Colombian Army Major General Luis Mauricio Ospina Gutiérrez, director of General Rafael Reyes Prieto War College
July 06, 2021
Military Experts at the Strategic Leaders International Course Discuss Women, Peace, and Security Strategy
July 06, 2021
During the four-week long military Strategic Leaders International Course (SLIC) offered by the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School in Mississippi, which operates under U.S. Special Operations Command, military leaders learned how to advance strategic objectives while recognizing the diverse roles women play in security and defense. The Women, [ … ]
Colombian War College: More Than a Century Serving National Security and Defense
July 06, 2021
Colombian Army Major General Luis Mauricio Ospina Gutiérrez, director of General Rafael Reyes Prieto War College (ESDEG, in Spanish), prioritizes strengthening the educational quality of the Colombian Military Forces’ General Command. He spoke with Diálogo about academic projections. Diálogo: ESDEG was founded in 1909. What is its main contribution to military [ … ]
Growing Repression in Nicaragua Threatens Elections, UN Human Rights Chief Says
July 02, 2021
U.N. Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet warns that increasingly repressive measures by the Nicaraguan government against its political opponents are undermining prospects for free and fair presidential and parliamentary elections in November. Bachelet’s warning came as she submitted her report to the U.N. Human Rights Council on June 22. Nicaragua [ … ]
IACHR: Venezuela Among Countries Where Freedom of Expression Is Most Fragile
July 02, 2021
The deterioration of press freedom guarantees in Venezuela increased with the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, which means greater harassment of reporters during their coverage of vaccination days, and even for publishing data checks about the numbers of COVID-19 patients and deaths from the disease, said Pedro Vaca, special rapporteur [ … ]
JTF-Bravo Leadership Visits Partner Nation Military
July 01, 2021
U.S. Army Colonel Steven Gventer, commander of Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo), Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, and members of the task force, met with Major General Tito Livio Moreno Coello, Honduran Armed Forces chief of Staff, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June 9, to discuss the long-standing U.S. and Honduran partnership. [ … ]
A Historic Fight with Historic Results
June 30, 2021
Colombia has confronted the global problem of drugs throughout its history, as it became the main threat to public order, to the country’s political stability, to national security, and to the rule of law itself. For more than 40 years, the fight against this scourge has been relentless, and we [ … ]
Regional Cooperation in Central America to Address Natural and Human Emergencies
June 29, 2021
“The Americas are a top priority for us and the U.S. government […]. We want to continue to be your most trusted partner. We are so interconnected — geographically, historically, and culturally,” U.S. Navy Admiral Craig S. Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), told defense ministers, chiefs of Staff, [ … ]
Colombian Defense Attaché Promotes Bilateral Cooperation with the US
June 29, 2021
Diálogo interviewed Colombian Army Major General Javier Alonso Díaz Gómez, Colombia’s Defense attaché to the United States, who recently visited U.S. Southern Command’s facilities in Florida. Diálogo: How important is it for the Colombian Military Forces to have a Defense attaché in the United States? Colombian Army Major General Javier [ … ]
IADB-Sponsored Conference Discusses the Role of Women in the Military
June 24, 2021
The Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) held the conference “Women, Peace and Security (WPS),” on June 16, 2021. The objective was to disseminate successful experiences and lessons learned regarding gender integration in the armed forces and security forces, particularly in peacekeeping, military, and security operations, and education, recruitment, and development of [ … ]
Brazilian Navy Seizes More than 4 Tons of Hashish
June 24, 2021
A sailboat carrying hashish was intercepted more than 360 kilometers off the coast of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, by a Brazilian Navy (MB, in Portuguese) ship, on June 16, 2021. The interagency operation between the MB and the Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) resulted in the seizure of more than [ … ]
Colombian Army Trains at JRTC, Conducts Staff Talks with Army South
June 23, 2021
The U.S. Army can trace its history training with the Colombian Army to more than 60 years, when U.S. Army Ranger officers developed the Lancero training program for the Colombian Army in the mid-1950s. Since that time, the initiative has resulted in one of the longest one-on-one professional military relationships [ … ]
