Paraguayan Army First Sergeant Antonia Paredes is the first noncommissioned officer (NCO) from her country to attend the Sergeants Major Course at the NCO Leadership Center of Excellence (NCOLCoE) in Fort Bliss, Texas. First Sergeant Paredes enrolled in the Army in 2013, and since then has focused her military career [ … ]
In their January 4, 2022 report Cocaine Trafficking from Non-Traditional Ports: Examining the Cases of Argentina, researchers from the Center for Studies on Transnational Organized Crime (CeCOT, in Spanish), at the National University of La Plata, and from the University of Buenos Aires, both in Argentina, found that criminal gangs [ … ]
Russian millionaires and the Ukrainian population are on the move. Not for the same reasons. At least four yachts owned by Russian billionaires have set a course to Montenegro or the Maldives, according to Marine Traffic data reviewed by CNBC. This is a result of the sanctions imposed on Russia by Western [ … ]
The Velas Latinoamérica 2022 regatta kicked off in Brazil on February 13. The nautical event, carried out every four years, brings together tall ships of partner nations’ navies to sail through the waters of South and Central America. Navy commanders of the Americas approved the creation of the event at [ … ]
The Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Leadership Center of Excellence (NCOLCoE) is a premier institution driving innovative development for U.S. Army’s enlisted leaders (ELs). The center provides professional military education that fosters ELs to meet the challenges of today’s complex world. Previously known as the Sergeants Major Academy, the NCOLCoE is a [ … ]
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed methods of external interference in order to expand the Soviet plan on an ideological level. To achieve this goal, a large number of tools, collectively called “active measures,” were used. Today, in order not to have to resort directly to armed conflict, [ … ]
The Panamanian National Air and Naval Service (SENAN, in Spanish), as part of operations Genesis and Caribe, seized 2,560 kilograms of cocaine from a speedboat with six Colombian nationals on board, north of Isla Grande, in the province of Colón, the institution reported January 28, 2022. “In the operation, supported [ … ]
Amid packages of coffee beans, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) found 558 kilograms of cocaine, February 3, 2022. The cargo was ready to be shipped from the Port of Santos to Germany. Drug seizures in Brazilian ports, especially Santos, located in São Paulo state and the second largest [ … ]
As Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Cubans on the island condemned the Havana dictatorship’s support for Vladimir Putin. While democratic countries decried the brutal aggression of the Russian forces against the Ukrainians, Miguel Díaz-Canel has sided with the attacks, as have the Nicolás Maduro and the Daniel Ortega-Rosario [ … ]
In its first seizures of the year, the Costa Rican National Coast Guard seized 2.4 tons of drugs in Pacific waters off Costa Rica, in joint operations with the United States. In an operation on January 29, 2022, Costa Rican Coast Guard agents, in coordination with U.S. intelligence authorities, intercepted [ … ]
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral James A. Aiken Jr., commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. Fourth Fleet (USNAVSO/4THFLT) is committed to work with the maritime forces of Latin American and Caribbean partner nations to enhance the security and stability of the Western Hemisphere. Rear Adm. Aiken spoke with Diálogo about [ … ]
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