Nicaragua’s National Assembly, dominated by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, approved reforms on March 31, 2022 that give the regime control over everything from administrative positions to academic programs in universities, Reuters reported. The reform to the General Law of Education and the Law of Autonomy of Higher Education Institutions [ … ]
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Women, Peace, and Security: ‘A Core Principle to Making Our Armed Forces More Ready, More Resilient, and More Effective’
Gender integration in the armed and security forces in the fields of education, recruitment, and development was among the topics of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Seminar, organized by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and the Chilean Joint Peacekeeping Operations Center (CECOPAC) in Santiago, Chile, April 27-29. [caption id="attachment_70439" align="alignright" [ … ]
Chile: Authorities Discover Marijuana Plantations
Chilean authorities have discovered numerous marijuana plantations in the mountainous regions of central Chile. In the first two months of the year, authorities seized 82,906 plants and 1.2 tons of processed drugs, the Chilean Investigative Police (PDI) said in a March 11 report on Plan Cannabis 2022. The findings indicate [ … ]
Brazil and US Dismantle Ghost Gun Manufacturing Group
A Brazilian Federal Police (PF) operation, with the support of the Office of the Attorney General and the Homeland Security Investigations Agency of the U.S. Embassy in Brasilia, dismantled a gang accused of operating an international ghost gun trafficking scheme. Authorities arrested three people in Brazil and three others were [ … ]
Brazil: Police Dismantles Organization that Trafficked Cocaine to Europe by Sea
On April 1, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF) launched Operation Decontamination to dismantle a criminal group that was sending drugs by sea to Europe. PF officers, with the support of the Bahia Military Police, served 12 search and seizure warrants and eight preventive arrest warrants in several cities of Bahia [ … ]
The Devastating Environmental Impact of Chinese Influence in Latin America
As German international media outlet DW noted, until just a few years ago, Chinese corporations were relatively unknown in Latin America, but their direct investments in the region have averaged about $10 billion per year since 2010, and this has a heavy damaging effect on the environment, according to the [ … ]
Brazil, Paraguay Destroy 748 Tons of Marijuana in the Border Region
Nearly 100 officers from the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) and the Brazilian Federal Police (PF) destroyed 748 tons of marijuana as part of Operation New Alliance XXX. During the 10-day raid, which ended April 1, the security forces used helicopters to locate the crops and follow the movement of [ … ]
Air Forces of the Americas Carry Out Exercise Cooperation VIII
Exercise Cooperation VIII was held at the Argentine Air Force’s (FAA, in Spanish) IV Air Brigade, in the province of Mendoza, March 28-April 8. The training was geared toward the standardization, planning, execution, and control of air operations during natural disasters, and demonstrated the effectiveness of participants in humanitarian aid. [ … ]
Brazilian Army Prepares for Joint Exercise with US
Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) troops have been preparing throughout March for the international Combined Operations and Rotation Exercise CORE 22, which will be carried out with U.S. Army counterparts in Fort Polk, Louisiana. “The activity is expected to take place in August and September 2022. The definitive date is [ … ]
NCOLCoE, World’s Premiere Institution for NCO Education
The Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Leadership Center of Excellence (NCOLCoE) is the backbone of NCO Army military education. The NCOLCoE, located in Fort Bliss, Texas, was founded in 1972, under the name the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy. In 2018, the institution changed its name to represent a more diversified [ … ]
Russia Denies Massacre in Ukraine Despite Global Shock
Sometimes, not even all the disinformation or fake news is able to change public opinion. Such is the case of the killings Russian troops perpetrated in the town of Bucha, located 15 miles northwest of Kyiv, which Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba classified as the worst massacre in Europe since [ … ]
Colombian Navy Seizes Two Semisubmersibles in Illegal Shipyard
During a riverine operation, the Colombian Navy’s Pacific Naval Force, with the Army’s support, seized two semisubmersibles in an illegal artisanal shipyard in the rural area of Tumaco, Nariño department, in mid-March. The 380-square meter shipyard, as well as the illegal naval artifacts, belonged to the Iván Ríos structure, a [ … ]