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 [ … ]
It is commonly understood that the internet age has meant a significant shift in how citizens get their information, and that the social media era has generated more opportunity for disinformation and misinformation to flourish. While this may be true, it overlooks that the same opportunity bad actors exploit is [ … ]
On June 15, the Inter-American Technical Advisory Group in Colombia (GATI-CO, in Portuguese) celebrated its sixth anniversary with training and advisory missions for members of the Colombian Military Forces. GATI-CO was created from the Cooperation and Technical Advisory Agreement between the Colombian Military Forces’ General Command (CGFM, in Spanish) and [ … ]
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) hosted military representatives from 16 Central and South American and Caribbean countries for PANAMAX 2021 functional component Planning in Crisis (PIC) training, June 11-17, 2021, at the Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel, Miami, Florida. The purpose of the training was to build readiness, interoperability, and strengthen partnerships [ … ]
Ecuador has joined the Partner Nation Military Advisor (PNMA) program at U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). Army Colonel Juan Xavier Riofrío Játiva assumed the post in March 2021. Col. Riofrío, a native of Quito with 35 years of military service, is one of the 11 military advisors in the PNMA, a [ … ]
On June 16, the Brazilian Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defense (CREDN, in Portuguese) of the Chamber of Deputies approved a Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation (RDT&E) project agreement, between Brazil and the United States. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed the RDT&E agreement in March 2019. The agreement was [ … ]
The Colombian Navy, together with Brazilian authorities, strengthened their anti-narcotics operations in border areas, preventing criminal groups from receiving nearly $1.5 million in proceeds from the sale of drugs in Europe. Thanks to intelligence that the Colombian Navy provided to Brazil, anti-drug authorities raided a house on June 4, 2021, [ … ]
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has proliferated globally, resulting in myriad uses, both military and civilian. With the steady rise in non-military uses comes the potential and dangers of this technology’s misuse. Presently, the Latin America (LATAM) region is home to major energy and extractive industries infrastructure, port, and [ … ]
Information that the Colombian Navy provided to U.S. and Panamanian authorities led to the execution of three international maritime operations and the seizure of 2,054 kilograms of narcotics in the Pacific Ocean. With this blow to criminal organizations, authorities prevented the distribution and consumption of 2.7 million doses of illicit [ … ]
The United States donated a field hospital valued at approximately $640,000 to the government of Dominica. In early June, as part of the donation, the U.S. manufacturer of the field hospital has been training personnel from Dominica’s Ministry of Health, the Office of Disaster Management (ODM), the Dominica Fire and [ … ]
Law enforcement officers have a professional obligation to be effective in providing security and protection. To do so, they are governed by high standards of respect for life and personal integrity. The power that the law grants them to fulfill their duties does not guarantee, by itself, that they cannot [ … ]
General Ramsés Rueda Rueda, commander of the Colombian Air Force, spoke with Diálogo during his May 2021 visit to U.S. Air Forces Southern/12th Air Force (AFSOUTH) for the conclusion of Red Flag-Rescue, a premier combat search and rescue exercise. The exercise, with the participation of the Colombian Air Force (FAC, [ … ]
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