Venezuelan President referred to the Venezuelan Navy's new developments on Thursday, as Russia and China are to invest and send new equipment to this military force. "The Navy has progressively recovered, with the incorporation of new transport equipment. Recently approved plans and investments will allow us to hold the most sophisticated equipment to protect the oceans and rivers of the motherland," Maduro stated during the homage paid to commemorate Simón Bolivar, the...

PANAMA CITY - Panama's president said the country has seized a North Korean-flagged ship carrying what appeared to be ballistic missiles and other arms that had set sail from Cuba on its way to the Pacific. Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli told RPC radio on Monday that the ship had been headed for North Korea. There were no immediate details on the quantity of arms aboard. Martinelli said the undeclared military cargo appeared to include missiles and non-conventional arms and the...

Colombian Vice-President Angelino Garzón on Monday the United Nations to delve into reports that the Venezuelan opposition has purchased US warplanes as part of a plan to attack Venezuela from Colombia. "Considering José V Rangel's reports in Venezuela, I believe that the best Colombia can do is requesting the UN to check this," twitted Garzón, according to AFP. On Sunday, Venezuela's former vice-president José Vicente Rangel claimed that the...

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla resumed peace talks in Havana in order to put an end to the armed conflict, and reach peace as soon as possible, which would be unacceptable to achieve “at any cost,” according to the parties’ statements. “We want results,” said former Colombian Vice President Humberto de la Calle, head of the government delegation, but “peace will not come at any price; it will not...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) was selected by the Brazilian Air Force to execute a large-scale air refueling project for several Boeing 767-300 aircraft. IAI's proposal was chosen over many international companies, the Brazilian Air Force reported on their Website over the weekend. Joseph Weiss, president and CEO of IAI, said "we are very pleased to have won the bid to provide the Brazilian Air Force with Multi-Mission-Tanker & Transport aircraft capable of performing...

An Israeli delegation visited the facilities of Material and Equipment Service of Uruguay National Army to present the M-60 tank, ubiquitous American-made tank that was highly improved in Israel and renamed Magach June and July Magach. Among the improvements to the original model is the installation of new fire control systems, ERA armor, new engine, changes in the tower (from the removal of the turret artillery commander to changes in the angle of the shield), replacement caterpillars by...

Elbit Systems has delivered its first Hermes 900 system to an undisclosed customer in Latin America, with its programme including the delivery of unmanned air vehicles, universal ground control stations to be installed in a mission control centre, Elop electro-optical sensors and other equipment. In August 2012, Elbit announced its receipt of an order to supply a mixed fleet of Hermes 900s and smaller Hermes 450s to a Latin American buyer. Sources in the Israeli defence establishment said...

The manager of Venezuela’s drone program is an engineer who helped build ballistic missiles for Iran. The engineer’s identity raises new questions about the purposes behind Venezuela’s drone program. But it’s also only one part of a mystery involving drones shipped from Iran to Venezuela while hidden in secret cargo containing possibly more military hardware than just ‘bots. According to El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister paper of The Miami Herald, US...

Venezuela is building unmanned drone aircraft as part of military cooperation with and other allies, President Hugo Chavez said, in a move likely to heighten U.S. anxiety over his socialist government's role in the region. Referring to a Spanish media report that U.S. prosecutors are investigating drone production in , Chavez said late on Wednesday: "Of course we're doing it, and we have the right to. We are a free and independent country." In a televised speech to military...

Russia seeks to sign weapon sales agreements with Latin American countries, particularly Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, said Sergei Chemezov, the CEO of Russian state-owned corporation Rostekhnologii. Chemezov said that "no new contracts are expected soon" with Venezuela, the biggest purchaser of Russian weapons in Latin America. "We have signed many contracts with Venezuela that must be fulfilled," he added. According to several sources, Russia has sold USD 5...