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Colombia’s sprawling capital city is on high alert following two separate but possibly related bomb attacks Tuesday.
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At a three-day forum in Guatemala that began on May 15, delegates from the Armed Forces and the police of 14 countries are analyzing human-rights policy in the strategy to fight organized crime in Central America.
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Since the end of April, Honduran Military personnel have been participating in a National Vaccination Campaign, in support of the Honduran Public Health Ministry. The objective of this campaign is to motivate citizens to get vaccinated in order to prevent diseases such as measles and rubella, amo...
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On May 15, the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) urged the countries of the region to ratify an Arms Trade Treaty that the UN has been promoting since 2006, aimed at eradicating illegal trafficking, the organization announced in a statement.
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Peruvian President Ollanta Humala swore in three new ministers on May 14, amid questioning of the administration’s strategy against the Shining Path guerrilla group.
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Two people were killed and 17 injured in the Colombian capital May 15, when a bomb exploded in what President Juan Manuel Santos said was an assassination attempt against a former interior minister.
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The Chilean Navy’s OPV Comandante Toro was welcomed at Peru’s Callao Naval Base on May 13 by a delegation from that South American country’s Navy.
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The Guatemalan government has decided to use agents from the Army’s Kaibil special forces to curb the incursion of drug cartels into Guatemalan territory, Military spokesperson Colonel Rony Urízar announced.
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Joint actions by the Armed Forces, with the support of law enforcement, have made it possible for arrests of members of irregular organizations to increase by about 20 percent so far this year, compared to the previous year. The demobilization of 392 people is another notable figure.
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The American Soldier is equipped with more capabilities than ever before. These capabilities come in the form of new and more powerful devices that translate to a need for more power.
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Com comunicados assinados das “montanhas da Colômbia”, páginas da internet e até mesmo em uma conta do Twitter, os guerrilheiros das FARC também atuam na rede, um espaço que está mais conturbado do que nunca desde que o grupo capturou o repórter francês Romeo Langlois, no dia 28 de abril.
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Centenas de policiais e soldados, apoiados por veículos militares de artilharia, montaram uma ampla operação em uma zona popular da capital guatemalteca, quando detiveram 13 supostos membros da temida quadrilha Mara 18, informou em 12 de maio uma fonte oficial.
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Os gastos militares em toda a América do Sul dobraram nos últimos cinco anos, embora não haja uma evidente corrida armamentista, segundo um relatório publicado por um grupo regional no dia 11 de maio.
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A Red Cross official announced on May 13 that the narco-terrorists holding French journalist Romeo Langlois hostage since April 28 said they will free him.
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Governmental institutions, private enterprise and civil society join efforts to guarantee the safety of tourists nationwide.
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Four months into the launching of Operation Martillo, over 15 nations working together have persistently targeted illicit trafficking along Central America’s waters, disrupting more than 30 metric tons of drugs and detaining over 50 people. In an interview with Diálogo, during the Central America...
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An alliance between the Ministry of National Defense and the Colombian Reintegration Agency has given rise to a clothing brand that is now a sustainable alternative for demobilized former members of irregular armed groups. Eighty-two items of clothing form part of the collection with which the br...
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The Western Hemisphere’s most vital commercial waterway is undergoing a historic makeover.
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Panama’s Darién province is often characterized in one of two ways: the country's most beautiful province or its most dangerous.
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For a long time, self-defense was seen merely as one part of the process of training security professionals, in either the public or private sector. However, with the passage of time, in view of the evolution of crime and its perpetrators, we now find ourselves faced with a growing need for techn...
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Following a meeting held in Quito by the defense ministers of Argentina and Ecuador, Arturo Puricelli and Miguel Carvajal, respectively, an agreement was reached to intensify bilateral cooperation in the area of aviation technology.
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Brazil announced on May 9, it has shelved plans to build new nuclear power stations in the coming years in the wake of last year’s Fukushima disaster in Japan.
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The opening ceremony for the 3rd Symposium of Navies from the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) took place on May 8, at the Naval War College in Rio de Janeiro, with the presence of Defense Minister Celso Amorim, and the commander of the Navy, Admiral Julio Soares de Moura Neto.
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During a ceremony in Santiago on May 7, U.S. Army South joined its Chilean Army partners and 14 other partner nations for the official start of the Peacekeeping Operations-Americas (PKO-A) 2012 command post exercise (CPX).
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A Soldier treks through treacherous terrain in a dangerous combat zone with a rucksack filled with meals ready-to-eat, first-aid gear, weapons, ammunition, radios and batteries.
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Nicaragua will create four police units specialized in counterintelligence, border security, rural policing, and tourism, one of which will focus on security along the country’s borders with Costa Rica and Honduras, the head of the National Police, Aminta Granera, announced on May 8.
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Brazilian airplane manufacturer Embraer announced on May 8 that it will participate in the U.S. Air Force’s new bid for the purchase of light attack aircraft.
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The Ecuadorean government announced that the Armed Forces will continue to be in charge of security at the seat of Congress, a measure taken as a consequence of a police rebellion on September 30, 2010, the president’s office announced on May 8.
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The Brazilian Army has launched a military operation to increase patrols in the Amazon and combat drug trafficking, arms smuggling, timber smuggling, and illegal mining along the country’s northern border, shared with four countries, the Defense Ministry announced on May 4.
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On May 7, the Honduran authorities seized 400 kilos of cocaine in the remote region of La Mosquitia, in the department of Gracias a Dios, around 800 km northeast of the capital, the police announced.
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On May 7, the Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim and his Turkish counterpart, Ismet Yilmaz, expressed both countries’ interest in “intensifying bilateral cooperation” in their area, chiefly through partnerships to develop a shared military-industrial base.
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Following months of negotiation, Colombian drug boss Javier Calle Serna turned himself in to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on May 4, on the island of Aruba, the Colombian police announced.
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The self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-accused plotters were arraigned on May 5 at Guantanamo Bay, with all facing the death penalty if convicted.
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Bin Laden wanted to smuggle terrorists into the United States.
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At a meeting in Cartagena, Colombia, on May 3, defense ministers and holders of other portfolios from Unasur countries sought regional responses to drug trafficking and other criminal networks that operate across their borders.
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In a statement on May 6, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos called for the prompt release of French journalist Romeo Langlois, in the power of the narco-terrorist group FARC since April 28.
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In the context of an international peace operation and its multidimensional character, deployed military units carry out a variety of tasks in accordance with their primary mission, but at the same time engage in cooperation activities in the deployment area for the benefit of the most vulnerable...
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Representatives of the Navies of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the U.S. Coast Guard and Defense Department, will meet during Offshore Patrols Vessels Latin America, a conference aimed at discussing security issues common to these and other countries of Cent...
