After nine months, the Frigate União returned to Rio de Janeiro after having participated in the Maritime Task Force (FTM) of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). After nine months, the Frigate União returned to Rio de Janeiro after having participated in the Maritime Task Force (FTM) of [ … ]
Brazilian Defense Minister Seeks to Raise Bar on Military Expenditures
Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim says his country should at a minimum spend as much of its budget on defense as do the other three so-called BRIC group of the world’s largest emerging economies: Russia, India and China.
Caribbean Island Nations Step Up Drug Seizures
Caribbean authorities are intensifying confiscations of drugs, with especially notable successes in the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic — but also in smaller islands like Grenada.
Mexico: Alleged Los Zetas financial operator detained
Interview with Brigadier General Adolfo Zepeda Martínez, Nicaraguan Army
When Brigadier General Adolfo Zepeda Martínez speaks about Nicaragua, he does so in an almost poetic tone. The head of the Intelligence and Counterintelligence Directorate of that nation’s Army tells of a “land of lakes and volcanoes” and traverses its geography, mentioning geographical locations by name, as if he were [ … ]
U.S. Soldier Dies on Humanitarian Mission in Guatemala
Missouri National Guard Staff Sgt. Robert J. Traxel, 34, died on 1st July while performing his annual training duties in support of Beyond the Horizon Guatemala exercise.
Operation Martillo – Photo Essay
Operación Martillo – Ensayo fotográfico.
Operação Martillo – Ensaio fotográfico
Pacification Force: Mission Accomplished
The Social Communication Section of the Eastern Military Command announces that the closing ceremony for the Brazilian Army’s activities in the “Arcanjo Pacification Force” will take place on July 9, 2012, at 11:00 a.m., when the Public Safety Secretariat of the State of Rio de Janeiro will permanently take over [ … ]
Colombian President Promises Public Peace Process with Guerrilla Group
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos promised a public peace process with communist guerrilla groups if the appropriate conditions are present, and he denied any secret moves along those lines, in statements published by Bogotá daily El Tiempo on July 3.
Honduran Authorities Incinerate 456 Kilos of Cocaine
On July 4, Honduran authorities incinerated 456 kilos of cocaine recently seized in joint operations with agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), AFP reporters have confirmed.