Monday, March 9, 2009 - 00:00
U.S. Coast Guardsmen from District 7, Tactical Law Enforcement Detachment, provided instruction in compliant and non-compliant boarding to service members from the Royal Bahamas, St. Vincent and Grenadines, St. Kitts-Nevis, Haiti, Trinidad-Tobago, Belize,
Friday, January 30, 2009 - 00:00
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Jan. 30, 2009 – The commander of U.S. Southern Command arrived here yesterday to reaffirm the United States’ strategic partnership with Honduras and praise the solid bilateral and interagency cooperation that is delivering tangible success.
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<br />Navy Adm. James S. Stavridis met with President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, Defense Minister Aristides Mejia Carranza and Defense Chief Maj. Gen. Romeo Orlando Vasquez Velasquez to discuss security challenges of mutual concern: primarily illicit drug, arms and human trafficking.
Friday, January 16, 2009 - 00:00
Lula said he would grant Morales's request for helicopters and other logistics support to patrol the porous frontier that is a major cocaine-trafficking route from the Andes to violence-plagued cities like Rio de Janeiro
Monday, January 12, 2009 - 15:43
During the past few weeks, we noticed a significant increase in discussion of defense budgets throughout the hemisphere. In most countries, defense spending is on the increase. Here is an overview of recent media coverage from CIP Intern Matthew Mcclellan. The combined defense budgets of South American states increased from US$39 billion in 2007 to US$50 billion in 2008.
Monday, January 12, 2009 - 00:00
El vicecanciller peruano, Gonzalo Gutierrez, saludo la reunion de los jefes de los ejercitos del Peru y Chile, pues esto contribuye a abrir el camino a un eventual restablecimiento del mecanismo de confianza mutua
Thursday, January 8, 2009 - 11:22
Yesterday, the National Security Archive posted four declassified documents on its website showing that the U.S. government was aware since 1994 of allegations that members of the Colombian military frequently collaborated with paramilitary groups, and killed civilians to present the bodies as dead guerrillas.
Friday, December 19, 2008 - 00:00
En la reunion se explicaron los procedimientos y la experiencia de Argentina en torno a la adquisicion de equipos y a los procesos contractuales
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 00:00
Brazil proposed the creation of the South American defence council earlier this year, after the Colombian bombardment of a Marxist guerrilla camp in Ecuador
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 03:13
Visitors to the site occasionally ask us why the aid numbers presented here - sometimes including old numbers from past years - change from time to time. The changes are usually not drastic, a few million dollars here or there, but can be frustrating for people seeking to cite definitive numbers, for instance for publications. The answer is simple, though frustrating. The "Just the Facts" website cites only official written sources, but the sources themselves are often inconsistent. This is especially true for the Defense Department's reporting of its own aid programs.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 00:00
El Gobierno de Costa Rica anuncio que buscara la ayuda Colombia y de Chile para reformar la Direccion de Inteligencia y Seguridad (DIS), semanas despues de descubrirse un hecho de corrupcion dentro de ese organismo
