U.S. Government Statements and Reports
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Multinational PANAMAX exercise concludes |
| Author/Source: | Rafael Martie U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | More than 2,000 civilian and military personnel from 18 countries concluded PANAMAX 2010, a 12-day regional exercise focused on training participants as a joint, multinational force to protect the Panama Canal. |
| Location: | Guyana |
| Category: | Defense Cooperation, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | HSV Swift begins engagement mission in Guyana |
| Author/Source: | Kim Williams High Speed Vessel Swift Public Affairs U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | he crew of High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV) 2 made history Aug. 29, as the first U.S. military vessel to dock pier-side in Georgetown, Guyana. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Merida Initiative Bilateral Implementation Office Opens |
| Author/Source: | Office Of The Spokesman U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | As announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Relations Patricia Espinosa in March 2009, the Merida Initiative Bilateral Implementation Office (BIO) opened today in Mexico City. |
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
| Location: | Costa Rica |
| Category: | Human Rights |
| Title: | Marines bring joy to Costa Rican students during Continuing Promise mission |
| Author/Source: | Cpl. Alicia R. Giron U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 brought smiles, hugs and supplies to Costa Rican students during their visit to Westfalia and Hone Creek schools in Costa Rica, Aug. 25-26. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Merida Initiative Bilateral Implementation Office Opens |
| Author/Source: | Office Of The Spokesman U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | This office will allow for daily exchanges between technical staffers of agencies of both countries with the purpose of fully implementing equipment transfer and training programs under the Merida Initiative. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Merida Initiative Bilateral Implementation Office Opens |
| Author/Source: | Office Of The Spokesman U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | This office will allow for daily exchanges between technical staffers of agencies of both countries with the purpose of fully implementing equipment transfer and training programs under the Merida Initiative. |
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations |
| Title: | Gen. Fraser presents Legion of Merit to former MINUSTAH commander for Haiti relief efforts |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Embassy, Brazil U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | U.S. Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser, Commander of U.S. Southern Command, presented the United States Defense Department’s Legion of Merit medal to Brazilian Army Maj. Gen. Floriano Peixoto Vieira during a formal award ceremony Aug. 31 at Brazil’s Army |
Friday, August 27, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | SOUTHCOM commander visits U.S. 4th Fleet during PANAMAX 2010 |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Commander, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet (C2F) and director of operations for USSOUTHCOM visited U.S. 4th Fleet (C4F) headquarters in Mayport, Fla., Aug. 25. |
| Location: | Barbados |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S. Marines, Sailors conduct basic martial arts training for Barbados forces |
| Author/Source: | Kim Williams U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | U.S. Marines and Sailors from the High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) held a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) session Aug. 24 with members of the Barbados Defense Force (BDF) during Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2010 in Barbados. |
| Location: | Mexico, Uruguay |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | CHDS selects Galvin, Bayardi and CESNAV for prestigious award |
| Author/Source: | Center For Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | The Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) has selected U.S. Army Gen. John Galvin and former Uruguayan Defense Minister Dr. Jose Bayardi in the individual category and the Mexican Center for Superior Naval Studies (CESNAV) in the institutional cat |
Thursday, August 26, 2010
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Argentina: Economic and Political Perspectives |
| Author/Source: | Judith A. McHale U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The United States also greatly appreciates Argentina's active engagement on human rights issues in multilateral organizations and in our regional partnerships. |
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | AFSOUTH teams with World Food Program, 17 nations for PANAMAX Exercise |
| Author/Source: | Capt. Nathan D. Broshear U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Air Forces Southern is also simulating a full-scale relief operation in the fictitious country of Centralia, an island near the canal suffering from a massive hurricane. |
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | USS Texas returns from U.S. 4th Fleet deployment |
| Author/Source: | Ronald Gutridge U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | The state-of-the-art submarine is capable of supporting a multitude of missions including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, strike, naval special warfare involving special operations forces, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, |
| Location: | Argentina, Mexico |
| Category: | Press Freedom, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Mark C. Toner U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | We have concerns about journalistic freedom all over the world and certainly, there's a strong domestic debate occurring right now in Argentina. We're paying close attention to developments and it's a part of our bilateral conversation. |
| Location: | Barbados |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | NCIS exchanges information, tactics with Barbados Defense Force |
| Author/Source: | Kim Williams U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Navy Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) personnel embarked on board High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV) 2 hosted subject matter expert (SME) information exchanges Aug. 23 with the Barbados Defense Force (BDF). |
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Overseas Military Missions, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Missions Show U.S. Commitment in Pacific, Latin America |
| Author/Source: | Donna Miles U.S. Department Of Defense |
| Brief: | As the U.S. military conducts disaster response operations in flood-stricken Pakistan, it's also engaged in major humanitarian and civic assistance missions in the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. |
| Location: | Chile, Haiti |
| Category: | International Community, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Video: SPMAGTF supports Continuing Promise 2010 |
| Author/Source: | Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System |
| Brief: | Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force in support of Continuing Promise 2010 aboard the USS Iwo Jima stop in Haiti for a 10-day Humanitarian Assistance mission. |
| Location: | Cuba, Venezuela |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Daily Press Briefing |
| Author/Source: | Philip J. Crowley U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Governor Richardson is in Cuba on a New Mexico trade mission. We did have a conversation with him last week, brought him up to date on the status of the case of Alan Gross, and asked if he would raise it during his discussions with Cuban officials this we |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | Overseas Military Missions, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Haitian community thanks U.S. troops for new school |
| Author/Source: | Jessica M. Lopez U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | The community gathered to celebrate a new school U.S. troops built in Mandrin as a part of New Horizons-Haiti 2010, a nearly four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission that is providing continued U.S. military help to the earthquake-devastated n |
| Location: | Haiti |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Louisiana National Guard, Belize Defence Force join forces to help Haiti |
| Author/Source: | David C. Kirtland U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | The task force is leading the New Horizons-Haiti, a humanitarian and civic assistance exercise in Haiti from June - September 2010. U.S. National Guard troops are providing free health care and construction projects in various communities during the miss |
| Location: | Uruguay |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Video: Uruguay's Independence Day |
| Author/Source: | Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The United States is proud of our partnership with Uruguay - a partnership deeply rooted in our common commitment to democratic ideals and individual freedoms. |
Monday, August 23, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | Energy, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas: Fact Sheet |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | Joining ECPA is voluntary, allowing governments, Inter-American organizations, private industry, and civil society to lead or participate in initiatives focused on energy efficiency, renewable energy, cleaner fossil fuels, infrastructure, energy poverty, |
| Location: | Costa Rica |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | USS Iwo Jima welcomed in Costa Rica as humanitarian mission begins |
| Author/Source: | Alicia R. Giron U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Costa Rican officials and U.S. service members from USS Iwo Jima gathered during an opening ceremony in Limon, Costa Rica, Aug. 21, 2010, to commence the 10-day humanitarian civic assistance mission, Continuing Promise 2010. |
Friday, August 20, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S. Marines condcut Non-lethal Weapons Tactics training with Colombian forces |
| Author/Source: | Alicia R. Giron U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | U.S. Marines taught non-lethal weapons tactics to Colombian Marines at Colombian Marine Corps Base Covenas in Colombia, Aug. 14, as part of a six-day subject matter expert exchange. |
Thursday, August 19, 2010
| Location: | El Salvador |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | President Obama Announces Recess Appointments to Key Administration Posts: Maria del Carmen Aponte, Nominee for Chief of Mission, Republic of El Salvador |
| Author/Source: | The White House |
| Brief: | "At a time when our nation faces so many pressing challenges, I urge members of the Senate to stop playing politics with our highly qualified nominees, and fulfill their responsibilities of advice and consent," President Obama said. |
| Location: | Entire Region, Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Multinational Exercise Focuses on Panama Canal Defense |
| Author/Source: | Donna Miles U.S. Department Of Defense |
| Brief: | Panamax has grown dramatically since 2003, when Panama, Chile and the United States conducted the first exercise in the series. |
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
| Location: | Colombia |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Continuing Promise 2010 brings humanitarian assistance to Colombia |
| Author/Source: | Lt. Jacqui L. Barker U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | The mission, based aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), provides humanitarian and civic assistance to Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama and Suriname. |
| Location: | Entire Region, Panama |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | PANAMAX 2010- Fact File |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | FA PANAMAX 2010 is an annual U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise series that focuses on ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S. military medics hit Mosquito Coast for MEDCAP |
| Author/Source: | Sgt. Benjamin Rojek U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | After weeks of preparation and planning, the MEDEL team was able to treat 1,831 patients for various ailments and injuries, from headaches to a two-year-old snake bite wound. |
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
| Location: | Entire Region |
| Category: | International Community, Public Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | South American Conference on Interdiction and Regional Security of Small Arms & Light Weapons |
| Author/Source: | Ann K. Ganzer U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The United States is taking strategic steps to reduce and control the the national, regional, and global levels. I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of our most recent nonproliferation strategic initiatives aimed at doing just tha |
| Location: | Caribbean Regional |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Celebrating Our Caribbean Heritage |
| Author/Source: | Arturo Valenzuela U.S. Department Of State |
| Brief: | The fact that remittances from the United States to the Western Hemisphere fluctuate around $50 billion a year is an absolutely astonishing figure, particularly if you think that the entire foreign assistance budget of the United States for the world is $ |
| Location: | Entire Region, Panama |
| Category: | Overseas Military Missions, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | PANAMAX participants welcomed at 4th Fleet |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | PANAMAX is one of the largest multi-national training exercises in the world. The annual U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) sponsored exercise series focuses on ensuring the defense of the Panama Canal, crucial to the unrestricted flow of global maritime |
| Location: | Entire Region, Panama |
| Category: | Overseas Military Missions, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | Multinational PANAMAX 2010 exercise begins |
| Author/Source: | U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | More than 2,000 civilian and military personnel from 18 countries began a 12-day exercise here today to train in a joint, multinational effort to defend the Panama Canal. |
| Location: | Honduras |
| Category: | Overseas Military Missions, Politics And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S. Army Civil Affairs Soldiers work with Honduran military during humanitarian mission |
| Author/Source: | Alex Licea U.S. Southern Command |
| Brief: | Honduran military officials conducted a recent two-day Medical and Civic Assistance Program or MEDCAP mission in Chacalapa and Guadalupe Carney while working with a group of U.S. Army Civil Affairs Soldiers. |
Monday, August 16, 2010
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | U.S. Policy |
| Title: | U.S. Ambassador Speaks at 'Border Security Conference' |
| Author/Source: | Carlos Pascual Mexidata |
| Brief: | Keynote address by U.S. Ambassador Carlos Pascual, at the Border Security Conference "Re-Envisioning The Border Community To Foster A U.S.-Mexico Partnership For Prosperity, Progress And Socio-Economic Development." |