The MEDRETE provided services in family health, women’s health, dental, veterinary, dermatology, optometry, physical therapy, dietician, and pediatrics to local Guyanese. “A Medical Readiness Training Exercise is where a predetermined group of doctors, nurses, technicians, and pharmacy get together to train on deploying in a contingency type moment,” said U.S. [ … ]
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Bolivia Releases Results of 10-Year Fight Against Narcotrafficking
The Bolivian combined counternarcotics force destroyed a total of 35,878 cocaine labs and 321 tons of the drug in 116,440 operations carried out in the last 10 years, the Bolivian government reported. Bolivian Vice Minister of Social Defense and Controlled Substances, Felipe Cáceres, delivered the report on May 26, in [ … ]
SOUTHCOM Commander Strengthens Bonds with Brazil
U.S. Navy Admiral Craig S. Faller visited the Brazilian Army’s Paratrooper Infantry Brigade, the Multipurpose Helicopter Carrier Atlântico, and the Brazilian Navy’s Submarine Naval Base in Rio de Janeiro. Following his February 11 visit to Brasília, U.S. Navy Admiral Craig S. Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), continued on [ … ]
Brazilian Navy Installs Monitoring System to Fight Organized Crime
Guanabara Bay, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, is the center of a pilot project to protect Brazilian coastal waters. The Brazilian Navy (MB, in Portuguese) is in the midst of a project in Guanabara Bay that follows vessels as they reach Rio de Janeiro’s eastern zone, as well [ … ]
U.S., South American NCOs Gather in Buenos Aires to Discuss Common Challenges
The Senior Enlisted Leader Seminar took place during the South American Defense Conference 2018. Argentina hosted the Senior Enlisted Leader Seminar 2018, bringing together service members of 11 countries in Buenos Aires, August 27th-29th. The event, held during the South American Defense Conference (SOUTHDEC) 2018, took place in the Argentine [ … ]
El Salvador Promotes Importance of Interagency Coordination
The Armed Force of El Salvador promotes interagency work to counter threats from transnational criminal organizations. Since Army Major General Félix Edgardo Núñez Escobar took over as head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Force of El Salvador (FAES, in Spanish) in January 2016, he dedicated himself [ … ]
Brazilian Air Force Oversees National Air Traffic Control
The Department of Airspace Control (DECEA), a unit of the Brazilian Air Force, is responsible for air traffic control and defense in Brazilian airspace. Civilian and military aircraft that take off in Brazil or fly through its airspace do so under the watchful eyes of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB, [ … ]
Dominican Army Joins Government Agencies in Fight against Zika-carrying Mosquito
The Dominican Republic's Army (ERD) said it obtained excellent results after its Troops joined forces with government institutions during the past few months to fight the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which is responsible for spreading the Zika, dengue, and chikingunya viruses throughout the country. The Dominican Republic's Army (ERD) said it [ … ]
Brazil to Test Border Surveillance During Military Operations
Project Sisfron is close to being subjected to its first test. In June, the system will be employed in Operation Ágata. Brazil's Army Project Office (EPEx), created in 2012, evaluates, proposes, coordinates, and integrates efforts toward the realization of the Army’s large-scale, technologically and financially complex strategic projects. So far, [ … ]
Colombian National Army Dismantles FARC Cocaine Laboratory
The Colombian National Army’s "General Luis Ernesto Ordoñez Castillo" Artillery Battalion No. 27 dismantled a large cocaine-producing laboratory that allegedly belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the Department of Putumayo. The Colombian National Army’s "General Luis Ernesto Ordoñez Castillo" Artillery Battalion No. 27 dismantled a large [ … ]
Brazilian Federal Highway Police Seizes About 10 Tons of Marijuana
Brazil’s Federal Highway Police (PRF) seized about 10 tons of marijuana off a truck near the city of São Paulo on February 27, making it possibly the largest bust of its kind in the State of São Paulo’s history. Brazil’s Federal Highway Police (PRF) seized about 10 tons of marijuana [ … ]
Brazilian states use innovative approaches to reduce crime
In the state of Paraná, authorities are using international funding to launch a broad security project known as “Paraná Seguro.” The ambitious program provides training for police officers and sports programs, cultural activities, and job training for teenagers, to divert them from street crime and gangs.