The Peruvian Marine Corps hosted the second annual Multinational Amphibious Planners Conference at the new International Amphibious Training Center in Ancón, Lima province, on July 16. Partner nation naval infantry representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and the United States gathered at the newly established International [ … ]
Strengthening Partnerships for Disaster Readiness
U.S. military and civilian personnel from Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Honduran Armed Forces, the Honduran Permanent Contingency Committee (COPECO, in Spanish) and Honduras’ Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Services (INSEP, in Spanish), conducted a joint training to enhance disaster response readiness, [ … ]
Colombia, Ecuador Committed to the Fight against Transnational Crime
Colombia and Ecuador agreed to strengthen cooperation between their armed forces for a greater impact in the fight against transnational crime, especially on the border. So said Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano Aponte and Ecuadorian Minister of Defense Admiral Fernando Donoso Morán during a binational meeting in Ipiales, Nariño department, [ … ]
Dominican Republic Seizes 2 Tons of Cocaine, Raids 12 Narcotrafficking Properties
The Dominican Republic disrupted organized crime and narcotrafficking networks in June. In different operations, authorities seized 2,009 kilograms of cocaine and carried out a series of house searches. On June 26, 2021, the Dominican National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD, in Spanish) reported the seizure of 173 kg of cocaine in [ … ]
Biden Condemns Cuba for Crackdown on Freedom Protesters
U.S. President Joe Biden assailed the Cuban government July 22 for its crackdown on freedom protesters on the island nation and imposed sanctions on the head of the Cuban military and the internal security division that led to the attacks on demonstrators. “I unequivocally condemn the mass detentions and sham [ … ]
Honduras: More Than 11 Tons of Cocaine Seized in the First Half-Year
Honduran security forces dealt a harsh blow to narcotrafficking in the first half of 2021, seizing more than 11,000 kilograms of cocaine and destroying hundreds of thousands of coca plants. From January 1 to July 1, the operations carried out in Honduran territory resulted in the seizure of three times [ … ]
Guyana, US Optimize Joint Military Training
Brigadier Godfrey Bess, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) chief of Staff, and U.S. Army Brigadier General Lynn M. Heng, Land Component commander for the Nebraska Army National Guard, agreed to strengthen military training between the two armed forces, during a ceremony at Camp Ayanganna Military Base in Guyana, on July 7, [ … ]
Exercise Relámpago VI soars over Colombia
The skies roared with the sounds of U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons. Sounds that are not usually heard in a small mountain community in South America. Far from home and familiar territory, airmen from all over the United States journeyed to Colombia and transformed a contingency location to conduct [ … ]
Paraguayan Anti-Drug Agents Seize More than 18 Tons of Marijuana
In the last two weeks of June, the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) dismantled seven drug camps used for marijuana production in Amambay and Caaguazú departments, on the border with Brazil. During the operations, agents found more than 18 tons of the drug. According to a July 5 [ … ]
Peruvian Blue Helmets Contribute to World Peace
On June 22, the Peruvian Armed Forces’ Joint Command reported that 27 women and 178 men of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, all members of the Peruvian Engineering Company, left to join the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA, in French). “You are [ … ]