This article was originally published in the Military Review magazine, English edition (March-April 2021) The operational problem facing the Army in the year 2035 will fundamentally differ from problems it has previously confronted. The legacy challenge for which the Army’s current platforms and doctrine are still optimized was a [ … ]
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US Donates Patrol Boat to Honduras
The operational capabilities to protect Honduras’ 220,000 kilometers of maritime border and natural resources have been strengthened as of July 9, 2021, thanks to a U.S. donation of coast guard patrol boat “Río Aguán” FNH-8502. “This is a special day that translates into the commitment of soldiers and the daily [ … ]
US Donates 2 Mobile Operations Centers, 5 Defibrillators to Dominican Republic
The U.S. government, through U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), donated two operations centers and five defibrillators to the Dominican Republic’s Emergency Operations Center (COE, in Spanish) on June 30, 2021, to increase the Dominican government’s capacity to provide emergency assistance during disaster response operations or health crises, such as the current [ … ]
Global Support for Cuba Demonstrations
World leaders are expressing their support for the Cuban people after demonstrations broke across the island on July 11. Foreign Minister for the European Union (EU) Josep Borrell urged the Cuban government “to listen to these protests of discontent” during a press conference July 12 in Brussels after meeting with [ … ]
Cuba Protesters Cite Shortages, Frustrations with Government
Protesters rallying against Cuba’s government on July 11 expressed a number of grievances, including the state of the country’s economy and the response to the coronavirus pandemic. “What we want is change,” Yamila Monte, a Cuban domestic worker told AFP. “I have had enough.” The protests were the largest against [ … ]
Peru, NASA, USAID Create Satellite Platform to Protect the Amazon
A cooperation agreement among the Peruvian government, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), now makes it possible to monitor illegal mining and deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon. The Radar Mining Monitoring Tool (RAMI), was officially launched on June 16, 2021, [ … ]
JTF-Bravo Service Members Provide Medical Support to Honduran Communities
Hundreds of people in the rural communities of La Bodega and the 15 of April Cooperative, in Colón department, received humanitarian aid during a military medical operation carried out by U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-Bravo), June 29-July 1. A team of 42 members of the JTF-Bravo Medical [ … ]
Panama Combats Narcotrafficking Head-on
Juan Manuel Pino Forero, Panamanian minister of Public Security, coordinates a national and regional effort to combat transnational criminal organizations. Interagency work with security agencies, binational border agreements, and cooperation with the Southern Triangle are part of his commitment to counter illicit networks. Minister Pino spoke with Diálogo during the [ … ]
Brazilian Air Force Inaugurates Radar Station and Expands Monitoring at the Border
On June 30, 2021, the Brazilian Air Force (FAB, in Portuguese) launched the new Ponta Porã Radar Station, in Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). The station is the third in a series of new radars that the FAB installed along the border in the country’s central-west region. The first station [ … ]
US Army South Welcomes New Commanding General
U.S. Army South conducted a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on June 30. U.S. Navy Admiral Craig S. Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), presided over the ceremony in which U.S. Army Major General Daniel R. Walrath relinquished command to U.S. Army [ … ]
4th Fleet Conducts Maritime Staff Talks with Ecuadorian Navy
Rear Admiral Don Gabrielson, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. Fourth Fleet, hosted delegates from the Ecuadorian Navy for the annual Maritime Staff Talks (MST) June 25. Annual MSTs support the U.S. maritime strategy, “Advantage at Sea,” by building and strengthening working relationships between U.S. and partner nations’ maritime [ … ]
Strategic Intelligence in Colombia as a Power Maximizer to Combat Transnational Crime
Since the Constitution of 1991, Colombia has become a social state under the rule of law; that is, the state must ensure the integrity of citizens, and therefore, the country’s sovereignty rests with the people. It is a state with a democratic political system that has developed successfully in recent [ … ]