US Military’s Venezuela Presence Deepens as SOUTHCOM Digs In on the Coast
About 2,000 troops back the US military Venezuela mission, 900 inside the country. SOUTHCOM runs Caracas airport with warships on...
July 5, 2026Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Uruguay Mamba Vehicles Run Into a US-Imposed Peacekeeping Limit
Uruguay's 14 donated Mamba vehicles, worth $13.9M, are limited to UN peacekeeping. Domestic use risks breaching the US deal and...
July 5, 2026
KC-390 in Chile: Embraer’s Airlifter Takes On the A400M for Santiago’s Hercules Fleet
KC-390 Chile bid faces the Airbus A400M as Santiago replaces its C-130s. Inside the airlift contest and how Salitre turned...
July 5, 2026
Colombia’s Military Modernization Is the Biggest Arms Plan in Decades
Colombia military modernization hits $12B: 17 Saab Gripen E/F jets replace 1980s Kfirs, 400,000 Galil rifles swapped for homemade Miranda...
July 5, 2026
Brazil’s ‘Biggest Cocaine Bust’ Collapses as Tests Find No Drugs in Timber
Laboratory tests found no cocaine in Bolivian timber seized in Brazil and Chile. Prosecutors closed the case as a false...
June 23, 2026
A Costa Rican Club President Is Arrested in a US Drug Case
The president of Municipal Liberia, a Costa Rica football first-division club, faces US extradition on cocaine-trafficking charges — the first...
June 19, 2026
El Salvador Moves to Try 563 Gang Leaders in One Case
El Salvador has moved to prosecute 563 leaders of the Barrio 18 gang in a single mass case, the latest...
June 13, 2026
US Kills Tren de Aragua Boss in Strike Inside Venezuela
A US military strike has killed the leader of Tren de Aragua inside Venezuela, in an operation Washington and Caracas...
June 13, 2026
Mexico Captures Alleged MS-13 Leader Near the Guatemala Border
Mexican authorities captured an alleged high-ranking MS-13 leader in Tapachula, Chiapas, near the Guatemala border — a Salvadoran wanted by...
June 7, 2026