The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), donated on July 29, a second shipment of 200 brand new, state-of-the-art ventilators to Brazil to assist its fight against COVID-19. The ventilators, produced in the United States, reflect leading-edge and in-demand technology. They are compact, deployable, and provide [ … ]
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USS Halsey Completes PASSEX with Guatemalan Navy
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) participated in a passing exercise (PASSEX) with Guatemalan Navy Quetzal Landing Craft Utility (LCU) BL-1601, July 28. PASSEXs are unit exercises requiring cooperation, communication, and interoperability between two or more navies, testing advanced ship maneuvering and tactics. It affords the opportunity [ … ]
Brazilian Defense Ministry Helps Indigenous Communities Combat the Coronavirus
In Brazil, indigenous peoples are among the populations with the highest coronavirus mortality rate, which is 150 percent higher than the country’s average. The infection rate of the disease is also 84 percent higher among these communities, affecting 759 indigenous people per 100,000 inhabitants, while the average in Brazil is [ … ]
US Helps Caribbean Countries Fight COVID-19
The U.S. government is providing financial assistance and technical support to multiple Caribbean nations fighting COVID-19. Assistance ranges from distribution of medical or protective equipment to support for programs in which young leaders engage students while schools are closed. The U.S. Department of Defense has delivered thousands of face shields, [ … ]
US Gives Panama Personal Protective Equipment for Doctors in Public Hospitals
The U.S. government delivered personal protective equipment (PPE) to Panamanian Vice Minister of Health Ivette Berrio, on July 24. The equipment, valued at $90,000, will go to the medical personnel at the San Miguel Arcángel Hospital in Panama City, as well as health dependencies in Chiriquí and Colón. Ryan Rowlands, [ … ]
Travis Air Force Base in the United States Delivers Aid to Honduras
U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 22nd Airlift Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, California, delivered humanitarian aid supplies to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, July 18. The mission was in support of the Denton Program, a U.S. Department of Defense transportation program that moves humanitarian cargo, donated by [ … ]
4th Fleet Commander Hosts Maritime Staff Talks with Chilean Navy
Rear Admiral Don Gabrielson, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/ U.S. Fourth Fleet, hosted delegates from the Chilean Navy for the annual Maritime Staff Talks (MST) July 22. MSTs support the U.S. global strategy by building and strengthening working relationships between the U.S. and partner nations and improving interoperability [ … ]
US Government Donates Medical Equipment, Supplies to Combat COVID-19 in the Dominican Republic
On July 7, the U.S. government donated medical equipment and disinfectant supplies, as well as logistics assistance to the Dominican Republic, aimed at mitigating the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The donation, worth about $100,310, is part of the $3.7 million in humanitarian assistance being channeled through the U.S. Agency [ … ]
US 4th Fleet and Ecuador Navy Plan UNITAS 2020
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet and Ecuadorean maritime planners held a virtual Initial Planning Conference (IPC) July 14-17 in support of the upcoming UNITAS LXI exercise, which will occur in November in Ecuador. Rear Admiral Daniel Ginéz, Ecuadorean Navy Fleet commander, kicked off the planning conference along with [ … ]
US Donates 50 Ventilators to Paraguay to Respond to the COVID-19 pandemic
Through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government made an initial delivery of 50 new, state-of-the-art ventilators to Paraguay to help the country combat COVID-19. The donation is part of a gift from U.S. President Donald Trump of 250 ventilators to support Paraguay in the urgent fight [ … ]
US Contributes $40k of Parts and Equipment to Regional Security System
The U.S. Embassy in Barbados recently furnished the Regional Security System (RSS) with nearly $40,000 worth of maritime equipment and upgrades, to assist in the maintenance and longevity of patrol boats of the RSS Maritime Training Center. The patrol boats are used to train police and coast guard forces throughout [ … ]
Central American Leaders Analyze Regional Security amid COVID-19 Crisis
Under the theme “Strengthening Partnerships to Confront Regional Challenges in a COVID-19 Environment,” the Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC) 2020 was held virtually for the first time on July 14. “The threats to our neighborhood are becoming more complicated than ever and ever evolving; those threats include the COVID-19 as [ … ]