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.
DEMONSTRATIONS IN CHILE Piñera seeks end to Chile's crisis after 15 die in violent clashes 22-10-2019 12:55 Chile president to meet with other political parties in bid to end street violence; Presidential hopeful Alberto Fernández and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich weight in on crisis.
Human rights Colombia ex-rebels testify about crimes at special peace tribunal 24-09-2019 18:21 Former combatants for Colombia's once-largest rebel army, FARC, asked for forgiveness Monday as they acknowledged kidnappings during the nation's longest civil conflict.
AMAZON IN FLAMES Bolsonaro's son heads to Washington to thank Trump for Amazon support 30-08-2019 12:15 Eduardo Bolsonaro, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's son and hopeful ambassador to the United States, will travel to Washington Friday to thank Donald Trump for his support during the crisis surrounding the fires in the Amazon rainforest.
AMAZON AFLAME New fires rage in Amazon as Brazil warplanes battle flames 26-08-2019 13:38 Hundreds of new fires have flared up in the Amazon in Brazil, data showed Monday, even as military aircraft dumped water over hard-hit areas and G7 nations pledged to help combat the blazes.
AMAZON IN FLAMES Global outrage forces Bolsonaro to act, sending Army to contain Amazon fires 23-08-2019 16:01 Under increasing international pressure to contain record numbers of fires in the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he might send the military to battle the massive blazes.
CRIME & SECURITY Killings by police divide Rio, with Brazil's famed city weary of crime 22-08-2019 09:32 Brazilian human rights and victims' groups are raising alarms about the record levels of deaths at police hands in the state of 17.2 million people, with 1,075 slain in the first seven months of the year, according to official figures. And far-right Rio state Governor Wilson Witzel and President Jair Bolsonaro are pushing to give police a still-freer hand.
HUMAN RIGHTS Bolsonaro targets commission probing dictatorship-era political disappearances 02-08-2019 09:50 Far-right leader removes several members of a commission investigating disappearances and murders, acting days after they confronted him on the role played by the state in the killing of a leftist activist.