For four days, they ran with a replica 3kg rifle on their back, fired at targets, hurling grenades under the sun for more than 30°C, executing naval skills and rowing – all against the clock. After testing their endurance and speed, finally on July 21st, 24 of the 67 athletes [ … ]
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Caribbean Countries a Force to be Reckoned with in Track and Field
Over the past decade Caribbean countries have shown great potential in Track and Field, especially in sprinting. The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Jamaica won 11 medals, six gold, and all were in Track and Field.
Brazil’s Armed Forces Plan to Launch Geostationary Satellite in 2014
Brazil plans to launch a geostationary satellite — GOES — that would connect all the country’s defense and security organizations and allow for more secure communications among them. Brazil plans to launch a geostationary satellite — GOES — that would connect all the country’s defense and security organizations and allow [ … ]
Honduras: Narco-Trafficking Threatens Plátano River Reserve
UNESCO adds the Honduran reserve to its list of endangered World Heritage sites for the second time. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – A world heritage site is in distress. The reasons: indiscriminate deforestation; huge tracts of land burned to make way for agricultural activity; and, above all, the presence of narco-traffickers. For [ … ]
Cocaine Paste Abuse Threatens Families Throughout Southern Cone
Authorities in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile are fighting to contain the growing abuse of cocaine paste — a cheap, yellowish cocaine smoked by thousands of people throughout South America’s Southern Cone. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Authorities in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile are fighting to contain the growing abuse of [ … ]
Jamaicans Run For Gold
One of the most traditional countries in the training of sprinters, Jamaica has seven players competing in track and field at the 5th Military World Games and they all came to Rio for one single purpose: to win gold.
Disability Is Not A Difficulty In Suriname
A motorcycle accident 20 years ago caused Captain Remy Burke of Suriname to lose the use of his right arm, but not his willingness to practice boxing and karate. He has videos posted on the Internet displaying his tenacity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SKw-1veeOI) and challenges any boxer.
Dominicans Come To Rio Eying Guadalajara
For the 5th Military World Games in Rio de Janeiro, the Dominican Republic’s military brought four boxers who are qualified for the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, this October.
Chile Will Have the AGS 61 Cabo de Hornos Scientific Ship in 2013
In the first quarter of 2013, Chile will have one of the five most advanced scientific ships in the world, the AGS 61 Cabo de Hornos, despite the damage suffered during the tsunami of 2010. The amount invested has been 62 million dollars. In the first quarter of 2013, Chile [ … ]
Bolivia Intensifies Anti-Drug Fight Following Police Chief’s Fall
Bolivia has succeeded in striking a series of blows against drug trafficking in the last month, including the destruction of almost three hundred drug factories, following the fall of a powerful former anti-drug chief who pleaded guilty to exporting cocaine in a U.S. court. Bolivia has succeeded in striking a [ … ]
Interview With VADM Joseph D. Kernan
Vice Admiral Joseph D. Kernan assumed his duties as the U.S. Southern Command Military Deputy Commander in May 2011, and ever since has been on an almost non-stop tour throughout the 16 million square mile area of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to get better acquainted with the [ … ]
UN Secretary-General Congratulates Brazil-Argentine Agency For Work On Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon congratulated the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC) for its 20 years of working for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon congratulated the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC) for [ … ]