the United States.

Nicaragua and Brazil in the spotlight

Nicaragua is another country mentioned in the reports. There, Russia would be heavily involved through security cooperation agreements. From the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Ortega regime maintained its support for Russia. According to the documents, China could take Russia's place in Nicaragua in the future due to the conflict in Ukraine. There, Beijing has set its sights on the construction of a large deep-water port located in the town of Bluefields on the Caribbean coast.

Brazil would also be involved. President Lula da Silva offered to mediate in the Ukrainian conflict. Russia is said to have pressured Brazil to obtain support in the mediation. The documents cited by the Miami Herald speak of a Russian attempt to create a "club of supposedly impartial mediators" to break the victim-aggressor narrative that is hegemonic in most Western countries.

The Department of Justice and the Pentagon are investigating the source of the leak. Authorities were skeptical and said that there is a possibility that the files were forged. According to Dmitri Alperovitch, president of Silverado Policy Accelerator think tank, the leaked material is "incredibly useful" to the Kremlin.