{"id":27101,"date":"2022-05-20T14:57:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/20\/why-latin-american-partners-need-a-better-way-to-share-intel-than-whatsapp\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:41:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:41:43","slug":"why-latin-american-partners-need-a-better-way-to-share-intel-than-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/newsletters\/daily-brief\/2022\/05\/20\/why-latin-american-partners-need-a-better-way-to-share-intel-than-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Latin American partners need a better way to share intel than WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 A number of U.S. partners in Latin America hunting down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/07\/10\/trump-praises-southcom-counter-drug-ops-that-seize-264000-pounds-and-1000-traffickers\/\" target=\"_blank\">narco-terrorists<\/a> and criminal gangs and countering Russian and Chinese government influence share their sensitive data and communicate through the messaging application <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WhatsApp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lead U.S. special operations general wants to change that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are secure communication, data analysis and software tools in widespread use across many parts of the globe to combat terrorism and track U.S. adversaries with regional partners. But those expensive tools are not an option for cash-strapped countries in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/02\/15\/the-us-track-record-at-building-foreign-militaries-isnt-great-but-the-mission-wont-go-away\/\" target=\"_blank\">Central and South America<\/a>, said Rear Adm. Keith Davids, commander of Special Operations for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcom.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Southern Command.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/02\/14\/advising-everywhere-army-sfabs-go-smaller-farther\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/taking-cover-close-up.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Advising everywhere: Army SFABs go smaller, farther<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The part diplomat, part combat-ready force must set aside some of their own ideas and exercise a rare skill \u2014 listening.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Davids had a focused audience of a few thousand vendors of such tools when he shared that information while speaking here on a panel Wednesday at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference held by the National Defense Industrial Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two-star noted 60% to 70% of the drug interdiction in the region is done by partners. But they\u2019re able to do that because of the intelligence-sharing the United States can provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Davids said how they\u2019re transmitting it creates vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of information is shared between our partners and even law enforcement on WhatsApp,\u201d he said. \u201cProbably not where we want to be in the 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s looking to industry for the right tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnything that is affordable and secure enough that allow me to pick up the phone and call my teammates, my foreign partners and share our security concerns could hugely enable them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The money problem hasn\u2019t gotten better. Davids said the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic hit many South American countries disproportionally hard, and it will take years to recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6720\" height=\"4480\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jungle-vehicle-southcom.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jungle-vehicle-southcom.jpg.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jungle-vehicle-southcom.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jungle-vehicle-southcom.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jungle-vehicle-southcom.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jungle-vehicle-southcom.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jungle-vehicle-southcom.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6720px) 100vw, 6720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. personnel and participating allied nations dismount a vehicle before a foot patrol during Tradewinds 2021, Camp Seweyo, Co-operative Republic of Guyana, June 22. (Spc. N.W. Huertas\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, People\u2019s Republic of China agents in the region are brokering deals for shipping access, fishing access and oil and minerals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And they\u2019re offering technology at a subsidized and steep discount, Davids said, adding that he or other officials have to tell South American countries they may not be able to share information as readily if they\u2019re on a Chinese government network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI immediately get asked, \u2018What\u2019s your alternative?\u2019\u201d Davids said. That\u2019s because, as his partners tell him, \u201ca drowning man will grab a lifejacket from anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forces need tools for a common operating picture, especially for ungoverned spaces such as shorelines, rivers or borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Davids called the special operators and other U.S. forces, especially those doing civil affairs and psychological operations work in the region, the \u201cscouts\u201d for other U.S. entities like the U.S. State Department, letting them understand better what\u2019s going on in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6416\" height=\"4277\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rear-Adm.-Keith-Davids.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rear-Adm.-Keith-Davids.jpg.jpg 6416w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rear-Adm.-Keith-Davids.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rear-Adm.-Keith-Davids.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rear-Adm.-Keith-Davids.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rear-Adm.-Keith-Davids.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Rear-Adm.-Keith-Davids.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6416px) 100vw, 6416px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joint Task Force-Haiti Commander, Rear Adm. Keith Davids, speaks to Marines assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment in a vehicle stowage area aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), Sept. 1, 2021.(Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Bellino\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Times has reported extensively on work by the Army\u2019s Security Force Assistance Brigades in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning in 2019, U.S. Southern Command began to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/13\/a-big-army-warfighting-focused-exercise-is-planned-for-south-america\/?contentQuery=%7B%22section%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22exclude%22%3A%22%2Fnews%2Fyour-military%22%2C%22from%22%3A465%2C%22size%22%3A10%7D&#038;contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8\" target=\"_blank\">reinvigorate military exercises <\/a>with Latin American partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018, then SOUTHCOM head Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd laid out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/07\/five-key-challenges-for-southcom\/\" target=\"_blank\">five key challenges<\/a>, including Iranian efforts to penetrate the region, Military Times reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6720\" height=\"4480\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/guyana-field-rain.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/guyana-field-rain.jpg.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/guyana-field-rain.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/guyana-field-rain.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/guyana-field-rain.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/guyana-field-rain.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/guyana-field-rain.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6720px) 100vw, 6720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) participate in a foot patrol during Tradewinds 2021, Camp Seweyo, Co-operative Republic of Guyana, June 22. (Spc. N.W. Huertas\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHezbollah\u2019s been there for a long time,\u201d Tidd said at the time. They have used \u201clarge-scale criminal activity to fund terrorism in other parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of this comes among concerns about potential weapons of mass destruction vulnerabilities along the U.S. southern border, ongoing drug trafficking into the United States and growing mass migration security concerns. As well as Chinese and Russian government influence in that space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a global front \u2014 what the PRC is doing,\u201d Davids said. \u201cThey\u2019re trying to politically isolate Taiwan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese government is doing that in part by chipping away at support for Taiwan in Latin America. Currently eight of 14 nations that recognize Taiwan as a country are in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we see is the PRC is very aggressively trying to flip that,\u201d Davids said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They\u2019re doing that through infrastructure funding, supply chain funding and wedging their interests on both sides of the Panama Canal. Those moves help create leverage for votes against Taiwan policies at the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The canal produces its own set of concerns beyond politics, Davids said. He called the space a \u201cglobal chokepoint\u201d for supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor those of you who haven\u2019t been there and seen the never-ending line of container ships that are waiting to transit, and you think \u2018how in the world am I going to find a needle in a haystack?\u201d Davids said. \u201cThat is a really wicked problem that begs for technological solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1986\" height=\"1315\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/green-beret-colombia-shoothouse1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/green-beret-colombia-shoothouse1.jpg.jpg 1986w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/green-beret-colombia-shoothouse1.jpg.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/green-beret-colombia-shoothouse1.jpg.jpg?resize=768,509 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/green-beret-colombia-shoothouse1.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,678 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/green-beret-colombia-shoothouse1.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1017 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1986px) 100vw, 1986px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Green Beret assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), right, coaches a member of the Colombian Compa\u00f1\u00eda Jungla Antinarc\u00f3ticos as he emplaces an explosive door-breaching charge while others provide security during a live-fire joint training exercise inside an Eglin Air Force Base shoot house. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better data analysis tools could help with that and even with the decades-long narco-trafficking problems the region has faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manpower is limited as the United States beefs up its Pacific presence, continues its counterterrorism mission in the Middle East and backs up Europe during the recent Ukraine crisis. And much of what they need to know about lies in ungoverned, unmonitored spaces, including border regions, dense jungles, rivers and shorelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By better structuring and sharing data, the forces in the region might better know what\u2019s going on. Right now, that\u2019s on the shoulders of small teams of troops, such as Green Berets working in Colombia to counter rebel groups and drug traffickers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it goes beyond operators helping troops gather intel better and is wedded to how the United States messages its intent and how it can help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRelationships are framed by history, so there are certainly some challenges to work through,\u201d Davids said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Miami, Florida native noted the shared cultural ties of democratic governance, rules of law, trade relations and economic remittances from the United States southward all bind the region together in many ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When trying to spread their message, Davids said it\u2019s been more effective to work through credible local allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I\u2019ve found in the SOUTHCOM [area of responsibility] is if it comes from the United States and it looks like a counter-PRC message, sometimes that falls on deaf ears,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, what\u2019s been really effective is working with our foreign partners to give them the intel and information and then they become the voice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While China might grab the headlines, Russia has a deeper history in the region and continues to bolster that he said. From its long ties with Cuba dating back to the island nation\u2019s communist government origins to its current support of the regime of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, Russia is a mass foreign influencer in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Russia\u2019s approval rating dropped by 9% after its invasion of Ukraine. That gives the United States an opportunity to strengthen its ties and hopefully sway Latin American leaders leaning toward Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Davids said he\u2019d love to show partners videos of Russia\u2019s actions and performance in Ukraine now and offer a few questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s the military partner of choice? How\u2019s that working out? How\u2019s the equipment working out? How\u2019s the tactics?\u201d he said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t want to partner with that organization.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better tools could help with a host of regional 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