Francis Donovan

So we have indeed kinetic military cooperation from the U.S. military in Venezuela.

And also, the several military figures have appeared in Venezuela, like the U.S. Southern Command commander, the General Francis Donovan, has visited the country a couple of times this year.

Also, the Deputy Secretary of War, Joseph Jumire, that is an expert on the Venezuelan situation.

We got some people like Dan, Daniel Raising Kane.

There's a coalition of countries that just met again.

U.S. South Com Commander General Francis Donovan spoke after the meetings in online social media videos.

We have 19 like-minded countries now that are willing to use all elements of their national power to get at this problem.

General Donovan added that when the coalition acts as one unit, it's more effective.

This is from Breaking Defense.

A couple days ago, 26 October, we're talking about General Francis Donovan, South Comp Commander.

He's a Marine.

He said in February this year that, among other capabilities, he is interested in unique river reconnaissance systems, a tailorable mix of unmanned surface, air, and subsurface autonomous platforms.

This sharpens the capabilities of U.S. and partner nation troops in harsh jungle environments like the remote areas in which cartels hide, a Pentagon official told The Hill.

In late September, General Francis Donovan, head of U.S. Southern Command, told The Wall Street Journal that the United States wanted all options on the table to combat drug cartels, including land strikes, arrests, the takedown of safe houses, and increased use of cargo scanners at border checkpoints.

Last year, the US military and Panamanian security forces restarted jungle warfare training for the first time in more than 20 years.

Panama and the United States signed a three-year agreement that allows the US military to deploy troops to the country for training purposes and to use Panamanian government facilities.

Less than a week after the change of government in Colombia, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a major shift in U.S.-Colombian military cooperation, stating at a press conference that de la Espriella had approved an agreement for joint operations in Colombia.

U.S. Southern Command Commander General Francis Donovan had met with Colombia's highest-ranking military officials by the end of the month to begin planning those joint operations against armed groups.

There have since been reports, some confirmed directly by the Colombian government and U.S. Southern Command, of U.S. military personnel and aircraft operating in Colombia.

The prospect of a renewed U.S. military presence has provoked alarm among significant sections of Colombian society, particularly on the left, which has a long tradition of opposition to U.S. interventionism in the region.

So far, that has included 71 boat strikes, killing at least 239 people.

General Francis Donovan, the top U.S. military commander for most of Latin America, has said the U.S. plans to expand land strikes.

And that raises a practical question.

Which governments will let American forces operate inside their countries? The Trump administration has spent months pressing regional leaders to step up their military offensives against trafficking groups and to permit joint operations with the U.S.