18th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – Opening remarks
Robert Pittenger
Congressman
June 29, 2018
Panama City, Panama
Congressman Pittenger stated off by applauding how countries in Latin America are beginning to categorize Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. He then started mentioning how Panama is on the grey list and how that impacts on economic development, foreign investment, and loans from the Inter-American Bank. He embraced the importance of the dialogue to solve these issues.
30th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security – Support of the Armed Forces in Public Security and its Impact on National Security
Honorable Minister René Merino outlined El Salvador’s security transformation under President Bukele, focusing on the Territorial Control Plan (TCP) and the State of Exception. He explained that deploying the Armed…