Amapá, a state in the far north of Brazil, will now count on troops from the Army, Navy, and Air Force to fight transborder crimes. In July 2018, a deployment of the Brazilian Navy’s (MB, in Portuguese) Captaincy of Ports will head out to Brazil’s border with French Guiana in [ … ]
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Ecuadorean Army Wages Enduring Campaign against Illegal Mining
The Ecuadorean Armed Forces work with the National Police and civilian institutions to counter illegal mining. The Ecuadorean Army is engaged in an enduring frontal campaign against illegal mining, focusing on the country's southern provinces. On May 4, 2018, the 62nd Jungle Battalion Zamora, the Loja Military Intelligence Detachment, and [ … ]
In Pursuit of a Colombia with Stable and Enduring Peace
The peace accords are one step toward perennial peace in Colombia. Colombia’s National Center for Historical Memory recorded 16,862 victims of kidnapping, murder, massacre, and damage to civilian property during the internal conflict between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish) from 1978 to [ … ]
Brazilian Marine Corps Performs Basic Team Training
ADEST-EQ 2018, held at the Marambaia Island Training Center, in Rio de Janeiro, mobilized 2,400 service members and kicked off the Marine Corps training cycle. The Brazilian Marine Corps’ (CFN, in Portuguese) Fleet Marine Squad (FFE, in Portuguese) of the Brazilian Navy, began the first cycle of training with the [ … ]
Guatemala Conducts Disaster Response Exercise
The 2018 FAHUM exercise simulated the eruption of a volcano in Guatemala and included several humanitarian assistance scenarios. Some 50 kilometers southeast of Guatemala City in the department of Escuintla, Guatemala, the Fuego Volcano erupts. The explosion sends ash clouds into the air while streams of lava and gas flow [ … ]
Trust among Partners, Key to Develop Joint Regional Efforts
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South works with its Latin American and Caribbean partners to build trust for combined efforts to ensure regional security. As commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH) since May 2017, Major General David G. Bellon has strengthened bonds of friendship with partner nation navies and [ … ]
Female Honduran Officer Takes Part in Peacekeeping Mission for First Time
A female officer deployed to Western Sahara, marking a first in the history of Honduras’s participation in peacekeeping missions. The journey of six Honduran service members to Africa at the end of March 2018 was a momentous occasion for the Central American country: For the first time, a female Honduran [ … ]
Colombia Declares Municipalities Free of Anti-personnel Mines
With another 37 municipalities mine-free, Colombia drops from second to tenth on the list of countries with the most mine victims. The Colombian National Army declared another 37 municipalities mine-free. The announcement took place April 4th, on the United Nations’ International Anti-Personnel Mine Awareness Day. “Today, we take an unprecedented [ … ]
Largest Simulated Peacekeeping Mission Exercise Held in Brazil
Viking 2018 involved 2,500 participants from 50 countries. For the first time a non-European country took part in hosting the event. The Brazilian Army (EB, in Portuguese) Headquarters in Brasília operated as one of the remote sites for the Viking 2018 exercise, April 16th–26th. This was the first time a [ … ]
Colombian Armed Forces Neutralize FARC Dissidents
In a joint, interagency operation, Colombian forces arrested guerrillas who rejected the peace process. The Colombian Armed Forces conducted an operation to arrest dissidents among guerrillas who rejected the peace agreement. On March 18, 2018, Joint Task Force Omega (FTCO, in Spanish) conducted Operation Minerva II and neutralized dissidents of [ … ]
Colombia and Ecuador Heighten Security on Shared Border
Armed forces of both countries increase combined operations to counter terrorist attacks from dissident guerrilla groups in the area. In a special session held on March 24, 2018, in Tulcán, home base of the Ecuadorean Army’s 31st Andes Brigade, authorities from Colombia and Ecuador agreed to intensify military coordination along [ … ]
Costa Rica Strikes International Narcorafficking
The recently launched Southern Bloc of nations and the combined patrols agreement with the United States were decisive factors. Costa Rican security forces conducted a maritime and land operation in mid-April 2018, leading to the seizure of more than 800 kilograms of cocaine. The Costa Rican National Coast Guard Service [ … ]