This post was compiled by WOLA Intern Laura Fontaine.
Caribbean
- In the final segment of the “Tradewinds 2013” exercise, the US Coast Guard and forces from six Caribbean nations, working in Port Castries, St. Lucia, simulated a takedown and boarding scenario as part of a counter-narcotics exercise.
Central American Regional
- Joint Task Force-Bravo, a Honduras-based component of Southern Command, ...
A shift in the makeup of the tribal bloc and slight gains by liberal candidates constitute the most substantial changes to the makeup of the Assembly
As the U.S. and NATO forces prepare to leave Afghanistan starting next year, a new buzzword has appeared in Central Asian capitals: “spillover.” This is the theory that, when coalition troops withdraw, the Afghanistan authorities won’t be able to maintain order, resulting in either civil war or the return of an Islamist government in Afghanistan. This could lead to various dangerous elements spilling over the border from Afghanistan into the ex-Soviet Central Asian states, including guns, drugs and radical Islamists.
Borders in the region are porous, especially the 800-mile long...
Last week, we posted a run-down of the militarization of policing in Guatemala. Today, we are looking at similar developments in Honduras, a country with a strong military tradition (pdf) that spent much of the 1990s trying...
A round-up of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the region over the last week: