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General Rodolfo Pereyra took over as head of the Uruguayan Defense General Staff (ESMADE) in April 2022. Since then, his focus has been on consolidating strategic and organizational guidelines to chart a new course for ESMADE. A graduate of the Aeronautic Military School in December 1987 as a Second Lieutenant [ … ]

Army Major General Helder Fernán Giraldo Bonilla, who has 38 years of military service, assumed command of the Colombian Military Forces on August 12,2022. His operational achievements, development of academic programs to strengthen soldiers’ skills, and his conductin different positions that have allowed him to contribute to Colombia’s historical memory [ … ]

The Argentine Armed Forces’ Joint Chiefs of Staff (EMCFFAA) is celebrating its anniversary. On September 9, 2022, the organization celebrated 74 years of institutional life and its chairman, Army Lieutenant General Juan Martín Paleo, further committed to strengthening its institutional mission of assisting and advising the Ministry of Defense on [ … ]

His nearly four decades of military service in the Ecuadorian Armed Forces speak to the experience and professionalism of Army Major General Nelson Proaño Rodríguez, who took office as head of the Armed Forces’ Joint Command on May 5, 2022. Maj. Gen. Proaño, who graduated as an infantry second lieutenant [ … ]

The Brazilian War College (ESG) hosted the 23rd Ibero-American Defense College Directors Conference, held August 29-September 2. Diálogo spoke with the ESG commandant, Brazilian Army Lieutenant General Adilson Carlos Katibe, about the conference and other topics. Diálogo: How important is that conference? And how important is it that it was [ … ]

Ecuadorian Defense Minister Major General (ret.) Luis Lara Jaramillo knows his country’s Armed Forces firsthand. During his 38-year military career he led several special operations groups and served as infantry commander and as defense attaché to the Ecuadorian Embassy in Chile, among other roles, until he reached the highest military [ … ]

Opening lines of communication with neighboring countries to successfully fight against narcotrafficking and other crimes has been one of the focus of Colonel Werner Guiseppe Kioe A Sen, commander of the Suriname Armed Forces (SAF). Col. Kioe A Sen is set on keeping criminal international organizations away from Suriname. Col. [ … ]

The Center for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights of the Peruvian Armed Forces (CDIH-DDHH) is preparing to celebrate two decades of institutional existence. Since its inception in February 2003, the CDIH-DDHH has focused its mission on being the academic center par excellence in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International [ … ]

Enlisting in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 28 years ago changed her life forever. Lieutenant Colonel Natasha Stanford, who signed up to join military life in March 1994, feels privileged to be in an environment that fosters growth and resilience, especially for women in uniform. Today, Lt. Col. Stanford is [ … ]

One of the fundamental tasks of Colonel Dennis Rolando McCoy Martín, commander of the Honduran Army, is to protect the national territory and combat crime. Col. McCoy, with more than 37 years of military service, spoke with Diálogo about his challenges, working together with the National Police, and civil-military actions, [ … ]

Colonel Francisco Javier Serrano Alvarado, commander of the Honduran Air Force (FAH), has taken on animportant mission since taking office in February 2022. His most pressing taskshave to do with acquisition and revamping the air fleet to combat the illicit actions of narcotrafficking and to support humanitarian and environmental missions, [ … ]

The Ibero-American Defense College Directors Conference (CDCDIA) is a forum that arose from the recognition of a shared cultural identity among Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries of the Americas and those of Europe’s Iberian Peninsula. As such, Portugal and Spain are part of the CDCDIA and sent representatives to this year’s [ … ]