From the economic downturn forecasted by economists to the ongoing migration crisis of Venezuelan refugees and the wave of protests as citizens react to electoral fraud, grand corruption, and crippling austerity measures, the trends currently underway across our hemisphere indicate a period of challenges for democracies ahead. Recent polls from [ … ]
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29th Inter-American Naval Conference Is Carried Out Successfully
On November 23-24, the 29th edition of the Inter-American Naval Conference (IANC) was carried out virtually, bringing together 16 countries of the Americas, represented by their navies’ commanders, to facilitate the exchange of ideas and mutual understanding concerning maritime problems that affect the continent. For the fourth time, Chile hosted [ … ]
US Acting Defense Secretary Seeks to Strengthen Hemispheric Partnership
U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller stressed the need to strengthen partnerships in the Western Hemisphere during the virtual Conference of the Defense Ministers of the Americas, which was held on December 3. The conference — hosted by Chile — marks 25 years of meetings. The ministers discussed the [ … ]
US Navy, Marine Corps Officers Embark on Brazilian Ship
Planners from U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. Fourth Fleet (USNAVSO/4th Fleet) and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (MARFORSOUTH) participated in a Brazilian Navy maritime engagement aboard the Brazilian Naval frigate União (F 45) off the northeast coast of Brazil, October 27 to November 5. The two U.S. officers are subject [ … ]
Brazilian Navy’s Blue Helmets Conclude Work at UNIFIL
In 1978, armed commandos of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) attacked Israeli citizens, causing many deaths, and leaving many injured. In response to these criminal acts, the Israel Defense Forces invaded Lebanon to counterattack PLO strongholds, whose members were taking refuge and had operational bases in the southern part of [ … ]
US, Colombian Armies Conclude Virtual PISAJ14
U.S. Army South concluded the first-ever virtual Senior Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs) Integral Program (PISAJ) 14, which took place November 9-20, 2020. PISAJ is a U.S. Army South-hosted engagement between the U.S. and Colombian armies to further develop NCOs. This year, senior enlisted service members from Brazil and México were also [ … ]
NY Air Guard Senior Airman Graduates from Brazil’s Tough Jungle Warfare School
When U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Caleb Lapinel showed up to attend Brazil’s Jungle Warfare Training School in September 2020, he met special forces soldiers from Spain, Egypt, and Indonesia; paratroopers from Paraguay; amphibious infantrymen from Nigeria, and a Kaibil special operator from Guatemala whose motto is: “ If I [ … ]
15th Annual US-Chilean Army Staff Talks Concludes with Optimism for 2021 Training Opportunities
Despite the pandemic that has affected the global environment, U.S. Army South as the Army’s Executive Agent, has maintained its role of conducting bilateral staff talks with partner nations in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility to strengthen the command’s professional relationships and create training opportunities in the Western [ … ]
Colombia Seized More than 4 Tons of Cocaine and Destroyed 63 Labs
In the last two weeks of October, Colombian authorities seized 4.5 tons of drugs and dismantled 63 cocaine hydrochloride processing labs, in six operations carried out in different parts of the country. On October 28, the Colombian Navy reported seizing 2,085 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride, 24 nautical miles northeast of [ … ]
Nicaraguan Regime Keeps at Least 113 Political Prisoners
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) denounced in an October 15 press release that the Daniel Ortega regime in Nicaragua keeps at least 113 political prisoners and continues to systematically violate human rights. “We receive complaints from civil society actors, which obligate us to alert regional [ … ]
Military Health Personnel Provide Medical Care to Indigenous Population in Northeastern Brazil
The Brazilian Armed Forces provided medical care to some 37,000 indigenous people in the state of Maranhão, which the Amazon Forest covers for the most part. The mission, known as Operation Maranhão, took place in three phases, between September and November, bringing together 24 service members in each phase — [ … ]
Dominican Republic Seizes More than 2 Tons of Cocaine
A counternarcotics team of the Dominican National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD, in Spanish) and the Dominican Armed Forces seized more than 2 tons of cocaine in two operations. On November 7, troops of the Navy and the DNCD intercepted an artisanal vessel that was carrying 231 packages of cocaine off [ … ]