Bolivia and Brazil reinforced their fight against drug trafficking with a five-day joint-training drill, using mainly air force surveillance, according to a Saturday statement by the Bolivian air force and a report of the castrist news agency Prensa Latina.
According to the source, the maneuvers, dubbed “First Operational Exercise BOLBRA I,” focused on [...]
This week, California became the first state to be provided with resources to deploy National Guard troops to its southern border with Mexico. The move is a part of a promise from the Obama administration to secure the border. Gov. Schwarzenegger said he was proud to be the first state to [...]
Technology can provide important leverage to help the Defense Department cut costs and increase the efficiency of military spending, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer said on Thursday.
Zachary Lemnios, director of defense research and engineering, emphasized the Pentagon’s new cost-cutting drive is aimed at freeing up cash to sustain U.S. forces [...]
PANAMA CITY — Military commanders and troops from 18 countries including the United States mounted extensive naval exercises focused on defending the Panama Canal against terrorist activity that could threaten maritime traffic, says a security report of the news agency UPI.
In what defense industry analysts saw as a potential major opportunity to showcase the latest [...]
A high court in Colombia has voided an accord with the United States that would allow an increased U.S. presence on seven Colombian military bases. The ruling on Tuesday by the Constitutional Court declared the agreement signed by outgoing President Alvaro Uribe unconstitutional because it bypassed approval of the Congress.
The agreement was signed in October and [...]
The Uruguayan Justice ordered the prosecution of four officers of the Navy, including the former Supreme Navy Admiral Commander Juan Fernandez Maggio, accused of doing fraud.
The former commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral (r) Juan Fernandez Maggio, was prosecuted with prison as coauthor of “an ongoing crime of fraud” for [...]
During this week, VEJA.com (website of brazilian Veja magazine) published a series on one of the problems that most afflict the Brazilian and it certainly will weigh in choosing the next president: public safety and crime. In order to address that situation , here are the main proposals of the leading candidates for the elections.
All [...]
In a recent visit to the region, the Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton stated that “the U.S. is committed to citizen safety in Central America…We are doing everything we can in the fight against corruption and impunity, in providing the equipment and the support that law enforcement and the military require, and helping to [...]
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The Brazilian Federal Senate this week approved the Bill in order to grant police power to the Army, Navy and Air Force in the border regions, specially with Ciudad del Este and the Three Border Region. The project was approved without any legislative change also in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Latin American countries face tough choices as drug trafficking, illegal immigration and the threat of attacks on newly found natural resources make new demands on maritime security needs.
Top maritime and naval commanders from the region will gather at the second Maritime Surveillance Latin America conference Oct. 18-20 in Miami. The conference is organized by the [...]
