Issue № 61. April 2017

Contemporary Period of the Psychological Warfare in Latin America

Ph.D., Lead Researcher, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Director, Centre for Social and Political Studies and Consulting, Moscow, Russian Federation.
E-mail: icspsc@mail.ru

The article examines the political, economic, media and geopolitical factors of psychological warfare in Latin America. Special attention is given to the multilevel character of psychological warfare, the active key leaders’ engagement in psychological confrontation, the peculiarities of strategic communications of the USA, Russia and China in the region, and the use of the latest ICT for achieving the dominance over the foe etc. Finally the author focuses on the influence of the presidential campaign in the USA and its’ results on the psychological warfare in Latin American countries.

Keywords

Psychological warfare, media wars, Latin America, strategic communication, communication management, China, Russia, the USA.