On August 26, the Brazilian Navy (MB) celebrated 106 years of Naval Aviation, and the big star of the event was the recently established 1st Remotely Piloted Aircraft Squadron (EsqdQE-1). The new squadron is composed of six ScanEagle drones, as well as two catapult launchers and two recovery systems. [caption [ … ]
Faced with the growing presence of illegal armed groups on the Colombian-Ecuadorian border, the Ecuadorian Armed Forces intensified security and controls in the region to prevent these groups from crossing into Ecuadorian territory, the Ecuadorian Armed Forces’ Joint Command said via Twitter. “Our mission is to guard the border, the [ … ]
The Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua exhibited prisoners of conscience in “informative hearings” at the Managua Judicial Complex between August 30 and September 1. The regime-run media broadcast the proceedings, branding the prisoners as “terrorists, coup plotters, and homeland traitors,” pointing out that most of them supported in one way or [ … ]
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay approved bringing about greater synergy to position Latin America more prominently within the Antarctic Treaty System, during the 33rd Meeting of Latin American Antarctic Program Administrators (RAPAL), in Quito, Ecuador, August 23-26. Colombia, Venezuela, and Costa Rica attended as observers, the Chilean Joint [ … ]
Exercise Southern Star 2022 provided Chilean Armed Forces a platform to showcase its capabilities alongside coalition forces from August 15-25. Southern Star is a joint special operations exercise that is designed to develop collaborative skills and build interoperability for counterterrorism operations. Over 1,000 international troops gathered to participate in the [ … ]
The latest wave of repression from the Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime is hitting the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, severely punishing those who try to denounce the human rights issues that Nicaraguans experience, says the August Political Analysis Supplement report of Costa Rica-based think tank Center for Transdisciplinary Studies of Central [ … ]
In mid-September, a Colombian government delegation met with leaders of dissident groups of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to explore potential peace talks with members of groups who rejected the 2016 peace agreement in Havana. President Petro posted two photos on his Twitter account with the caption, “a [ … ]
In just 20 hours, between September 16 and 17, 10 people were murdered in the cities of Guayaquil, Durán, and Samborondón, in Ecuador’s Guayas province, reported Quito’s Radio Pinchincha. On September 19, Prosecutor Édgar Escobar of the People and Guarantees Unit in Guayaquil, “was shot [...] in front of the [ … ]
The bilateral exercise between U.S. and Brazilian forces focused on maritime security and strengthening maritime partnerships with partner nations. “The bilateral exercise continued to demonstrate collaboration and interoperability between the United States and Brazil’s naval forces,” said U.S. Navy Captain Meger Chappell, deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 40. “We [ … ]
The U.S. Air Force deployed four B-52H Stratofortress aircraft to the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) theater August 18-September 21, 2022 to conduct Bomber Task Force (BTF) missions with key allies and partners. The strategic bombers are assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota. [ … ]
The Rio de Janeiro Civil Police’s arrest of five Colombians this summer for loan sharking — illegal loans at exorbitant interest rates — using narcotrafficking money drew the attention of Brazil’s security sector, because reports of this practice by narcotraffickers were so far unheard of, Police said. “This type of [ … ]
The U.S. Coast Guard recently completed an operation to counter illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, within the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) Convention area. The SPRFMO Convention area covers nearly a fourth of the Earth’s high seas. The SPRFMO Commission consists of 16 members from Asia, [ … ]
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