Foreign Ministers Meet To Restore Colombia-Ecuador Relations
Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin and her Ecuadorean counterpart Ricardo Patiño met in a location on the border between the two countries on August 26.
17 nations partner for PANAMAX 2010 Exercise
The base was again the scene of a massive relief effort in Latin America this week as Airmen worked with sister services, non-governmental organizations, 17 partner nations and local governments to speed aid to a hurricane-ravaged island.
Center For Hemispheric Defense Studies Selects Galvin, Bayardi And CESNAV
The Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) has selected U.S. General John Galvin and former Uruguayan Defense Minister Dr. José Bayardi...
Military Performance in Colombian Consolidation
In 2007, the Armed Forces General Command designated the subregion of the Montes de María...
Chile: Bielsa Sends Jersey To Former Soccer Player Trapped In Mine
The coach of the Chilean national soccer team, the Argentine Marcelo Bielsa, sent a jersey signed by him and by the team’s stars to former soccer player Franklin Lobos, one of the thirty-three miners trapped in the San José mine, his daughter told AFP.
Violence In Latin America Is An “Epidemic,” OAS Secretary-General Says
The violence in some Latin American countries with high murder rates can be compared to an “epidemic”...
Haitian community thanks U.S. troops for new school
“We are thanking you a lot for this nice school that you made for us,” read a sign held by a local Haitian boy during a celebration at the Mandrin school site Aug. 22.
Fifteen more Colombian peacekeepers head to Haiti
Colombian authorities announced on August 24, it sent 15 more peacekeepers to join the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah)...
Key Venezuelan drug-trafficker arrested in Colombia
Walid Makled Garcia, a well-known alleged Venezuelan drug smuggler who had been branded a major kingpin by the U.S. government, was arrested in Colombia on August 19.
Drug Traffickers Pollute and Deforest Peruvian Coca-Producing Valley
Polluted rivers and increasing deforestation are the consequences of drug trafficking in the chief coca-producing valley of the southeastern Peruvian jungle...
Dominican officials dismantle, investigate drug ring
Authorities from the Dominican National Drug Control Agency (DNCD in Spanish) dismantled an international drug ring...
Guatemalan army to expel drug dealers from park
Nicaraguan police seize 230 kilograms of cocaine.