Navies From 11 Nations Complete UNITAS Gold 2009 Exercise

May 08, 2009

UNITAS Gold, the 50th iteration of the longest running multinational exercise in the world, came to a close following more than two weeks of realistic training scenarios by the United States and partner maritime forces and observers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Germany, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Navies From 11 Nations Complete UNITAS Gold 2009 Exercise

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