Advanced Technologies and Psychological Warfare: Focusing on Latin America

26/09/2018
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Results of conferences, round tables and workshops of Russian researchers in South America (August 27–September 10, 2018)

 

The political landscape in Latin America changes drastically and very quickly now.

 

After thesymptoms of decline of the “Left Turn” several years ago one can see now the evident crisis of the right-centrist neoliberal models of the development, whether it is in Argentina where the national currency dropped for 25% percent only at the time of the visit of the Russian researchers or the systemic crisis in Brazil. The Left candidate won the presidential elections in Mexico in July 2018 and the Left have a chance to win the presidential elections in Brazil in October (or at least to show that they continue to be an influential force in this country). The symptoms of partial and unstable stabilization of the situation one can see in Venezuela. And perhaps, that is why
the secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS) based in Washington D.C., Luis Almagro, said recently that a "military intervention" to "overthrow" Nicolas Maduro's government cannot be ruled out.
 
 
No need to explain that the local economic and social problems are accompanied by hot political clashes and psychological warfare. The advanced technologies play now and much more in future very important role in social changes and in the political struggle in the region and all over the world. The psychological warfare itself more often use new tools and instruments based on the sophisticated technologies.
 
 
Some aspects of these processes were analyzed by Russian researchers at different academic events during their trip across South America in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
 
 
Read the full report in the pdf document.
 
 
 
 
 
https://www.alainet.org/en/articulo/195554
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