Colombian authorities have captured two leaders of a 20-ton-per-year cocaine operation that sent drug-laden submarines to the United States, local police said on 3 August. Colombian authorities have captured two leaders of a 20-ton-per-year cocaine operation that sent drug-laden submarines to the United States, local police said on 3 August. [ … ]
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CHDS Opens Sub-Regional Conference on Security in the Americas
With an introduction by Chilean Minister of National Defense Andrés Allamand, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) of the National Defense University, in Washington, D.C., opened its 2011 Sub-Regional Conference, the seventh in the series, in Santiago, Chile, on 20 July 2011. With an introduction by Chilean Minister of [ … ]
Cocaine Paste Abuse Threatens Families Throughout Southern Cone
Authorities in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile are fighting to contain the growing abuse of cocaine paste — a cheap, yellowish cocaine smoked by thousands of people throughout South America’s Southern Cone. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Authorities in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile are fighting to contain the growing abuse of [ … ]
New CIA Chief Petraeus Hands Over Command In Afghanistan
U.S. General David Petraeus, Washington’s new intelligence chief, handed over command of U.S. and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan on July 18th; a day after a tentative start was made to a gradual process of transferring security to Afghan forces. U.S. General David Petraeus, Washington’s new intelligence chief, handed over command [ … ]
U.S. and Central America Sign Airport Joint Strategy Security Agreement against Terrorism
The security authorities at Central American airports will receive first-hand information from the United States about potential terrorists or criminal activities that might endanger their facilities, their passengers, or their countries themselves. The security authorities at Central American airports will receive first-hand information from the United States about potential terrorists [ … ]
Colombia, U.S. Bust ‘Mafia Company’ Cocaine Ring
Colombia and the U.S. drug agency have broken an airport drug ring in the world’s No. 1 cocaine producer, which sent up to 2 tons of cocaine monthly to Mexico and the United States, police said on 7 July. Colombia and the U.S. drug agency have broken an airport drug [ … ]
Interview with CP’11 Mission Commander, Captain Brian C. Nickerson, U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy’s hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored in Colombia from 2-12 July in support of the humanitarian civic assistance mission Continuing Promise 2011 (CP11). The U.S. Navy’s hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored in Colombia from 2-12 July in support of the humanitarian civic assistance mission [ … ]
Bolivia, Brazil, and U.S. Will Sign Agreement to Verify Coca Eradication
The governments of Bolivia, Brazil, and the United States will soon sign a joint agreement to verify the eradication of coca plantings on Bolivian territory, an official source revealed in La Paz on 5 July. The governments of Bolivia, Brazil, and the United States will soon sign a joint agreement [ … ]
The Center For Hemispheric Defense Studies: A Nexus For Knowledge
The academic institution is at the forefront of civilian and military relations throughout the Western Hemisphere In the early 1990s, Latin American defense officials expressed deep concerns that civilians knew little about the defense and military issues in their countries. William Perry, the U.S. secretary of defense at the time, [ … ]
Bolivia Asks Europe to Intercede to Restore Relations with U.S.
On 27 June Bolivian President Evo Morales asked the European ambassadors to his South American country to intercede on behalf of the nation to restore its diplomatic relations with the United States after more than two years of distancing. On 27 June Bolivian President Evo Morales asked the European ambassadors [ … ]
Ex-Bolivian Anti-Drug Chief Pleads Guilty in Miami
A former top Bolivian anti-drug official pleaded guilty on 23 June to charges of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the United States in a case that has proved a major embarrassment for Bolivia’s President Evo Morales. A former top Bolivian anti-drug official pleaded guilty on 23 June to charges of [ … ]
Clinton Announces More U.S. Aid for Central America, but Asks for Commitment
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced in Guatemala on 22 June that the United States has increased its crime-fighting cooperation in Central America to 300 million dollars this year, 40 million more than in 2010, but she also asked for greater commitment from the countries in the region. U.S. [ … ]