USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) arrived in the port of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a scheduled visit, March 7. The visit is Stone’s second stop in Brazil as the cutter continues its multi-mission deployment in the South Atlantic Ocean, exhibiting the U.S. Coast Guard’s partnership with Brazil and strengthening the [ … ]
International Relations
US Special Operations Forces Deliver Medical Equipment Donation to Guyanese Hospital
U.S. Special Operations Forces consisting of Civil Affairs, Psychological Operations, and Special Forces service members that make up Cross Functional Team-Guyana, facilitated the donation of medical equipment, February 3, to a hospital in Linden, Guyana. Through the U.S. Department of Defense’s Humanitarian Assistance Program, the U.S. Embassy and Cross Functional [ … ]
US Military Medical Team Conducts Two-Week Medical Mission in Guyana
The United States’ Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT), in partnership with Guyana’s Ministry of Health, performed surgical operations and provided dental services, and also conducted professional knowledge exchanges from February 20 through March 3 as part of U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM’s) Enduring Promise mission. LAMAT is a medical team [ … ]
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 [ … ]
US Announces Humanitarian Assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on February 15 an additional $42.5 million in humanitarian assistance for the people of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The sum “will help enable our United Nations (U.N.) and NGO partners to reach an additional 182,000 people across the region with [ … ]
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 [ … ]
CENTSEC Discusses Collaboration Opportunities to Address 21st Century Challenges
“Collaboration opportunities to address 21st century challenges” was the theme that gathered military and security leaders at the Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC) 2023, a U.S. Southern Command- (SOUTHCOM) sponsored event co-hosted by Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Security, in San José, Costa Rica, February 6-8. “We gather here at [ … ]
Expanding Partnerships: US Coast Guard Cutter Stone Arrives in Port of Suape, Brazil
The USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) arrived in the Port of Suape, Pernambuco, Brazil for a scheduled port visit January 30. This port visit marks the first stop for Stone on its scheduled multi-mission deployment in the South Atlantic to counter illicit maritime activities and strengthen relationships for maritime sovereignty throughout [ … ]
Strengthening Space Partnership in the Americas
The Western Hemisphere countries are committed to strengthening space partnership to benefit the region. Such was the general message of military, governmental, and civilian space leaders who attended the Space Conference of the Americas held at the headquarters of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in Miami, Florida, January 30-31, 2023. U.S. [ … ]
US Navy Launches Groundbreaking Initiative in Chile
In late December 2022, the U.S. Embassy in Chile, the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR), and its international arm ONR Global launched a project to encourage students, particularly girls and gender non-conforming students, to develop skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and the Arts (STEAM). The initiative will [ … ]
Colombia’s Naval School Gets International Recognition
The International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) recently recognized the Colombian Navy’s Almirante Padilla Naval Cadet School (ENAP) as a high-quality accredited university that meets the highest academic standards, welcoming it as a new member. IAMU is a global network of leading maritime universities with international members dedicated to human [ … ]
Brazilian Navy Assumes Leadership of Colombian Demining Group
The Brazilian Navy is leading the Organization of American States’ (OAS) Group of Inter-American Monitors in Colombia (GMI-CO), tasked with assisting the Colombian national demining plan. Brazilian Marine Corps Colonel Leonel Mariano da Silva Junior took on the leading role in a ceremony held in November 2022, at the OAS [ … ]