China Pressures Argentina to Build Naval Base
China is once again pressuring Argentina to build a naval base in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, which would mean opening the door to Antarctica for Beijing. The military base would allow China to control the passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and monitor communications throughout the hemisphere, amounting [ … ]
Chilean Tech Wins Big in US Army International Competition
The U.S. Army xTech Program wrapped up a second international search for novel science and technology innovations in mid-2022. With two first-place awards going to small businesses from Chile, Latin American innovators are creating a platform for future collaboration with the Army. The xTechInternational competition announced five winners in July [ … ]
Marine Forces South Hosts Brazilian Marine Corps in New Orleans for 2022 Operational Naval Infantry Committee
Members of the Brazilian Marine Corps arrived at U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH) and Marine Corps Forces, Reserve (MARFORRES) headquarters to take part in the annual Operational Naval Infantry Committee (ONIC) with U.S. Marine Corps counterparts from November 29 to December 2, 2022. The ONIC is a key forum [ … ]
New Hampshire National Guard, Salvadoran Cyber Teams Strengthen Partnership
Back lit by the soft blue glow of nearly a dozen computer screens, a joint cyber team from the New Hampshire National Guard administered a concept assessment to El Salvador’s burgeoning cyber unit during a recent State Partnership Program exchange in El Salvador on December 5-9, 2022. The trends of [ … ]
Colombian and Jamaican Navies Conduct Combined Exercises
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the international naval cooperation agreements between Colombia and Jamaica. As part of this celebration, units of the Colombian Navy and the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard carried out training exercises off the Caribbean coast of Colombia in mid-November. In the exercise, more than [ … ]
USNS Comfort Completes 12th Iteration of Continuing Promise 2022
The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returned to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia, concluding the Continuing Promise 2022 (CP22) mission, December 21. The CP22 team worked collectively with participating host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and [ … ]
USNS Comfort Completes Its Final Mission Stop of CP22 in Haiti
U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) completed its fifth and final mission stop of Continuing Promise 2022 (CP22) in Jeremie, Haiti, December 17. During the seven-day mission stop, the medical team, comprised of professionals from the United States, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Canada, U.K., and Chile, provided [ … ]
Volunteers Supporting Continuing Promise 22
Doctors, nurses, pre-medical and dental students, translators, professionals with expertise in worldwide operations, to include humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR), Medevac procedures, preventive medicine, climate change, disaster scenario training, etc., came together to get the mission done. They took time from their practices, studies, jobs, and lives, to provide [ … ]
China Expands Influence in Nicaragua
Since the Ortega-Murillo regime of Nicaragua broke its diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the bond of friendship between Nicaragua and the People’s Republic of China has grown stronger in a number of strategic areas. One example are the frequent meetings between high authorities of the two countries. On November 16, the [ … ]
Holding Russia to Account for Its Atrocities in Ukraine
Evidence is mounting that, as part of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s forces have targeted civilians and unlawfully deported citizens of Ukraine from their own country. Targeting civilians and the unlawful deportation of civilians are war crimes. “The aggression against Ukraine is a manifest violation of the U.N. [ … ]
Argentine and Chilean Military Train for Potential Natural Disasters
Exercise Solidarity (Solidaridad), held November 7-10 in the Argentine province of Mendoza, provided the Argentine and Chilean armed forces with an opportunity to strengthen and improve their humanitarian assistance response capability in the event of emergencies. [caption id="attachment_79035" align="alignright" width="300"] A Hercules C-130 aircraft drops 16 tons of cargo in [ … ]
Colombian Navy Captures Narcotrafficker Wanted for Extradition
Colombian Navy units captured alias Amarillo, wanted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for extradition on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering, in front of a shopping mall in the city of Medellín, in Antioquia department, the Colombian Military Forces’ General Command (CGFM) said [ … ]
