Deputy Secretary of State William Burns expressed the United States’ commitment to sovereignty and independence of the Central Asia states during his visit to the region, while a new bill in the Senate aims to enhance U.S. defense cooperation with Georgia and Azerbaijan
In a hearing on April 29, the commander of U.S. Southern Command said pretty clearly that, when U.S. law bans training another security force for human rights reasons, "it's important" for Colombian soldiers and police, at U.S. urging, to provide that training instead. Even if this turns out not actually to be illegal, it makes clear why we need a dramatic increase in transparency over U.S.-backed training carried out by Colombian personnel.
This week Cuba was still considered a State Sponsor of Terrorism, the U.S. Congress looked at the effects of budget cuts on drug war operations, Colombia deployed the military to deal with rural protests and several countries in the region got a failing grade for press freedom. Here's a roundup of these stories and other highlights from around Latin America this week.
This week Georgian officials proposed that NATO deploy defensive military equipment in Georgian territory, while the United States critiqued the Central Asian states’ counterterrorism policies.
This week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travelled to East and Central Africa; the U.S. army foreshadowed more activities in West Africa; and the U.S. Congress grappled with the crisis in the Central African Republic. Read about these and other news stories below.
On April 22, the Obama Administration announced plans to partially resume military assistance to Egypt. The partial resumption will include the release of ten Apache helicopters and $650 million in previously withheld FY2014 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funds. According to ...