A team of some 50 U.S. service members from U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo), specializing in ophthalmology, dentistry, and orthopedics, is working side by side with medical and technical personnel from the Guatemalan and Honduran ministries of Health in the Health Engagement Assistance Response Team 2022 (HEART [ … ]
U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, the commander of U.S. Southern Command(SOUTHCOM), visited Colombia and Brazil early September 2022, and met with leaders to discuss security cooperation. The September 5-9 trip aimed to strengthen ties and cooperation with both countries. SOUTHCOM’s Civilian Deputy to the Commander Ambassador Jean Manes, and [ … ]
U.S. Army Major General Francis Evon, the Connecticut adjutant general, and other Connecticut Army National Guard officers visited Montevideo, Uruguay, August 6-10, to strengthen bonds with the Uruguayan Armed Forces. Uruguay, renowned for upholding the values of democracy and peace in South America, has partnered with Connecticut through the State [ … ]
The navies of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru meet every year between July and September to carry out combined, protocol activities and strengthen ties as part of the exercise BRACOLPER, which this year celebrated its 47th edition. “The participation of the three navies in this BRACOLPER naval operational exercise strengthen interoperability, seeking [ … ]
In recent months, Iran and Nicaragua have increased cooperation agreements in the energy and agriculture sectors, as well as infood exports, medicines, and educational exchanges with universities. “Iran’s idea is to enter the United States [through the south], with the help of Cuba and Venezuela,” Fabián Calle, political analyst and [ … ]
Iran, with the support of terrorist organization Hezbollah and pro-Iranian groups, is seeking to expand its ideological influence in Latin America through the internet, social networks, and meeting places, the study Propaganda, Narratives and Influence in Latin America: Iran, Hezbollah and Al-Tajammu, of Israel’s Reichman University International Institute for Counter-Terrorism [ … ]
During Radio San Carlos’ last broadcast, transmitted on August 15, there was a prayer to the Divine Mercy led by a nun who was at the station in southeastern Managua. Hours later, however, the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services (Telcor) cancelled the radio station’s license along with two [ … ]
The governments of Argentina and Bolivia have made progress in military, space, and communications technology cooperation in recent months. Among the latest developments, in July, Argentine Minister of Science, Technology,and Innovation Daniel Filmus visited the Bolivian Space Agency’s (ABE)Amachuma Ground Station. In May, Argentine Minister of Defense Jorge Taiana received [ … ]
China is now a preferred lender across Latin America and the Caribbean. It hosts two international development banks — the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB) in Shanghai —that are both expanding their footprint across the region, TIME Magazine reported. “Infrastructure development has shrunk [ … ]
“Alone we are strong, together, we are Invincible.” Every senior military leader who spoke during the closing ceremony of PANAMAX 2022, held August 11 at the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, uttered this phrase, including host U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command [ … ]
Honduras is keeping up its human rights and international humanitarian law training. The Honduran Ministry of National Defense’s (SEDENA) Human Rights Directorate, with the support of the Human Rights Initiative (HRI) of U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) Human Rights Office, held the Honduran Human Rights Initiative Seminar, August 9-11, 2022, in [ … ]
Vice President of the Dominican Republic Raquel Peña greeted August 6 the trained personnel sent by the Canadian government, who arrived with the equipment for the rescue of the two miners trapped for a week in the underground mine of Corporación Minera Dominicana (CORMIDOM), in the Cerro de Maimón. “A [ … ]
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