Brazil hopes to capitalize on the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games to advance its goal of becoming the world’s third largest information technologies and communications market, said an industry senior executive in an interview.
Ortega Seeks Advice from Baltasar Garzón on Anti-Narcotics Fight
On August 30, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega met with former Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is visiting the country, and asked him for advice on improving the judicial approach in the fight against drug trafficking and organized crime.
Ecuadorean President Calls FARC to Lay Down Arms and Fight Democratically
On August 30, Ecuadorean President, Rafael Correa, called the Colombian FARC guerrillas to lay down their weapons and follow the path of democracy, noting that the armed fight had lost all rationale.
The Global Market of Small Arms Doubled in Four Years
The legal market of small arms has doubled in the last four years. In this period, it has gone from roughly $4 billion a year to $8.5 billion currently. If the illicit trade is also to be included, the figure exceeds $10 billion.
Police in Colombia break up heroin trafficking ring to US
Borders are not Barriers
In an exclusive interview with Diálogo, during the IV South American Defense Conference (SOUTHDEC 2012), held in Bogotá, Colombia, from July 24 – 26, Admiral José Cueto, Chief of the Joint Command of the Peruvian Armed Forces, discussed issues of national security and the need to create a regional body [ … ]
Attorneys from the Americas Discuss Legal Framework for Military Actions
The 2012 edition of The American Military Legal Committee (COJUMA, for its Spanish acronym) took place from August 29-30 in the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters in Miami, Florida.
Peru’s President Ollanta Humala Aims to Modernize Armed Forces, Police
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, a retired Army colonel now in the second year of his five-year term, has embarked on sweeping reforms to modernize the country’s Armed Forces and National Police.
U.S., Argentina Resume Military Ties Amid Visit by Top Pentagon Official
Frank Mora, the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs, visited Buenos Aires on Aug. 16 — marking the first official trip by a high-level Pentagon official to Argentina since its February 2011 confiscation of a U.S. military aircraft for inspection.
Honduras: Cocaine, marijuana seizures on the rise
So far this year, the DLCN has destroyed 17 clandestine airstrips used by narco-traffickers to smuggle narcotics into the country – 13 more than were eradicated in all of 2011.
Brazil Honors Military Athletes for Participation in London 2012
The 51 military athletes and 16 members of the technical commission who were part of the Brazilian delegation for the 2012 London Olympic Games were honored on August 29, by the Brazilian Ministry of Defense, at the Physical Education Army School campus, in Fort São João, in Rio de Janeiro.