Argentina’s security forces dealt successive blows to narcotrafficking between September and October, with the cooperation of countries of the region. One of the most important blows occurred on October 28, when agents of the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) and the Peruvian National Police (PNP) captured Raúl Martín Maylli Rivera, alias [ … ]
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Colombian Army Dismantles Mega Narco Labs on Pacific Coast
The Colombian Army dismantled two narco laboratories on the Pacific coast of Colombia during an operation carried out in mid-October. One of the labs was among the largest found in 2022, the institution said. Army troops belonging to the Command Against Drug Trafficking and Transnational Threats (CONAT) led the operation, [ … ]
Nicaraguan Regime Sanctions Audiovisual Recordings
Nicaragua’s National Assembly approved a set of reforms to the National Cinematheque Act and to the Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts Act to prohibit the “creation, public exhibition, and commercialization of cinematographic and audiovisual products, as well as the confiscation of these.” With these reforms, lawyers and filmmakers warn, the Daniel [ … ]
Dominican Armed Forces Doctors Bring Care Aboard the USNS Comfort
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort not only changes the lives of patients receiving care in its operating rooms, but also those of its crew members. That is the sentiment of Lieutenant Abraham de Los Santos, a specialist in emergency medicine and critical patient management, and Lieutenant Junior Grade [ … ]
Continuing Promise 22: Preparedness Is Key for Crises
The Dominican Republic and U.S. military forces, along with 911 operators, police officers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, firefighters, and other first responders, participated in the Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) seminar at the Emergency Operational Center (COE) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, December 1. The seminar was part of the activities [ … ]
Royal Navy Provides Relief from Illegal Activity and Natural Threats in Caribbean
The United Kingdom’s Royal Navy displayed its agility and effectiveness in recent weeks after two hurricanes impacted Caribbean communities and created an environment in which illicit trafficking could potentially flourish. While operating as the U.K.’s prepositioned force, Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel HMS Medway placed personnel ashore in the Turks [ … ]
SOUTHCOM Commemorates 25th Anniversary of Its Human Rights Initiative
More than 100 participants representing Western Hemisphere militaries, governments, nongovernmental organizations, and academia gathered in the Conference Center of the Americas at the headquarters of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) December 1 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of SOUTHCOM’s Human Rights Initiative (HRI). Rooted in SOUTHCOM’s efforts to promote a culture of [ … ]
Latin America’s Biodiversity Rapidly Plummeting
According to the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Living Planet 2022 report, Latin America, one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet, lost 94 percent of its vertebrate groups in the last 50 years. The October assessment looked at nearly 32,000 populations of 5,230 species of amphibians, birds, mammals, fish, [ … ]
USAF, Navy Integrate for Bomber Task Force MineX
U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, integrated with U.S. Naval forces in the Indo-Pacific region to conduct a naval mine exercise (MineX) off Okinawa during a training mission originating from Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, October 24. The [ … ]
NY Air Guardsman Graduates from Brazil’s Jungle Training School
For New York Air National Guard Technical Sergeant Jeremy Miter, adapting to the heat and humidity of the Amazon basin was the toughest part of the six weeks he spent at Brazil’s jungle warfare School from late September until mid-November 2022. “Once we got into the jungle it was a [ … ]
Chile Hosts Multinational Air Exercise Salitre 2022
The Salitre combined multinational air exercise is one of the largest and most important in South America. Its objectives are to increase interoperability of participating forces under North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) regulations, exchange experiences in the conduct and execution of assets in combined operations, and strengthen ties of friendship. [ … ]
The Continuing Promise to Support Women
Women attended a talk on breast cancer, children learned about tooth decay, teens heard about pregnancy prevention, parents received information on domestic violence, military and police personnel took notes during a discussion on gender equality, while some attendees did yoga, and others sang along with the band. All were participants [ … ]