{"id":64367,"date":"2023-05-03T20:14:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T20:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/03\/senate-advances-bill-to-enhance-latin-america-security-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:42:53","slug":"senate-advances-bill-to-enhance-latin-america-security-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2023\/05\/03\/senate-advances-bill-to-enhance-latin-america-security-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate advances bill to enhance Latin America security cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate on Wednesday advanced a bill to strengthen U.S. security cooperation \u201cwith democratic partner nations\u201d in Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Foreign Relations Committee moved the Western Hemisphere Partnership Act and the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act forward in a unanimous voice vote, paving the way for consideration by the full Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs malign state actors like Russia, China, and Iran seek to expand their footprint in the hemisphere, we must strengthen regional cooperation with our democratic neighbors to achieve these goals,\u201d the committee\u2019s top Republican, James Risch of Idaho, said in a statement after the vote. \u201cThis legislation builds off my previous legislative efforts to enhance our security and commercial relations with democratic countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Risch\u2019s Western Hemisphere Partnership Act would require the State Department to work with other federal agencies to \u201cenhance the institutional capacity and technical capabilities of defense and security institutions\u201d in friendly Latin American and Caribbean countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This assistance would include arms sales, foreign military aid and training as well as the provision of radars, vessels and communications equipment needed to \u201cdismantle organizations involved in illicit narcotics trafficking, transnational criminal activities, illicit mining and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill\u2019s security provisions exclude Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legislation also seeks to \u201cstrengthen cooperation to improve border security\u201d throughout the Western Hemisphere while enhancing port management and maritime security partnerships. Additionally, it seeks to enhance cybersecurity cooperation as well as commercial and economic partnerships in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAgainst the backdrop of rising geopolitical competition and mounting regional humanitarian, security, economic and political crises, the United States\u2019 efforts to deepen our relationship with democratic neighbors are more important than ever,\u201d Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who co-sponsored the Risch bill, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee advanced the bill the day after<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/05\/02\/active-duty-troops-headed-to-the-us-southern-border-again\/\" target=\"_blank\"> the Biden administration announced it would deploy 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border<\/a> help the Department of Homeland Security address a new wave of migrant crossings expected later this month. 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