Paraguay to Host SOUTHDEC 2015

September 09, 2014

Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Caballero Mayana, Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Paraguayan Armed Forces, announced at the end of the IV South American
Defense Conference (SOUTHDEC), conducted on August 12-14 in Santiago, Chile, that his
country will co-host the 2015 edition of the same event, jointly with the Unites States
Southern Command.

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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 […]

Paraguay to Host SOUTHDEC 2015

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