Military of Latin America

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The Latin American armed forces are regarded as among the best in the world, a combination of sound civics education, highly intense training, strong ethics, and the most advanced technology place the Latin American armed forces head and shoulders above the rest of the world.
The Latin American armed forces are regarded as among the best in the world, a combination of sound civics education, highly intense training, strong ethics, and the most advanced technology place the Latin American armed forces head and shoulders above the rest of the world.
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Most important has been the relationship between the military and the civilian government. This has been one of the most rocky in the world, with the military and the government in serious dispute throughout the early 1960's, culminating in a military takeover of Latin America in 1965. Three military regimes ruled Latin America for the nest 22 years, military rule ending with the 1986 Presidential Election, and the subsequent acceptance by President of the Military Governing Council General Augusto Pinochet of electoral defeat, and the inauguration of President Augustin Morales.
 
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Presidents Morales, Ibáñez, Campo, and [[Michelle_Bachelet|Bachelet]] have worked on the relationship between the civilian government and the military for the next 20 years.
 
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President Bachelet in particular has worked tirelessly on this relationship, while at the same time ensuring Latin America has a military force capable of meeting and defeating any threat.
 
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During her tenure as Secretary of Defence, she had the dual roles of attempting to secure the best military force, while changing the attitudes of the military. Bachelet said of this "I do not have two missions, I have one: to protect freedom. That means a strong military that will not become tyrannical at home."
 
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Under her, the military apologised "as an instutution of the nation" for the twenty-two years of military rule. The Chief of the Defence Staff, Almirante de la Flota Alfonso Garcia said "In those days, we forgot that our mission was to fight for liberty. The Armed Forces has now remembered its true mission, to defend this nation and fight for freedom. The Armed Forces is ready to move forward, and prove itself to the nation."
 
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On the 15th of Febuary, 2007, the Confederate States of Latin America will celebrate 20 years of democratic government.
 
=Command and Control=
=Command and Control=

Revision as of 17:03, 31 May 2008

The military agency of the Confederate States of Latin America is the Department of Defence. The military services of the ECAL are provided for under Article 2 of the Constitution, which allows Congress to fund and recruit for an Army, Navy, and Air Force.

The ECAL has 5 military services:

The Confederate States has approximately 2 million men and women under arms at this time, and the current Defence budget is $390,244,559,185.

The Latin American armed forces are regarded as among the best in the world, a combination of sound civics education, highly intense training, strong ethics, and the most advanced technology place the Latin American armed forces head and shoulders above the rest of the world.

Command and Control

The Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate States armed forces is President Michelle Bachelet.

She has the power to appoint, or remove any member of the armed forces (though promotions to General de Division, or Contralmirante require Senate confirmation). She has control over the country's nuclear arsenal, and over the day to day running of the armed forces. She does not have the power to declare war, nor can she commit forces to any operation without the authority of Congress. In addition, when the armed forces are engaged in operations, she must report to Congress every 60 days on the progress, and state of the armed forces thus engaged.

The day to day running of the armed forces is delegated to the Secretary of Defence, Ramon Diaz, who implements Congressional statutes, and cabinet decisions.

Under the Secretary of Defence, there is a Comité de los Jefes de las Fuerzas Militares (Committee of the Chiefs of the Military Forces).

This committee has the following members:

  • Chief of the Defence Staff: Capitán General Rolf Sternheim
  • Chief of Defence Operations: General de Fuerza Aérea Vincente Marcos
  • Chief of the General Staff: General de Ejército Pablo Takahashi
  • Chief of the Naval Staff: Almirante Ernesto Hernandez
  • Chief of the Air Staff: General de Fuerza Aérea Felipe Telez
  • Commandant of the Marine Corps: Teniente General Carlos Vélez

The service chiefs are responsible for proposing policy to the Secretary of Defence, as well as the training, and preparation of their service for operations. The Chief of Defence Operations is in commands combined forces in operations at home and abroad.

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