South America

Supporting a Venezuelan Insurgency

SWJED — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:35:50 +0000

Supporting a Venezuelan Insurgency

Venezuela is on the brink of an insurgency. The insurgents are not currently violent, but that could change immediately if the Maduro regime attempts to use force to suppress the opposition. To date, the United States has supported the opposition led by Juan Guaido with diplomacy, sanctions, and humanitarian aid. The question now is what we should do if the insurgency turns violent.

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A Country Study of Communist Terrorism and Islamic Radicalization in Brazil: Implications for Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations in Counter-Guerilla Warfare

SWJED — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 06:31:10 +0000

A Country Study of Communist Terrorism and Islamic Radicalization in Brazil: Implications for Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations in Counter-Guerilla Warfare

Al-Qaeda religious extremist theology is a negative social movement in Brazil. Additional factors such as poverty, discrimination, and government inefficiency will permit radical Islamists to multiply and the Al-Qaeda terroristic theology to become a dangerous social movement in Brazil. Human terrain analysis and sociological intelligence notes that Al-Qaeda has embedded themselves into benevolent and peaceful Islamic communities of Brazil. Failure to believe that Al-Qaeda is not active in Brazil is a major social problem and intelligence failure.

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Narco-Drones: A New Way to Transport Drugs

SWJED — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 05:34:19 +0000

Narco-Drones: A New Way to Transport Drugs

A narcotrafficking technique first used in Mexico now expands to other countries in Central and South America.

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The Importance of Diplomacy in United States Southern Command

SWJED — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 16:23:13 +0000

The Importance of Diplomacy in United States Southern Command

SOUTHCOM’s diplomatic actions are effective because it can operate at both ends of the spectrum within the realm of coercive diplomacy.

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Mexican Cartel Essays and Notes: Strategic, Operational, and Tactical

Peter J. Munson — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:49:37 +0000

Mexican Cartel Essays and Notes: Strategic, Operational, and Tactical

This second Small Wars Journal-El Centro anthology signifies the important debate that this new forum, focusing on the crime wars and criminal insurgencies taking place in Mexico and other regions of the Americas, is helping to generate in U.S. defense and homeland security circles. The debate comes at a time when neither of the two major U.S. presidential candidates were willingly to candidly discuss this issue and at the end of the recent Felipe Calderón administration which saw over 80,000 dead, 20,000 missing, and 200,000 internal refugees stemming from gang and cartel violence during its tenure in Mexico.

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On Counterinsurgency: Thoughts on the Re-write of Field Manual 3-24

Peter J. Munson — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:02:02 +0000

On Counterinsurgency: Thoughts on the Re-write of Field Manual 3-24 Peter J. Munson Mon, 03/12/2012 - 6:02am

Grant Martin offers his thoughts on the rewrite of FM 3-24 and more realistic and sustainable COIN efforts.