{"id":511118,"date":"2026-06-13T16:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/minister-of-defense-meets-with-southern-command\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T16:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:01:33","slug":"minister-of-defense-meets-with-southern-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/minister-of-defense-meets-with-southern-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Defense meets with Southern Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.<\/strong>\u2013 The Minister of Defense, <strong>Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez Onofre<\/strong> <strong>(ERD)<\/strong>, received a delegation from the <strong>United States Southern Command<\/strong> (USSOUTHCOM) at his official office, led by its Deputy Commander, <strong>Lieutenant General Evan Pettus<\/strong>, and <strong>Sergeant Major Rafael Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, Senior Enlisted Leader of the United States Southern Command and a member of the United States of America <strong>Marine Corps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting constituted a space of <strong>high strategic value<\/strong> to continue strengthening the mechanisms of <strong>cooperation, coordination, and exchange of experiences<\/strong> between the Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic and the United States, addressing issues of common interest related to <strong>regional security, the development of operational capabilities, the education and training<\/strong> of military personnel, as well as interoperability between both institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the meeting, the authorities reaffirmed their commitment to continue promoting <strong>joint initiatives<\/strong> that contribute to strengthening the preparation, professionalization, and modernization of the Armed Forces, for the benefit of the <strong>stability and security of the region.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recommend reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visit evidences the <strong>excellent level of relations<\/strong> maintained by the Armed Forces of both nations, sustained by decades of <strong>cooperation, mutual trust, and shared objectives,<\/strong> consolidating a <strong>strategic alliance<\/strong> that has allowed for the development of important training, technical assistance, and professional exchange programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompanying the Minister of Defense were the Commanding General of the Dominican Republic Army, <strong>Major General Jorge Iv\u00e1n Camino P\u00e9rez (ERD)<\/strong>; the Commanding General of the Dominican Republic Navy, <strong>Vice Admiral Juan Bienvenido Cris\u00f3stomo Mart\u00ednez (ARD)<\/strong>; the Commanding General of the Dominican Republic Air Force, <strong>Major General Pilot Floreal T. Su\u00e1rez Mart\u00ednez (FARD)<\/strong>; the President of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), <strong>Vice Admiral Jos\u00e9 Manuel Cabrera Ulloa (ARD)<\/strong>, as well as directors of military units and specialized agencies of the Armed Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On behalf of the U.S. delegation, <strong>senior officers<\/strong> and personnel from the United States Southern Command participated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 The Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez Onofre (ERD), received a delegation from the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) at\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_dum_aida_pretitle":"","_dum_aida_subtitle":"","_dum_aida_city":"","_dum_aida_author":"","_dum_aida_caption":"","_dum_aida_captionauthor":"","_dum_aida_quote":"","_dum_aida_breakdowntitle":"","_dum_aida_breakdowntext":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-28XQ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}