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1st Security Force Assistance Brigade Advisors Exchange Best Practices with Honduran Military

January 25, 2023

U.S. Army advisors assigned to 4th Battalion, 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) facilitated an information exchange on the U.S. Army’s Artillery targeting process with Honduran military counterparts on October 31, 2022. The information exchange was designed to improve interoperability between the two militaries. Such exchanges are part of the U.S. Army’s enduring mission to advise and assist foreign military…

Colombian Security Forces Dismantle Illegal Mine in the Amazon

January 20, 2023

The Colombian security forces closed 2022 dealing a major blow to illegal mining and the activities of transnational criminal organizations in the jungles of the department of Guainía, in the Colombian Amazon, after finding a large illicit gold mining area. Authorities estimated that the quantity of gold obtained from this site amounted to some $120,000 per month on the illegal…

Colombian Army Has First female Huey II Helicopter Pilot

January 18, 2023

At just 26 years old, Colombian Army First Lieutenant Katherine Romero is the first female Huey II helicopter pilot and one of the first women pilot in the institution. A native of Ibagué in western Colombia, 1st Lt. Romero, from Aviation Battalion No. 5 of the Air Assault Aviation Division, began her military life in the Engineers Corps, with a…

8 of the Top 10 Companies Involved in Illegal Fishing Are Chinese, Study Says

January 17, 2023

Eight of the 10 companies responsible for nearly 25 percent of known illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing are from China. So says a recent report by the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC), a global network of civil society, governments, and experts. According to the study, China and its state-owned companies have the world’s largest fishing fleet operating in distant waters,…

Panama and SOUTHCOM Bring Support to 22 Indigenous Communities

January 17, 2023

With the support of the U.S. Embassy in Panama and units of U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo), the Panamanian government brought humanitarian assistance to 22 hard-to-reach indigenous communities as part of humanitarian exercise Mercury IV, November 30-December 14, 2022. “The cooperation with the U.S. Embassy and JTF-Bravo is an excellent example of cooperation between the governments…

US and Chile Resume Airmen-to-Airmen Talks

January 05, 2023

U.S. Air Forces Southern/12th Air Force (AFSOUTH), the air force component of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), held a new edition of the Airmen-to-Airmen Talks at the Chilean Air Force (FACh) headquarters in Santiago. During the talks, service members discussed the events held during fiscal year 2022 and made progress on security cooperation plans for the next three years. The talks…

US-UK Conduct Combined Ballistic Missile Submarine Operations and Training to Enhance Strategic Partnership

January 04, 2023

Several United States ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) conducted at-sea operations, training, and port visits around the globe with one of its closest allies, the United Kingdom, during the months of October and November 2022. The combined U.S.-U.K. operations consisted of three key events occurring in the Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean Sea, and off the East Coast of the United States. The first…

Chilean Tech Wins Big in US Army International Competition

January 03, 2023

The U.S. Army xTech Program wrapped up a second international search for novel science and technology innovations in mid-2022. With two first-place awards going to small businesses from Chile, Latin American innovators are creating a platform for future collaboration with the Army. The xTechInternational competition announced five winners in July 2022 and is the follow-on competition to xTechGlobal, which concluded…

Marine Forces South Hosts Brazilian Marine Corps in New Orleans for 2022 Operational Naval Infantry Committee

December 23, 2022

Members of the Brazilian Marine Corps arrived at U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH) and Marine Corps Forces, Reserve (MARFORRES) headquarters to take part in the annual Operational Naval Infantry Committee (ONIC) with U.S. Marine Corps counterparts from November 29 to December 2, 2022. The ONIC is a key forum for leaders and planners from the two Marine Corps to…

New Hampshire National Guard, Salvadoran Cyber Teams Strengthen Partnership

December 23, 2022

Back lit by the soft blue glow of nearly a dozen computer screens, a joint cyber team from the New Hampshire National Guard administered a concept assessment to El Salvador’s burgeoning cyber unit during a recent State Partnership Program exchange in El Salvador on December 5-9, 2022. The trends of the Salvadoran team’s answers provided the New Hampshire Guardsmen with…

Colombian and Jamaican Navies Conduct Combined Exercises

December 22, 2022

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the international naval cooperation agreements between Colombia and Jamaica. As part of this celebration, units of the Colombian Navy and the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard carried out training exercises off the Caribbean coast of Colombia in mid-November. In the exercise, more than 110 military participants carried out activities based on the procedures…

USNS Comfort Completes 12th Iteration of Continuing Promise 2022

December 22, 2022

The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returned to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia, concluding the Continuing Promise 2022 (CP22) mission, December 21. The CP22 team worked collectively with participating host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Caribbean, Central and…

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Special Report

For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]