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China and Russia have stepped up their cyber presence in Latin America, while employing cyber tools, including disinformation, cybercrime, and electoral interference to pursue their goals in the region, experts said. Disinformation campaigns through state-owned Spanish-language social media platforms, cyberattacks, such as those the Russian Conti ransomware group perpetrated against Costa Rican and Peruvian government agencies in recent months, and the transfer of cybersecurity know-how and infrastructure, are some examples of their increasing cyber operations. ....
1 minute read Caracas, May 3 (EFE).- A new shipment of 50,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrived in Venezuela on Monday, bringing the total number of doses received from that source to 430,000. The South American country, home to around 28 million people, also had previously announced the arrival of shipments of the Chinese-developed Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine totaling 500,000 doses. Health Minister Carlos Alvarado, however, confirmed Monday morning upon receiving the new shipment at the Maiquetia international airport serving Caracas that to date a total of 1.48 million vaccine doses have arrived in Venezuela, an amount he said was sufficient to inoculate just over 800,000 people currently in the immunization process. ....