Spain and the United States agreed on the need for Latin America to assume a role of "global interlocutor" to participate in overcoming problems like the economic crisis and confronting challenges like climate change.
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Mission Haiti and The Loss of a Friend
To be selected to participate in peace missions abroad is considered a distinction among Latin American military personnel. For the majority, it is not the salary in American dollars that attracts them, but the possibility of raising the profile of their countries abroad, as well as participating in humanitarian and [ … ]
Right-Wing Businessman Sebastián Piñera Is Chile’s New President
Right-wing businessman Sebastián Piñera is Chile’s next president, after his rival from the governing party, Eduardo Frei, conceded defeat, putting an end to twenty years of center-left governments, in power since the end of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.
22 United Nations (UN) Workers Dead and Hundreds Missing in Haiti
NEW YORK(AFP) -- At least 22 United Nations employees died in the earthquake which rocked Haiti Tuesday, while 150 other are missing, reported this Thursday United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon.
Hubble Discovers the Oldest Galaxies Ever Observed
The Hubble Telescope has broken a new record by discovering the oldest galaxies yet observed, dating from 13 billion years ago, which is to say 600 to 800 million years after the Big Bang, NASA announced Tuesday.
New University Breaks Scientific Social Barriers
Boasting one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, a team of top scientists and a campus at which female and male students can mingle freely, Saudi Arabia’s new multibillion-dollar university aims to break both scientific and social barriers. Classrooms are integrated, women are allowed to drive on campus and, [ … ]
Injured Colombian Soldiers Run Marathon
eynaldo Torres, left, a blind Colombian Soldier, ran in the Nov. 1 New York City Marathon with the help of Colombian Army Col. Luis Vargas, liaison officer at the U.S. Southern Command. Torres was left blind after suffering combat wounds from an improvised explosive device. He was among 11 Colombian [ … ]
Reward Offered for Militants
Peru is working on a new approach to counter the violence from the remnants of the Shining Path guerrilla group. Rafael Rey, Peru’s minister of defense, told the news agency EFE that the approach includes new military intelligence and elite forces. It also includes a reward program that could pay [ … ]
Brazil Hosts International Military Sports Tournament
Along with pride at being named the site of the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro is proud of hosting international military tournaments. In 2011, the city will host the fifth Military World Games, which take place every four years.
Transformation in Communications
A new fiber-optic cable is set to increase Guyana’s bandwidth capacity, reported the Web site Caribbean Net News. The cable is set to increase Internet capacity by 3,000 times and will bring national development opportunities including e-governance, e-health, e-learning and e-security, among others, said officials from the Guyana Telephone and [ … ]
Military Education
Military forces in Latin America and the Caribbean have a variety of military institutions to educate their personnel about dealing with new challenges. As a follow-up to the previous edition, DIÁLOGO again presents a selection of military academic institutions, this time in the Andean region.
Bolivia Is Sitting On a ‘Gold Mine’
A worker operates a drill at the state-run Lithium pilot plant in Río Grande, Bolivia, where the largest salt flats in the world are found. Underneath the salt flats are the world’s largest reserves of lithium — a key mineral used in medicine and especially in rechargeable batteries used in [ … ]