Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 14:10
Despite the Honduran government’s insistence that crime rates are improving, a staggering 100 murders were recorded over the first 10 days of 2015 in the Central American nation, Telesur reported, suggesting that President Juan Orlando Hernández’s militarized approach to public security is not working. However the government remains adamant that using the military is the best solution for Honduras’ high violence rates.
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 08:03
The gas station is owned by the Egyptian military, and Tamer Allam argued with the wrong man: an army colonel.
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 08:01
Hosni Mubarak's acquittal is the crowning moment of 18 months in which the military regime regrouped and took back Egypt.
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 07:59
When former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was cleared of all charges last week, it marked an end to the democratic hopes of Tahrir Square and seemed to embody the resilience of Egypt’s “deep state.”
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 07:13
NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai will pay a visit to Azerbaijan.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 08:03
The figures show that Honduras’ policity of militarization is not working.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 13:24
President Obama has just broken through the Cold War wall to normalize relations with Cuba. But elsewhere in Latin America, in Honduras, his administration is supporting a terrifying military takeover. For the first time in the 16-year history of the position, the country's president has just named an active-duty general from the Armed Forces, Julián Pacheco Tinoco, to be the country's new Minister of Security, with full jurisdiction over the domestic police. Pacheco's ascendance is just the latest in a dangerous militarization of post-coup Honduras.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 15:20
The Honduran National Police are currently in a standoff with the Ministry of Security after Police Chief Ramón Antonio Sabillón was dismissed last week, allegedly for opposing government-backed militarization of public security and a purge of the police force. His removal signals militarized policing is here to stay in Honduras.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 06:23
Oficiales del Ejército Nacional del Uruguay visitaron a sus pares del Ejército Argentino, concretamente en el Destacamento de Inteligencia de Combate 601, donde evaluaron la utilización de aeronaves no tripuladas (UAV) equipadas con sensores de reconocimiento para la obtención de información en el campo de batalla.
Monday, October 6, 2014 - 06:38
La Guardia Nacional, cuarto componente militar de la Fuerza Armada Nacional de Venezuela, está modificando su estructura organizativa.
