Brazil aims to develop in the country a geostationary satellite with civilian and military applications and launch it before 2014, Brazilian Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo announced. The initiative foresees the development of several satellites with domestic technology, entirely developed and produced in Brazil.
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Backers Model Proposed Costa Rican Security Tax on Colombian Success
Costa Rica’s national police force makes do with fewer than 300 vehicles. The National Coast Guard, which patrols 1,290 kilometers of Caribbean and Pacific coastline, has only 26 boats. As for aerial patrol, Costa Rica possesses only one helicopter and six airplanes. Costa Rica’s national police force makes do with [ … ]
Interview with Rear Admiral Germán González Reyes of the Colombian Armed Forces
Images of soldiers building a road in a remote location in the Colombian countryside, photos of demobilized former FARC members, and the smiles of children gathering to watch a movie in a town park make up the face of the strategy of Integrated Action, part of Colombia’s Democratic Security Consolidation [ … ]
Mexico Receives Three Black Hawk Helicopters from U.S. for Anti-Drug Fight
On September 15, the Mexican Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) received three Black Hawk helicopters donated by the United States, in a new installment of the joint anti-drug plan known as the Merida Initiative. On September 15, the Mexican Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) received three Black Hawk helicopters donated [ … ]
2.2 Tons of Cocaine Seized in Colombian Caribbean Waters
Colombian Coast Guard personnel seized 2.2 tons of cocaine being transported on a speedboat in the Caribbean Sea and arrested the five crew members, one of them Honduran, the Colombian National Navy announced Monday. Colombian Coast Guard personnel seized 2.2 tons of cocaine being transported on a speedboat in the [ … ]
Telemedicine Offers Great Promise for Soldiers Needing Health Care
In the days following Haiti’s January 2010 earthquake, doctors from the University of Miami set up a tent hospital in Port-au-Prince as well as a telecommunications link to the university’s trauma center. In the days following Haiti’s January 2010 earthquake, doctors from the University of Miami set up a tent [ … ]
Peru Suspends Coca Eradication
Peru has temporarily halted the eradication of coca plants used to make cocaine as it works to redesign its anti-drug programs, the country’s interior ministry said on 17 August. Peru has temporarily halted the eradication of coca plants used to make cocaine as it works to redesign its anti-drug programs, [ … ]
Interview with Lt. Gen. Leonel Cabrera Pino, of the Joint Special Operations Command of Peru
Lt. General Leonel Cabrera Pino, Commander of the Intelligence and Joint Special Operations Command (CIOEC) of Peru recently met with Dialogo to talk about Peru’s ongoing counter-terrorism operations against the Shining Path in the region of the Apuricam and Ene River Valley (VRAE) , and his own experiences as the [ … ]
Uruguayan Navy Implements Moodle System for Distance Education
In its academic courses, the Uruguayan Navy has begun to make use of the Moodle system, a platform that enables the development of distance-education formats and the establishment of interpersonal relationships between students and teachers and that generates a space for the analysis and discussion of academic and professional issues. [ … ]
Brazil and Colombia to Coordinate Border Protection
On 4 August, in the city of Tabatinga, on the triple border between Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, Brazil and Colombia signed an agreement to create a Binational Border Commission (Combifron) and adopt a Binational Plan for Border Security. On 4 August, in the city of Tabatinga, on the triple border [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Honduras: Narco-Trafficking Threatens Plátano River Reserve
UNESCO adds the Honduran reserve to its list of endangered World Heritage sites for the second time. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – A world heritage site is in distress. The reasons: indiscriminate deforestation; huge tracts of land burned to make way for agricultural activity; and, above all, the presence of narco-traffickers. For [ … ]