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A dead and another wounded military leaves an explosive attack in the Northeast of Colombia

A dead and another wounded military leaves an explosive attack in the Northeast of Colombia

A soldier died and another military was injured this Sunday in the Colombian department of Norte de Santander, a border with Venezuela, in an attack with explosives to the troops that carried out registration and control work, the army reported. The triguemy command detailed – in a statement – that …

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Symbology, hierarchy and control in the FAR (II)

Military degrees variants in Cuba

Many of the officers who joined the rebel forces in the Sierra and had reached 1959 as captains, were promoted to the new rank of first captain. One of those first captains who made headlines in 1964 was Jorge Enrique Mendozawho worked in the Directorate of Revolutionary Instruction of the …

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