Democracy is succeeding in Latin America and can be a beacon to the rest of the world, U.S. Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, in Cancun, Mexico. The Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA), co-hosted by Mexican Secretary of [ … ]
International Relations
U.S., Salvadoran Airmen Donate Supplies to Youth Center
The U.S. and Salvadoran air forces worked together to support Salvadoran youth in need The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (MSAS) joined efforts with the Salvadoran Air Force (FAS in Spanish) as part of a joint endeavor to give back to the local community of San Martin, located in San [ … ]
WVNG, ARSOUTH shaping the future for Peruvian Army’s NCO corps
U.S. service members from the U.S. Army South and WVNG worked with the Peruvian Army to facilitate training for non-commissioned officer development, professionalism, ethical behavior, physical fitness, and gender integration. Through a continuous partnership with U.S. Army South (ARSOUTH), members of the West Virginia National Guard and subject matter experts [ … ]
Argentina, Chile Conduct Combined Exercise in Antarctica
The annual exercise aims to prepare both nations for emergencies in areas far from Antarctic bases. Argentine and Chilean armed forces spent 10 days on the northern Antarctic Peninsula in a combined rescue exercise. The Argentine-Chilean Combined Antarctic Emergency and Rescue Patrol 2018 (PARACACH 2018, in Spanish) integrated army elements [ … ]
SOUTHCOM Lends Helping Hand through Humanitarian Assistance Programs
The humanitarian assistance programs with partner nations are alleviating human suffering, disease, and hunger in needed areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command’s humanitarian assistance program conducts Defense Department-approved activities within its area of responsibility in conjunction with partner nations to alleviate human suffering, disease, hunger and [ … ]
South Carolina Guard JAGS and Colombia Discuss Military Justice Systems
Colombian military legal experts shared their legal reform efforts with their U.S. counterparts. A team of legal advisors from the Colombian Army met with South Carolina Army National Guard leadership and Judge Advocate Generals to discuss the transformation of the Colombian Military Justice system August 27-31, 2018. This particular engagement [ … ]
Brazil Hosts Navy Summit of Portuguese Speaking Countries
The V Conference of the Navies of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries assembled delegations of seven countries in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian Navy (MB, in Portuguese) hosted the V Conference of the Navies of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP, in Portuguese), August 7-9, 2018. The summit [ … ]
US Air Force Participates in Angel de los Andes Colombian Search-and-Rescue Exercise
The United States exchanged know-how with 12 partner air forces in the annual, Colombian-led exercise. Two U.S. Air Force aircraft and more than 90 U.S. airmen participated in Angel de los Andes, a Colombian-led international search-and-rescue training exercise September 3-14, 2018. The Air Combat Command No. 5 unit at Arturo [ … ]
El Salvador in Last Phase of Preparing New Peacekeeping Contingent
Salvadoran service members will travel to Mali in September to operate as air and land escorts and provide transport. United Nations (UN) delegates screened the equipment and flight technology the Salvadoran Air Force’s (FAS, in Spanish) Gavilán I Air Contingent will use as it joins the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated [ … ]
U.S. Navy Medical Team Begins Subject Matter Exchanges in Colombia
A team of U.S. Navy medical professionals arrived in Colombia August 25, 2018 to begin subject matter expert exchanges (SMEE) and partner capacity building engagements with Colombian medical professionals and security forces in the town of Riohacha as part of Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2018. SPS brings a Fleet Health [ … ]
Rio de Janeiro Hosts International Defense and Security Exhibit
Nearly 13,000 visitors attended the first edition of the Rio International Defense Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro. The Latin American defense and security industry gathered for the first edition of the Rio International Defense Exhibition (RIDEX) at Pier Mauá, a port area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 27- 29, [ … ]
UN Honors Argentine Blue Helmets
The United Nations honored Argentine Blue Helmets of the peacekeeping mission in Cyprus. n July 4, 2018, the United Nations awarded medals to Argentine Blue Helmets in recognition for their work in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Argentine service members take part in the mission since 1993 [ … ]