His nearly four decades of military service in the Ecuadorian Armed Forces speak to the experience and professionalism of Army Major General Nelson Proaño Rodríguez, who took office as head of the Armed Forces’ Joint Command on May 5, 2022. Maj. Gen. Proaño, who graduated as an infantry second lieutenant [ … ]
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ARSOUTH Leads CENTAM Working Group in Honduras
Representatives from U.S. Army South traveled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to lead a Central American Working Group (CENTAM WG) meeting during a three-day event held from September 7-9, 2022. The CENTAM WG includes armies from three Latin American nations: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The event marked the third time all [ … ]
Nicaragua: Dictatorship and Collaboration with Extra-Hemispheric US Rivals
This piece was originally published on the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ website, August 29, 2022 On June 9, 2022, Nicaragua’s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) government renewed the authorization of Russian military forces to operate in the country. In doing so, it reminded the United States and the [ … ]
Women, Peace, and Security: Unity to Lead Change
The first Hybrid Senior Enlisted Leader Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Seminar was carried out at the Colombian Army Infantry School in Bogotá, August 23-24. The in-person and virtual seminar, hosted by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and the Colombian Military Forces’ General Command (CGFM), focused on the professional growth of [ … ]
Power and influence: Its applications in the military organizations of the brazilian army
1 INTRODUCTION The dynamics and complexity of human interaction are increasingly being studied in order to achieve results and effectiveness in actions. However, leaders from all sectors of society face difficulties in overcoming these challenges in a world in constant transformation, where people are increasingly more distant and at the [ … ]
Guatemala Holds First International Cybersecurity Seminar
Guatemala’s National Security Council’s Technical Secretariat, National Institute for Strategic Security Studies (INEES), and Strategic Intelligence Secretariat organized the first International Seminar on Cybersecurity in the Latin American Context. “Cybersecurity is one of the greatest challenges that the government led by President Alejandro Giammattei has set for itself,” Colonel Francisco [ … ]
China’s Use of Soft Power in Support of its Strategic Engagement in Latin America
Introduction The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) expanding engagement and presence in Latin America and the Caribbean has captured the attention of political and business leaders and the people of the region, as well as the United States. Although the PRC’s engagement and use of “soft power” has political, cultural, [ … ]
Brazil and the United States to Develop Joint Defense Technology
Three Brazilian cutting-edge defense technology projects have caught the attention of the U.S. military and are vying for funding under the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) agreement between both nations. The projects, which involve technologies such as mind mapping, bioprinting, and artificial intelligence, are being developed by the Center [ … ]
Russia’s Shadow Soldiers The Wagner Group Gives Russian President Vladimir Putin Foreign Influence With Deniability
In Russia’s frenzied attempt to flex its muscles, get access to natural resources and increase its geopolitical relevance, it relies heavily on private military companies (PMCs). This strategy produces a small foreign footprint and offers the Kremlin plausible deniability while enriching a small circle of people. President Vladimir Putin’s Russia [ … ]
Undersea Cable Wars: Competition for control of networks brings long-term security risks to the surface
A labyrinth of more than 1.3 million kilometers of fiber-optic cables anchored to the sea floor carries about 95% of telephone and internet communications around the world every day, moving massive amounts of data every second. Everything from financial transactions to military orders passes along this underwater web of more [ … ]
CFAC Strengthens Alliances in Central America
The Central American Armed Forces’ (CFAC) Executive Committee held its 58th ordinary session, June 28-July 1, in Bay Island department, Honduras. CFAC is a military cooperation organization created in November 1997. It is made up of El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic, which joined in 2007. “Within [ … ]
Paraguay Seizes 16 Tons of Marijuana
In an operation in Bella vista Norte, Amambay department, the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) destroyed more than 16 tons of marijuana. Agents found the drugs in a rural establishment of some 5 hectares that housed several narco-camps with marijuana crops, where they also seized 1.5 tons of the drug [ … ]