Amazonia 1, the first satellite completely designed, integrated, tested, and operated in Brazil, was successfully launched on February 28, 2021, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, India. The equipment will provide remote sensing data to observe and monitor the Amazon region, and to monitor the country’s agriculture, coastal [ … ]
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Colombia Captures Prince of Semisubmersibles
The Colombian National Police captured Oscar Adriano Quintero Rengifo, alias Guatala, known as the prince of semisubmersibles, on February 5, 2021, in Valle del Cauca, the institution reported. The narcotrafficker had links to the Mexican cartel Jalisco New Generation, and coordinated large cocaine shipments bound for Mexico and the United [ … ]
Nearly 24 Percent of Global Cocaine Production Passes Through Venezuela
Nearly 24 percent of global cocaine production transits through Venezuela, according to the 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment report of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The document, published on March 2, 2021, reaffirms the importance of the South American country as a transit point for drugs shipped to the [ … ]
Brazilian Army’s First Class of Female Combatants Graduates in 2021
The year 2021 will go down in history for the Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese), with the graduation of the first class of women from the traditional Agulhas Negras Military Academy (AMAN, in Portuguese), a 210-year old institution. This cycle started in 2018, with the unprecedented participation of women, among [ … ]
Admiral Craig S. Faller Visits Argentina and Strengthens Bilateral Cooperation
U.S. Navy Admiral Craig S. Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), and Argentine Minister of Defense Agustín Rossi met April 8, 2021, to strengthen bilateral cooperation between both countries and help in the fight against the novel coronavirus. The meeting took place behind closed doors in the Libertador Building, [ … ]
Argentine Military Advisor is Committed to Interoperability
Argentine Army Colonel Horacio Alonso, who has 36 years of military service, has been a Partner Nations Military Advisor (PNMA) at U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) since September 2019. Col. Alonso spoke with Diálogo about the mission and his interagency work as a PNMA program representative. The program, which SOUTHCOM created in [ … ]
Brazil Assumes the Presidency of the 15th Conference of the Defense Ministers of the Americas
Brazil will preside over the 15th Conference of the Defense Minister of the Americas (CDMA), represented by 34 countries from the Americas and the Caribbean, for the 2021/2022 biennium. Brazilian Army General César Augusto Nardi de Souza, head of Strategic Affairs of the Brazilian Ministry of Defense (MD, in Portuguese), [ … ]
Colombia Tightens the Net Around FARC Dissidents
Colombian authorities jolted dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish) between March 1-3, 2021. Operations on those dates resulted in the neutralization of 10 people and the capture of four others, as well as the disruption of an illegal road these dissidents had built. On March [ … ]
Peru Seizes Nearly 5 Tons of Cocaine
Peruvian authorities dealt a new blow to narcotrafficking, seizing 4,940 kilograms of cocaine in different operations carried out February 10-25, 2021. The Peruvian National Police (PNP) reported on Twitter finding 216 kg of cocaine in Alto Amazonas province on February 25. Five individuals involved with the drug opened fire to [ … ]
Colombian Military Forces Destroy Mega Cocaine Lab in Tumaco
The Colombian Military Forces found a mega lab consisting of seven structures used for cocaine production, in a rural area of Tumaco municipality, Nariño department, the Colombian Navy’s Pacific Naval Force reported in mid-February. This serious blow against narcotrafficking affects the finances of Los Contadores, a dissident group of the [ … ]
Brazil: Police Dismantle Criminal Groups at Border with French Guiana
The Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) dismantled two criminal organizations that were trafficking humans, arms, and cocaine at the French Guiana border. The activities were carried out as part of Operation Quinine (Operação Quinino), in the municipalities of Oiapoque and Macapá, in the state of Amapá. “[The operation] aims [ … ]
AFSOUTH Leadership Recognizes Critical Support from Beale Intelligence Airmen
U.S. Air Forces Southern/12th Air Force (AFSOUTH) commander and command chief recently visited Recce Town (Beale Air Force Base, California) to engage with intelligence airmen and discuss the critical support provided to the Southern Hemisphere from the Distributed Ground Station-2 (DGS-2) located there. Major General Barry Cornish, AFSOUTH commander, and [ … ]