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Montevideo, May 9th 2025 - 22:49 UTC

Tag: US Southern Command (Southcom)

  • Monday, May 5th 2025 - 10:47 UTC

    Argentina: US SOUTHCOM Chief passes through – consequences to be seen shortly?

    Admiral Holsey's recent trip should produce visible results shortly, it is speculated

    Argentine nationalist sectors are concerned that US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Chief Admiral Alvin Holsey's recent visit could signal the beginning of a sovereignty handover to Washington, which President Javier Milei is believed to favor.

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  • Tuesday, April 29th 2025 - 11:35 UTC

    US Southcom Chief lands in Argentina for 3-day visit

    It is Holsey's first trip since replacing Gen. Richardson

    U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Chief Admiral Alvin Holsey arrived in Argentina for a three-day visit to strengthen bilateral defense and security cooperation. He will meet President Javier Milei at Casa Rosada, Defense Minister Luis Petri, and other high-ranking officers Tuesday.

  • Saturday, October 19th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

    Holsey to take over from Richardson as SOUTHCOM Chief

    Holsey will be the first African-American SOUTHCOM Chief

    US Army four-star General Laura J. Richardson is to be replaced as Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Chief by her current second-in-command US Navy Vice Admiral Alvin Holsey, who is to be promoted to full Admiral for his new role, it was announced this week.

  • Friday, May 10th 2024 - 19:35 UTC

    Gen. Richardson warns of dangers of China's LatAm expansion

    Security and economic stability go “hand in hand,” Richardson insisted

    US Southern Command (Southcom) Chief General Laura Richardson warned during her appearance Thursday at the Ninth Hemispheric Security Conference (HSC) at the Florida International University (FIU) Miami campus, organized by the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy together with the Taeda Foundation that China's growing influence in building critical infrastructure in Latin America had raised security concerns. In addition, the region hardly benefits “from the resources that China extracts,” the four-star general stressed.