
U.S. Naval Ship Completes Humanitarian Mission to Three Countries
USS Boxer makes voyage to El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru

USNORTHCOM Hosts Mexico Senior Legislative Leaders
*Dialogue on Hemispheric Security in preparation for the Mérida Initiative*

Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates
*Beyond Guns and Steel: Reviving the Nonmilitary Instruments of American Power*

Rescued hostages finally come home
Colombia's military rescued 15 hostages, including three U.S. government contractors, from leftist revolutionary captors who had imprisoned the group in jungle camps for more than five years.

HOSTAGES RESCUED
This press release was issued by the Ministry of Defense of Colombia on July 2, 2008.

NORTHCOM Engages Mexico’s Senior Legislators
_Seminar Provides Forum for Leaders to Discuss Top Security Issues_

IAAFA´s Contribution to the War on Terror
Since its beginnings in 1943, the Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA) has fulfilled the invaluable mission of strengthening the bonds of brotherhood through providing education and training, in Spanish, to the countries in Latin America. One of the means IAAFA employs to fulfill its mission is the support provided to [ … ]

Secretary Rice Interview
Rice comments on regional issues, including Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia

Minister Sandoval: Security is Strengthened when Inequity Decreases
Minister of Defense of Ecuador, Dr. Wellington Sandoval, talks exclusively with Diálogo Magazine. The civil servant talks to the magazine about security issues, migration, and transnational matters.
Challenges of Our Era
_Recently appointed Ecuador Minister of Defense Dr. Wellington Sandoval spoke with Diálogo for an exclusive interview. Below are a few of his thoughts on border control, migration and other transnational issues. On border control..._
