The Argentine Armed Forces have joined national prevention efforts against coronavirus to confront a potential infection peak. The Ministry of Defense ordered the creation of 14 Joint Emergency Zone Commands and 10 task forces nationwide. Service members will provide logistics support to security forces, conduct humanitarian assistance activities, distribute food, [ … ]
US Charges Maduro with Drug Trafficking, Offers $15 Million Reward for Information Leading to His Capture
The United States announced a $15 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro on drug-trafficking charges, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on March 26. Pompeo announced the reward as the Justice Department unveiled charges against Maduro, indicting him and top members of his regime for [ … ]
As Coronavirus Spreads Fast, The US Leads The World’s Humanitarian and Health Assistance Response To The Pandemic
The U.S. government has mobilized unprecedented resources to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and is providing substantial foreign assistance. “Today, I am pleased to announce that the United States has made available nearly $274 million in emergency health and humanitarian funding. Along with the U.S. private sector, the American people [ … ]
COVID-19 Arrives in Venezuela Amid Health Care Crisis
Mayerling Oropeza had her last race on Sunday, March 1. The 50-year-old cyclist and web designer was run over on a road east of Caracas, when she was heading back home after participating in an event known as BiciRock. The driver fled the scene and left her on the street. [ … ]
Colombian Armed Forces Stand Up Field Hospitals to Battle Coronavirus
As the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Colombia continues to rise, the military is doing its part to help assist in combatting the virus. These efforts range from securing the nation’s borders, patrolling the streets with police to enforce stay at home orders and social distancing, and handing [ … ]
Enhancing the Culture of NCO professionalism at WHINSEC
Diálogo interviewed U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major José S. Lopez, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), during his visit to U.S. Southern Command’s headquarters in Doral, Florida. Diálogo: Why is it important for the military forces of the Western Hemisphere to create the command sergeant major (CSM) role? U.S. [ … ]
Peruvian Armed Forces Join the Fight Against Coronavirus
Peru declared a state of emergency on March 15. President Martín Vizcarra Cornejo announced the strategy to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the country. The state of emergency has been extended to April 12 with all Peruvian borders to remain closed. The Armed Forces were immediately called to [ … ]
UN: Attacks in Venezuela Spike Against Government’s Political Opponents
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is deploring the violent, escalating attacks against political opponents of the regime of Nicolás Maduro. Bachelet presented an oral update of the situation in Venezuela to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 10. Bachelet said the human rights situation [ … ]
Brazilian Army, Air Force, and Navy Assist in Combating COVID-19
On March 18, Brazilian Minister of Defense Army General (ret.) Fernando Azevedo e Silva said that the Brazilian Navy, Army, and Air Force were at the service of Brazil in the fight against COVID-19 (the disease caused by the coronavirus), offering operational and logistic resources. “This is a war. The [ … ]
Human Rights Abuse Rampant In Venezuela’s Gold Mining
A new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) details the gruesome conditions that gold miners in Venezuela are forced to endure. Twelve percent of Venezuela, a country rich in natural resources such as oil, diamonds and uranium, has gold and mineral deposits. In Venezuela’s southern Bolívar state, pro-Maduro civilian armed [ … ]
Brazilian Armed Forces Strive to Fight Against the Coronavirus in Latin America
On March 18, 2020, Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) service members deployed near the Brazil-Venezuela border to stop the entry of Venezuelans into Brazil. The soldiers followed the orders of the Brazilian government to partially close the border to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Brazil. The order will [ … ]
Exercise Vita: JTF-Bravo, Colombian Partners Conduct Interoperability Training in La Guajira
Combined forces from Colombia and the United States concluded Exercise Vita at Fort Buenavista, Colombia, during a ceremony March 17 that marked more than two weeks of operations in the country's La Guajira region. More than 150 members of Joint Task Force Bravo (JFT-Bravo), based out of Soto Cano Air [ … ]