News of army

Chile president declares 'state of exception' over Mapuche conflict

13-10-2021 09:11 Sebastián Piñera declares a state of emergency and deploys troops to two southern regions, after clashes break out between Mapuche protesters and security forces.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Rohingya to give testimony to Argentine court in push for Myanmar Army probe

17-08-2021 14:17 Rohingya refugees expelled from Myanmar in a bloody crackdown are to testify before Argentine court. They will use the principle of "universal jurisdiction" to urge a full judicial investigation into allegations of war crimes committed against them.

FEATURE

Life in the crossfire of Venezuela's slums

26-07-2021 13:20 Confrontations between criminal gangs and security forces in some poor neighbourhoods of the Venezuelan capital have left locals fearing for their lives.

Killing of Jovenel Moïse

Mercenaries: the sinister export from Colombia's conflict

12-07-2021 15:29 Hardened by more than half a century of conflict back home, retired Colombian soldiers and illegal combatants feed the sinister market of mercenaries around the world.

PROTESTS IN COLOMBIA

Rights groups urge UN to condemn 'oppression' of Colombia protests

01-07-2021 08:20 UN Human Rights Council urged to condemn the "brutal oppression" of protesters in Colombia, as groups call for an independent investigation.

UNREST IN COLOMBIA

Colombian Army tightens grip on Cali after protests leave 13 dead

30-05-2021 08:55 Colombian Army tightens control over Cali, after the latest anti-government protests left at least 13 people dead.

MIDDLE EAST

Netanyahu rebuffs Biden's call for immediate Gaza de-escalation

19-05-2021 14:35 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says airstrikes in the Gaza Strip will continue, after US President Joe Biden demanded he immediately wind down a conflict that’s killed more than 200 people.

MIDDLE EAST

Conflict widens as violence rocks Gaza, Israel and West Bank

15-05-2021 12:11 West Bank clashes, described as among the most intense since the second intifada that began in 2000, left 11 people dead from Israeli fire, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, as overall fatalities from strikes on Gaza rose to 126.

MIDDLE EAST

New Hamas rocket barrage after Israel levels another Gaza tower

12-05-2021 17:34 Hamas unleashed a fresh barrage of deadly rocket fire towards Israel Wednesday in retaliation for the levelling of a 14-story building in Gaza by Israel, which ruled out an imminent ceasefire. World leaders call for de-escalation of conflict.

Bolsonaro's Brazil

Under fire Bolsonaro leads motorcycle rally of supporters

10-05-2021 11:08 As the Brazilian Senate investigates president Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic, the far-right leader led hundreds of his supporters in a motorbike rally on Sunday for Mother's Day.

COLOMBIA IN FOCUS

Fears of militarisation as Colombian soldiers confront protesters

05-05-2021 12:13 Fears have been raised of a creeping militarisation in Colombia, after police and soldiers forcefully clamp down on wave of recent protests.

AS I SEE IT

Joe Biden sounds the retreat

17-04-2021 08:04 Biden, like Trump before him, decided that the time had come to pull all his country’s troops out of Afghanistan. The only difference is in the departure date.

by James Neilson

BILATERAL RELATIONS PLUNGE

Fernández hits back at Bolsonaro over military's role during pandemic

15-04-2021 12:47 President Alberto Fernández responded to a mocking attack from his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday, following the Argentine leader's announcement of tightened restrictions to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil military chiefs exit in new turmoil for Bolsonaro

30-03-2021 20:36 Three commanders of Armed Forces out, confirms Bolsonaro government. Some Brazilian media reports trio had resigned in protest at president's surprise decision to replace defence minister Fernando Azevedo as part of a sweeping reshuffle.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro overhauls cabinet as Covid surges in Brazil

29-03-2021 21:28 While speculation had been swirling that Bolsonaro was about to fire foreign minister Ernesto Araujo, who faced criticism for the government's problems securing more Covid-19 vaccines, many of the other changes came as a surprise.

ARA SAN JUAN tragedy

Ex-military chiefs sanctioned over 2017 sinking of ARA San Juan

22-03-2021 22:38 Retired admiral Marcelo Srur was handed "45 days of arrest" for giving "incomplete" picture to Defence Ministry; ex-sub commander Claudio Villamide dismissed for "lack of care and neglect."

BRAZILIAN FIRM

Oil giant Petrobras sheds US$19 billion in value over two days

22-02-2021 20:45 A sell-off in Brazil’s state-controlled oil firm Petrobras picked up on Monday after a group of analysts downgraded the stock within 24 hours, following Jair Bolsonaro's decision to replace the company’s chief executive officer.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Bolsonaro calls for more changes after general goes to Petrobras

21-02-2021 08:25 Brazil leader says that more changes are underway after naming a former general to head Petrobras. Experts say Bolsonaro has chosen "economic populism."

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Bolsonaro appoints Army reserve general to head Petrobras

21-02-2021 08:12 Brazil's far-right president appoints Army reserve general Joaquim Silva e Luna to lead state-owned energy giant Petrobras, after criticising several successive increases in the price of fuel.

MILITARY COUP IN MYANMAR

Anger and confusion in Myanmar as coup sweeps away democratic hopes

01-02-2021 17:45 A putsch had been expected for days, yet when it came it left Myanmar stunned.

MILITARY COUP IN MYANMAR

Myanmar's military stages coup, detains Aung San Suu Kyi

01-02-2021 16:59 Myanmar's military seizes power in a bloodless coup, detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and imposing a one-year state of emergency.

MILITARY COUP IN MYANMAR

Myanmar: Diverse nation dominated by long arm of military rule

01-02-2021 16:58 After only a decade of civilian rule, Myanmar's junta have grabbed power again, arresting elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi Monday after alleging fraud in her party's landslide election win in November.

Military liason board

Rossi accuses ex-Army officers of trying to destabilise government

12-11-2020 16:29 Defence Minister Agustín Rossi on Thursday accused a group of retired Army officers of conspiring to destabilise President Alberto Fernández's government.

Murders in Colombia

Wave of massacres signals new chapter in Colombia's conflict

23-09-2020 17:35 Rather than a national dispute between guerrillas and the state, violence in rural Colombia is now marked by a patchwork of local feuds between criminal groups who fight over drug routes, illegal mines and even gasoline smuggling routes.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Uruguayan Army colonel killed ‘in several countries’ during dictatorship

03-09-2020 00:40 Army colonel imprisoned for crimes during Uruguay’s 1973-1985 dictatorship admitted to killing and torturing detainees, as well as confirming existence of clandestine death flight in Argentina, according to official documents.

Global uncertainty

Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunity

03-04-2020 20:15 Both the Islamic State group and al-Qaida see the coronavirus as a threat, but some of their fighters also see the upheaval from the pandemic as an opportunity to win over more supporters and strike harder than before.

MINISTRY POSITIONS

Veteran moved back to Defence

23-02-2020 15:38 Agustín Rossi has returned to the Defence Ministry he previously headed between 2013 and 2015. This familiarity with the post might seem reason enough for the appointment within a Cabinet where such experience is in relatively short supply – but the real aim of this move might well have been to ease him out of a position where he has far more years under his belt...

by Michael Soltys

COLOMBIAN ARMY

River Plate star Quintero demands answers from Colombia over missing father

31-12-2019 12:03 Star uses Twitter to demand answers from Colombia's new Army chief over fate of his father, who went missing almost 25 years ago during military service.

BLOOMBERG

Civil unrest haunts those who remember Latin America’s juntas

19-11-2019 13:46 Unrest in the region is putting soldiers back into the public eye.

Mines in the Malvinas

Meet the Zimbabweans who remove mines on the Malvinas

30-10-2019 07:00 Years after mines were planted on the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, Zimbabwean experts are working to safely extract the explosives and keep the local population safe.

News of army

Chile president declares 'state of exception' over Mapuche conflict

Rohingya to give testimony to Argentine court in push for Myanmar Army probe

Life in the crossfire of Venezuela's slums

Mercenaries: the sinister export from Colombia's conflict

Rights groups urge UN to condemn 'oppression' of Colombia protests

Colombian Army tightens grip on Cali after protests leave 13 dead

Netanyahu rebuffs Biden's call for immediate Gaza de-escalation

Conflict widens as violence rocks Gaza, Israel and West Bank

New Hamas rocket barrage after Israel levels another Gaza tower

Under fire Bolsonaro leads motorcycle rally of supporters

Fears of militarisation as Colombian soldiers confront protesters

Joe Biden sounds the retreat

Fernández hits back at Bolsonaro over military's role during pandemic

Brazil military chiefs exit in new turmoil for Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro overhauls cabinet as Covid surges in Brazil

Ex-military chiefs sanctioned over 2017 sinking of ARA San Juan

Oil giant Petrobras sheds US$19 billion in value over two days

Bolsonaro calls for more changes after general goes to Petrobras

Bolsonaro appoints Army reserve general to head Petrobras

Anger and confusion in Myanmar as coup sweeps away democratic hopes

Myanmar's military stages coup, detains Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar: Diverse nation dominated by long arm of military rule

Rossi accuses ex-Army officers of trying to destabilise government

Wave of massacres signals new chapter in Colombia's conflict

Uruguayan Army colonel killed ‘in several countries’ during dictatorship

Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunity

Veteran moved back to Defence

River Plate star Quintero demands answers from Colombia over missing father

Civil unrest haunts those who remember Latin America’s juntas

Meet the Zimbabweans who remove mines on the Malvinas

Argentina finally scraps entry quotas for travellers arriving by air

Bolsonaro welfare plan shakes Brazil markets, sparks resignations

Argentina freezes prices on over 1,400 goods ahead of elections

Mining firm, eco-activists battle over unique Chile archipelago

Chile violence a boost to far-right ahead of elections, say experts

Good bye, La Cámpora

Aníbal Fernández acusó a Arabela Carreras de no cumplir con sus responsabilidades y que Río Negro “está a la buena de Dios”

Conflicto mapuche | Berni contradijo a Alberto y a Aníbal Fernández: “Es obligación del Estado enviar tropas”

Victoria Tolosa Paz explicó por qué parpadeaba tanto durante el debate

Jorge Asís: "El Gobierno podría dar vuelta la elección de no existir tantos goles en contra"