Major General William Arnulfo López Chay, chief of the Guatemalan National Defense General Staff, has for main role to advise on the planning, execution, and evaluation of national mobilization within the framework of defense. Maj. Gen. López spoke with Diálogo about the Guatemalan Armed Forces’ support for the country’s security. [ … ]
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Interagency Coordination Key to Curb Crime
Major General Julio Ernesto Florián Pérez assumed the position of vice minister of Military Affairs of the Dominican Ministry of Defense on August 22, 2022. Maj. Gen. Florián, who has more than 40 years of service to his country, occupying high positions in the command echelon, spoke with Diálogo about [ … ]

Costa Rica Bets on Interagency Coordination to Combat Crime
Promoting, coordinating, and encouraging crime prevention and control measures and curbing the actions of narcotraffickers are some of the functions that Costa Rica’s Minister of Public Security and Minister of the Interior and Police Jorge Luis Torres Carrillo performs daily. Minister Torres is no stranger to security tasks. He previously [ … ]

Belize Defence Force Seeks to Strengthen Standards of Professionalism
Brigadier General Azariel Loria, commander of the Belize Defence Force (BDF), is committed to bringing the BDF to the highest military standards of professionalism. He is leading the national fight against criminal organizations and working with the cooperation of international partners to confront transnational threats. Brig. Gen. Loria spoke with [ … ]

Brazil’s Space Operations Center in Orbit to the Future
The Space Operations Center (COPE) is a unit under the Brazilian Air Force’s Aerospace Operations Command (COMAE), with facilities in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro. COPE monitors all military satellite operations. The center’s operations are conducted jointly with the Brazilian Army and Navy through a multidisciplinary team. Its commander, Brazilian [ … ]

‘We Are Often Right Beside Them and Assisting with Whatever Challenges They Face’
The 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (1st SFAB) is a specialized unit which has for core mission to conduct training, advise, assist, liaise, and support operations with partner nations in U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR). This is how its commander, U.S. Army Colonel Christopher Landers, describes his [ … ]

Argentina’s Joint Aerospace Command Optimizes Capabilities to Meet Security Challenges
The mission of the Joint Aerospace Command of the Argentine Armed Forces’ Joint Chiefs of Staff is to defend the aerospace under Argentina’s jurisdiction around the clock, 365 days a year. This was expressed by its commander, Major General Alejandro Bisso, during the Space Conference of the Americas, held at [ … ]

Colombia Strengthens Its Space Capabilities
Colombia is committed to strengthening its space capabilities for the benefit of its people. Those were the words of Colombian Air Force (FAC) Brigadier General Luis René Nieto Rojas, Air and Space Operations commander, to participants of the Space Conference of the Americas, held at the headquarters of U.S. Southern [ … ]

Consolidating Partners in the Space Domain
British Army Brigadier Paul Tedman, U.S. Space Command’s (SPACECOM) deputy director of Policy and Strategic Partnerships, is committed to strengthening relationships with existing allied and partner nations, attracting new partners in the space domain, and building and maintaining a competitive advantage to deter aggression. Brig. Tedman spoke with Diálogo about [ … ]

Strategic Training Supports Paraguayan Air Force Mission
Captain María Belén Jara Lovera is the first woman in the Paraguayan Air Force (FAP) to complete the military air pilot training at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, under the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Aviation Leadership Program (ALP). Her training began in May 2011, when she traveled to the United [ … ]

Dominican Armed Forces Doctors Bring Care Aboard the USNS Comfort
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort not only changes the lives of patients receiving care in its operating rooms, but also those of its crew members. That is the sentiment of Lieutenant Abraham de Los Santos, a specialist in emergency medicine and critical patient management, and Lieutenant Junior Grade [ … ]

Brazilian Admiral Leads Anti-Piracy Task Force in the Horn of Africa
On August 18, 2022, the Brazilian Navy (MB) took command of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) for the second time, in a ceremony held in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. CTF-151 is a multinational task force that conducts operations to deter, disrupt, and suppress piracy in the Horn of Africa. [ … ]