This week the U.S. Southern Command gave Guatemala more vehicles to boost security efforts on its border with Honduras, the UN reported that Peru grew less coca in 2013, and the U.S. Congress debated what to do about the influx of Central American minors at the southwest border.
This week the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organization held a hearing on “The Ongoing Struggle against Boko Haram” and the Department of Defense' Africa Center for Strategic Studies launched the 15th Annual Senior Leaders Seminar in Washington, DC. Read more on these stories and other news highlights from the African region below.
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This week, Iraq lost control of its second largest city, Mosul to ISIS, which has seen Iran and the United States prepare for potential military responses to help the Iraqi security forces. Meanwhile, an Egyptian court sentences 25 activists for 15 years in prison for violating the country's protest law leading to a strong response by the U.S. State Department.
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This week the Commission on Security and Cooperation, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, held hearings this past week on the security and human rights dimensions of U.S.-Azerbaijan relations, while U.S.- Georgian military drills kick off near the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. A new report from Freedom House shows continued setbacks in good governance and rule of law in the region. Below is a roundup of these stories, as well as other news highlights from the Central Eurasian region.
Some say the United States’ alleged refusal to allow Honduras to repair fighter jets the Central American nation received during the Cold War is in protest of a controversial shoot down law passed in January, but the issue has been ongoing since the mid-90s.
This week U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) began engagement exercises in Central America and the Caribbean, Southcom's commander was given an award for his collaboration with the Honduran military and Peru stopped eradicating coca in the country's largest cocaine-producing region. Read these stories and other highlights from the region this week below.