Diálogo is a professional military magazine published quarterly by the Commander of the United States Southern Command as an international forum for military personnel in Latin America.

Peru Toughens Act on Counter Terrorism and Sexual Abuse

Peru Toughens Act on Counter Terrorism and Sexual Abuse

The Peruvian Congress passed a bill on December 13 that prohibits teachers that have been prosecuted for terrorism, drug trafficking or sexual abuse to teach in educational institutions for police and Armed Forces, informed the Secretariat of the Legislative Power.

 

Armed Forces Begin to Replace Brazilian Troops in Haiti

Armed Forces Begin to Replace Brazilian Troops in Haiti

On November 4, a total of 130 troops from the Brazilian Navy, Army, and Air Force (FAB) boarded a KC-137 airplane bound for the Haitian capital of Port au Prince, where they will form part of the new Brazilian contingent in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

 

Chilean and Argentine Peace Forces Participate in Exercise Southern Cross I

Chilean and Argentine Peace Forces Participate in Exercise Southern Cross I

Argentina’s and Chile’s Joint Staffs are carrying out the combined exercise “Southern Cross I” from November 5 – 9 in the city of Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

 

First Bolivian Plane with Relief for Sandy Victims Arrives in Cuba

First Bolivian Plane with Relief for Sandy Victims Arrives in Cuba

A Bolivian plane with 60 tons of food supplies and water for the victims of hurricane Sandy, arrived in Holguín (east Cuba) on November 3, in what is the first shipment of the 120 tons approved by Evo Morales’s government, the local press reported.

 

New Horizons Brings School Supplies, Improvements to Ica

New Horizons Brings School Supplies, Improvements to Ica

Representatives of the U.S. Embassy in Lima, the Southern Command of the United States (SOUTHCOM) and the Virgin of Loreto Association in Ica, Peru, handed over more than $53,000 in folders, desks, school kits and medical supplies to surrounding communities participating in New Horizons 2012. At ...

 

Argentinean and Chilean Chiefs of Staff Perform Disaster Cooperation Exercise

Argentinean and Chilean Chiefs of Staff Perform Disaster Cooperation Exercise

Simulating an earthquake in order to train for a potential disaster needing the cooperation of both countries, the Joint Staff of Chile carried out joint-combined training exercise “Solidaridad 2012” with its Argentinean counterparts from October 15 – 19 in the province of Mendoza, Argentina.

 

APAN Helps Regional Military Crisis Response

APAN Helps Regional Military Crisis Response

With the emergence of social media and other 21st century web innovations, crisis response actors across the globe continue to ponder how best to leverage such tools to improve multi-national response to those events.

 

Tropical Storm Isaac in Haiti, Nearly Three Years After the Earthquake

Tropical Storm Isaac in Haiti, Nearly Three Years After the Earthquake

Water, food, medicine, blankets and tents. Haiti lacked all of it at first, when chaos and surprise seized the people of Haiti during the earthquake that devastated the country in January 2010.