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 [ … ]
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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 [ … ]
Brazilian Federal Police Carries Out One of Largest Cocaine Seizures at Ports
On November 4, agents of the Brazilian Federal Police (PF) and the Brazilian Federal Revenue made the largest seizure of drugs ever recorded in Pará state, and one of the largest in Brazilian ports. The operation took place in the Port of Vila do Conde, in Barcarena, where authorities seized [ … ]
US Promotes Water Security Project in Central America
The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Upper Lempa Watershed Project, which will benefit 180,000 people in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The agreement was announced on October 27 in the Salvadoran department of Chalatenango, El Salvador’s National Aqueduct and Sewer Administration said [ … ]
US Air Force B-1Bs complete lndo-Pacific Bomber Task Force mission
The U.S. Air Force deployed four B-1B Lancers to conduct Bomber Task Force (BTF) missions in the Indo-Pacific region with key allies and partners from October 17 - November 20, 2022. The bombers are assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron, 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, [ … ]
Continuing Promise 2022 Team Continues Its Promise to Haiti
Continuing Promise 2022 (CP 22) personnel returned to Wharf de Jeremie December 14 to continue providing medical care following a one-day pause in operations to re-plan the mission to ensure we provide the best care to the great people of Haiti. Medical providers will continue their efforts providing high-quality adult, [ … ]
Strategic Training Supports Paraguayan Air Force Mission
Captain María Belén Jara Lovera is the first woman in the Paraguayan Air Force (FAP) to complete the military air pilot training at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, under the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Aviation Leadership Program (ALP). Her training began in May 2011, when she traveled to the United [ … ]
Colombian Authorities Destroy 71 Drug Labs in the Amazon
The Colombian Public Force is not letting up its fight against narcotrafficking, achieving increasingly blunt results. As such, in late October, authorities destroyed 71 illegal laboratories that belonged to narcotrafficking organizations operating in the Colombian Amazon region, the Colombian Navy said in a statement. The labs, located in the departments [ … ]
