Tuesday, April 5, 2022

CIMSEC: Exercise Tradewinds 2022: Mexico’s and Belize’s Time to Shine

 

"Exercise Tradewinds 2022: Mexico’s and Belize’s Time to Shine"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

The Southern Tide

Center for International Maritime Security

5 April, 2022

Originally published: https://cimsec.org/exercise-tradewinds-2022-mexicos-and-belizes-time-to-shine/

 

Written by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, The Southern Tide addresses maritime security issues throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. It discusses the challenges regional navies face including limited defense budgets, inter-state tensions, and transnational crimes. It also examines how these challenges influence current and future defense strategies, platform acquisitions, and relations with global powers.

“Whether [working] against COVID, transnational criminal organizations, the predatory actions of China, the malign influence of Russia, or natural disasters, there’s nothing we cannot overcome or achieve through an integrated response with our interagency allies and partners.” – General Laura J. Richardson, Commander, U.S. Southern Command”  

Multinational exercise Tradewinds 2022, the Caribbean’s premier military exercise, will be co-hosted by Belize and Mexico and will take place on May 7-21, 2022. This is a great opportunity to promote greater interoperability among the two host nations, the United States, and Canada, as well as partners from the greater Caribbean.

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