UNITAS LXIV (64), the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise concluded with a closing ceremony in Cartagena, Colombia, July 21, 2023. “Everybody participating has raised the bar, making this the best UNITAS we have ever been a part of,” said U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command. [ … ]
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UNITAS LXIV: New Capabilities to Face New Threats
The Colombian Navy hosted UNITAS LXIV, the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise, in Cartagena, July 11-21, 2023. Twenty-six warships, three submarines, 25 aircraft (fixed wing and helicopters) and some 7,000 participants from 20 partner nations were present to conduct joint maritime training operations to enhance tactical proficiency and increase interoperability. [ … ]
Resolute Sentinel 23 Executes First Ever Defensive space Control Operation
A coalition space team made history during exercise Resolute Sentinel 23 (RS23), executing the first-ever defensive space control operation in U. S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) history and demonstrating the real-world impact of Agile Combat Employment (ACE) operations for space. Operation Thundergun Express is a 21-day space deployment exercise nested under [ … ]
Brazil Experiences Record Wave of Venezuelan Migrants
In the first three months of 2023, a record 51,838 Venezuelan migrants and refugees entered Brazil. This is the highest number ever recorded in the first three months of the year since 2020. Operation Shelter (Operação Acolhida), executed and coordinated by the Federal government, with the support of federal entities, [ … ]
China Clears Chilean and Peruvian Marine Forests
China’s uncontrollable demand for brown algae is causing overexploitation of this vital resource in Chile and Peru, destroying the region’s kelp forests, science journalism platform Historias sin Fronteras indicated in its May report, Underwater Deforestation. Algae are the marine lungs of the earth. “Sixty percent of the oxygen generated on [ … ]
Peruvian Navy at UNITAS LXIV
Two combat units and a total of 570 Peruvian sailors are representing the Peruvian Navy during the 64th edition of UNITAS, in Cartagena, Colombia, July 11-23, 2023. Peruvian Navy Captain Christian Ponce, commander of the B.A.P. Pisco, spoke with Diálogo about his country’s participation in UNITAS. Diálogo: How important it [ … ]
Colombia: Service Members from 8 Countries Take Part in Category 5 Hurricane Drill
Some 2,000 men and women from the naval forces of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Spain, and the United States participated in a natural disaster drill in Colombia, mainly based mainly on an exercise to respond to a category 5 hurricane. The drill, called Solidarex 2023 was executed by [ … ]
Ecuador Redoubles Efforts to Combat Illegal Mining
Ecuador has been intensifying the deployment of its Armed Forces in nine of the provinces most affected by illegal mining, the Interior Ministry said in early May. Although authorities acknowledge that this illicit activity exists throughout the country, the military is focusing on the provinces of Napo, Orellana, Esmeraldas, Zamora [ … ]
Red Flags Among Golden Passports: An Analysis of Chinese Influence In Five Caribbean Citizenship By Investment Programs
This work was first published in March 2023 by the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, part of Florida International University’s Steven J. Green School for International and Public Affairs. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper explores the extent wealthy Chinese Citizenship by Investment (CBI) holders in the Caribbean use their [ … ]
Peru Highlights Women’s Participation and Human Rights
Lima hosted the Human Rights Initiative Conference, June 13-15, organized by the Peruvian Armed Forces’ Center for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, sponsored by U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) Human Rights Office and the Center for Human Rights Studies, Training, and Analysis (CECADH). Military leaders and human rights experts from [ … ]
Resolute Sentinel 2023, Creates Synergy Effect
Peru is hosting international military exercise Resolute Sentinel 2023 (RS23) for the first time. RS23, which runs from June to July, is a U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) exercise led by U.S. Air Forces Southern/12th Air Force. RS23 provides joint training and enhances the readiness of U.S. and partner nations’ civil [ … ]
Ortega-Murillo Regime Uses New Repression and Control Methods
Police raids carried out throughout Nicaragua in May resulted in the arrests of some 60 opponents of the Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo regime. After being convicted within hours in summary trials without legal defense for “conspiracy to undermine national integrity and propagation of fake news,” the detainees were released on parole [ … ]