The pressure against Nicaragua’s regime is increasing with the launch of a new national coalition that brings together several opposition organizations to restore democracy in the country. The police has responded by strengthening security to prevent protests against President Daniel Ortega. “The regime fears a wave of protests as these [ … ]
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) plans to increase U.S. military presence in the Western Hemisphere while taking on funding cuts to security programs that help Latin American partners counter drug cartels. In written testimony March 11, U.S. Navy Admiral Craig S. Faller, SOUTHCOM commander, said the U.S. “only enabled the successful [ … ]
Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo) hosted Honduran military and civilian leaders at Soto Cano Air Base in Comayagua, Honduras, February 28, 2020, to strengthen partnerships and recognize the value of continued camaraderie. Among the attendees was retired Honduran Air Force General José Enrique Soto Cano, namesake for the air base, [ … ]
Recent data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE, in Portuguese) indicates that the Brazilian Amazon lost 3,769 square miles of vegetation in a single year. The deforested area, which is larger than Puerto Rico, refers to the period of August 2018-July 2019, and increased 29.5 percent compared to [ … ]
Without water, health preservation is an impossible task, Venezuelan doctors and nurses say to illustrate their fear and concerns about the risk of a coronavirus outbreak in the country. They say that hospitals lack medication, surgical equipment, and primary care supplies, such as masks, I.V. drips, and thermometers, or a [ … ]
“Corruption threatens the safety and the way of life of citizens all over the world,” said Brazilian Appellate Court Judge Reis Friede, director of the Federal Justice Cultural Center in Brazil. “Corruption costs lives, especially when someone dies because of lack of medication or care because a corrupt politician embezzled [ … ]
The Nicolás Maduro regime and its allies continue to find new ways to repress democracy and brutalize the Venezuelan people. When Interim President Juan Guaidó returned from his diplomatic trip abroad on February 11, pro-Maduro bullies attacked him at the airport near Caracas. One tried to smash his car’s window [ … ]
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visited U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) March 8 to meet with U.S. Navy Admiral Craig Faller, SOUTHCOM commander, as well as other command and Department of Defense leaders. Bolsonaro’s historic visit marks the first time a Brazilian president has visited SOUTHCOM. The leaders discussed the growing defense [ … ]
The U.S. announced sanctions targeting Russian oil company Rosneft’s trading unit, Rosneft Trading S.A., on February 18 and the Venezuelan state-run airline Conviasa on February 7. Both actions aim to stop the flow of money to the Nicolás Maduro regime and compel Maduro to allow free and fair elections. Rosneft [ … ]
U.S. President Donald Trump defended aerial spraying of illicit crops in the fight against drugs, during his meeting with Colombian counterpart Iván Duque at the White House, March 2. The Duque government wants to resume the controversial aerial method. The Duque government hopes to resume aerial fumigation to counter narcotrafficking, [ … ]
For the first time in the history of Colombia’s participation in peacekeeping missions, a female Army officer deployed to North Africa. Colombian Army First Lieutenant Zuly Vannesa Lugo Varón works as a military peace observer since February in the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO, in [ … ]
Twenty years ago, the Salvadoran Armed Force (FAES, in Spanish) opened its doors to female candidates at the Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School. Since then, more than 1,500 women have joined the force. In early 2020, female participation within FAES includes 128 officers, three noncommissioned officers, and 480 troops. [ … ]
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