Welcome
"Just the Facts" is a citizen effort to oversee and understand the United States' military relationship with the Western Hemisphere. On this site, you can:
- Explore our database of U.S. assistance to the region. (Use the tables below for quick data access.)
- Aid: Find out how much military and economic aid goes to each country, and which programs supply the most aid.
- Training: Find out which countries receive the most military training, which programs are paying for it, and where it takes place. Or search for specific training events.
- Sales: View arms sales to the region, by country and by program, and search for specific types of sales.
- Deployments: Find out about U.S. troop deployments to the region - exercises, bases, and humanitarian missions - by country and by program.
(We have yet to add data about exercises, bases, security assistance organizations, and Special Forces deployments.)
- Read publications from the "Just the Facts" project since 1998.
- Visit and participate in the Just the Facts weblog.
- Follow links to recent media coverage. Look at U.S. policy-related news, audio and video news coverage, and a long list of news sources in the region. Or search our database of news links.
- Read policy statements from the U.S. government, the U.S. Congress, other governments, and other non-governmental and international organizations.
- Review relevant legislation before the U.S. Congress.
- Use a calendar of upcoming public events, policy milestones, congressional hearings and reporting deadlines.
- Browse our gallery of public-domain images.
- Coming soon: links to security policy alternatives.
Quick Data AccessU.S. military and police aid grants by country
Country or region (total aid since 1996) - Colombia ($5,836,081,988)
- Mexico ($1,154,726,254)
- Western Hemisphere Regional ($895,391,363)
- Peru ($731,459,510)
- Bolivia ($544,516,354)
- Ecuador ($262,476,640)
- Caribbean Regional ($180,246,000)
- Central America Regional ($123,531,000)
- Brazil ($88,819,327)
- Panama ($82,871,268)
- El Salvador ($81,361,880)
- Guatemala ($69,191,902)
- Haiti ($66,529,291)
- Venezuela ($60,668,144)
- Argentina ($48,083,486)
- Honduras ($47,421,910)
- Chile ($40,818,235)
- Dominican Republic ($39,963,523)
- Bahamas ($38,082,527)
- Jamaica ($36,560,185)
- Eastern Caribbean Regional ($28,572,000)
- Nicaragua ($27,277,114)
- Paraguay ($27,207,315)
- Belize ($17,923,233)
- Costa Rica ($17,031,854)
- Trinidad and Tobago ($15,760,484)
- Uruguay ($13,072,380)
- Guyana ($6,372,501)
- Barbados ($5,814,460)
- Suriname ($5,021,346)
- Antigua and Barbuda ($2,856,419)
- Netherlands Antilles ($2,374,114)
- St. Lucia ($2,122,103)
- Grenada ($1,830,111)
- St. Kitts and Nevis ($1,578,735)
- Panama Canal Area Military School ($1,550,000)
- Dominica ($1,504,707)
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines ($1,313,760)
- Nertherlands Antilles ($585,000)
- Tri-Border Initiative ($500,000)
- Puerto Rico ($416,000)
- Martinique ($42,000)
- Aruba ($31,000)
- Bermuda ($7,753)
- Cayman Islands ($1,450)
U.S. military and police aid grants by program
Aid Program (total aid since 1996) - International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement ($5,934,682,667)
- Section 1004 Counter-Drug Assistance ($2,942,037,000)
- Foreign Military Financing ($833,857,184)
- Emergency Drawdowns ($268,253,984)
- International Military Education and Training ($162,079,831)
- Excess Defense Articles ($92,373,808)
- Section 1206 Train and Equip Authority ($89,927,000)
- NADR - Anti-Terrorism Assistance ($88,162,000)
- International Criminal Investigations and Training ($62,800,000)
- Non-Security Assistance - Unified Command ($29,419,806)
- Counter-Terrorism Fellowship Program ($18,530,281)
- NADR - Humanitarian Demining ($15,942,000)
- Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies ($15,800,238)
- Service Academies ($13,803,571)
- ONDCP Discretionary Funds ($10,300,000)
- NADR - Export Control and Border Security ($9,082,000)
- Misc Dept of State / Dept of Defense Non-Security Assistance ($6,110,757)
- NADR - Conventional Weapons Destruction ($3,351,000)
- NADR - Small Arms and Light Weapons ($3,277,000)
- NADR - Terrorist Interdiction Program ($2,544,000)
- NADR - Counter-Terrorism Financing ($2,057,000)
- Aviation Leadership Program ($1,414,592)
- Exchange Training ($843,410)
- Professional Military Exchanges ($768,147)
- Peacekeeping Operations ($710,000)
- Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Coast Guard Activities ($523,304)
- Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities ($515,707)
- Asia-Pacific Center ($319,627)
- MAP (Now Unused) ($80,712)
U.S. military and police trainees by country
Country or region (trainees since 1999) - Colombia (56,364)
- Bolivia (9,556)
- Mexico (5,523)
- Ecuador (4,946)
- El Salvador (4,237)
- Peru (4,107)
- Honduras (3,909)
- Argentina (3,350)
- Chile (3,218)
- Venezuela (2,657)
- Dominican Republic (2,330)
- Paraguay (2,259)
- Panama (1,962)
- Uruguay (1,772)
- Jamaica (1,726)
- Costa Rica (1,485)
- Brazil (1,454)
- Trinidad and Tobago (1,314)
- Guatemala (1,149)
- Belize (1,112)
- Nicaragua (1,075)
- Guyana (739)
- Bahamas (681)
- Suriname (627)
- Haiti (626)
- Antigua and Barbuda (518)
- Dominica (192)
- Grenada (180)
- Barbados (175)
- St. Lucia (168)
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines (167)
- St. Kitts and Nevis (166)
- Netherlands Antilles (90)
- Cayman Islands (2)
- Bermuda (1)
U.S. military and police trainees by program
Aid Program (trainees since 1999) Institutions that provide training in the United States (top 20 only)
Facility (trainees since 1998) Training occurring outside the United States (top 20 only)
Facility (trainees since 1998) - 7th Special Forces Group (9,352)
- 7th Special Forces Group, 16 SOW (2,400)
- 7th Special Forces Group (A) (2,112)
- II MEF (1,235)
- 7th Special Forces Group (A), 96th CA, 4th PsyOp, 112th Signal, 528th Spt Bn (800)
- 12th Special Forces Group (A) (797)
- 11th Special Forces Group (A) (560)
- 2/20 Special Forces Group (560)
- 10th Special Forces Group (A) (557)
- 9th Special Forces Group (A) (510)
- 8th Special Forces Group (A) (510)
- 7th Special Forces Group (A), 96th CA BN, 12th AF, 4th PSYOPBN, 112th SIGNAL BN, 16th SOW, USAOC (500)
- Naval Post-Graduate School (380)
- SBU-22 Seal Team 4 (345)
- Contractor-Lockheed Martin (345)
- Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (342)
- HOSNAVACA HOSNAVCAMP HOSNAVCHET HOSNAVGUAY HOSNAVMANZ HOSNAVSALC HOSNAVTAMP HOSNAVTLAN HOSNAVVER HOSP.NAV.ACAP. I.O.P. INST. LOGIS. MINA NAVMAN PEMEX, (318)
- SBU-22, SEAL TEAM 4, NSWG-2/NS (300)
- SBU-22 Seal Team 4 NSWG-2/NSWU-4 (300)
- 1/20 Special Forces Group, 16 SOW, 23 STS, 720 STG, 25 IS (300)
U.S. arms and equipment sales by country
Country or region (sales since 1996) - Mexico ($2,178,251,058)
- Brazil ($2,175,052,158)
- Venezuela ($2,073,054,043)
- Colombia ($1,779,098,304)
- Argentina ($1,186,785,560)
- French Guiana ($1,145,325,696)
- Cayman Islands ($1,091,351,691)
- Chile ($1,085,459,178)
- Ecuador ($290,224,616)
- Peru ($270,545,974)
- Dominican Republic ($218,118,903)
- El Salvador ($124,068,598)
- Costa Rica ($121,496,808)
- Bolivia ($113,725,204)
- Honduras ($90,071,079)
- Uruguay ($59,876,806)
- Panama ($49,518,913)
- St. Kitts and Nevis ($39,179,103)
- Bahamas ($34,800,513)
- Jamaica ($33,780,714)
- Guatemala ($27,334,711)
- Dominican Republc ($19,470,569)
- Guyana ($17,708,393)
- Trinidad and Tobago ($13,744,826)
- Nicaragua ($11,621,833)
- Haiti ($11,272,490)
- Paraguay ($8,768,996)
- Netherlands Antilles ($8,629,461)
- Belize ($6,081,239)
- Barbados ($5,900,022)
- Antigua and Barbuda ($5,758,714)
- St. Lucia ($3,736,256)
- Grenada ($2,795,160)
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines ($2,585,905)
- Dominica ($2,443,768)
- OAS Headquarters ($1,836,500)
- Bermuda ($1,626,225)
- Suriname ($1,458,213)
- Aruba ($1,108,769)
- British Virgin Islands ($310,835)
- Antingua and Barbuda ($61,527)
- Turks and Caicos Islands ($50,161)
- Montserrat ($28,414)
U.S. arms and equipment sales by program
Program (sales since 1996) U.S. military deployments and operations by country
Country or region (total funding, where available) - Western Hemisphere Regional ($803,254,000)
- Caribbean Regional ($648,649,000)
- Colombia ($188,390,975)
- Ecuador ($138,022,959)
- Netherlands Antilles ($106,982,000)
- El Salvador ($41,605,266)
- Peru ($24,145,797)
- Venezuela ($24,047,000)
- Honduras ($7,431,788)
- Guatemala ($4,368,357)
- Panama ($3,948,233)
- Belize ($3,056,238)
- Bolivia ($2,873,130)
- Nicaragua ($2,498,612)
- Dominican Republic ($2,042,905)
- Guyana ($1,980,450)
- Haiti ($1,790,671)
- Paraguay ($971,529)
- Grenada ($883,375)
- Jamaica ($878,313)
- St. Kitts and Nevis ($396,110)
- Costa Rica ($378,938)
- Entire Region ($360,600)
- Dominica ($318,681)
- Suriname ($316,214)
- Bahamas ($293,562)
- Trinidad and Tobago ($292,178)
- St. Lucia ($163,124)
- Barbados ($150,000)
- Chile ($107,094)
- Antigua and Barbuda ($83,000)
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines ($66,400)
U.S. military deployments and operations by program
Program (total funding, where available) U.S. economic and social aid grants by country
Country or region (total aid since 1996) - Western Hemisphere Regional ($2,348,151,000)
- Haiti ($1,854,910,000)
- Peru ($1,442,991,000)
- Colombia ($1,430,870,266)
- Bolivia ($1,265,882,842)
- Honduras ($829,787,000)
- Guatemala ($793,162,000)
- El Salvador ($725,067,000)
- Nicaragua ($690,828,000)
- Mexico ($548,532,037)
- Ecuador ($347,007,000)
- Dominican Republic ($335,302,000)
- Central America Regional ($228,108,000)
- Jamaica ($211,428,000)
- Guyana ($179,681,000)
- Paraguay ($179,147,000)
- Brazil ($172,223,000)
- Cuba ($142,810,000)
- Caribbean Regional ($110,654,000)
- Panama ($103,197,000)
- South America Regional ($80,647,000)
- Eastern Caribbean Regional ($62,768,000)
- Venezuela ($33,528,000)
- Belize ($21,282,000)
- Costa Rica ($17,845,000)
- Suriname ($15,083,000)
- Chile ($3,473,000)
- Andean Regional ($2,976,000)
- Uruguay ($1,879,000)
- Bahamas ($1,380,000)
U.S. economic and social aid grants by program
Aid Program (total aid since 1996) - Development Assistance ($3,463,357,000)
- International Narcotics Control Economic Aid ($2,350,664,333)
- Economic Support Fund ($2,244,305,000)
- PL 480 `Food for Peace` ($1,623,035,000)
- Child Survival and Health ($1,402,419,000)
- Emergency Disaster Recovery ($613,500,000)
- Millennium Challenge ($594,810,000)
- Peace Corps ($536,126,000)
- Global HIV/AIDS Initiative ($472,233,000)
- Migration and Refugee Assistance ($259,610,000)
- Inter-American Foundation ($236,891,000)
- Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund ($199,031,000)
- Inter-American Investment Corporation ($78,902,000)
- OAS Development Assistance Programs ($51,838,000)
- OAS Fund for Strengthening Democracy ($27,736,000)
- Transition Initiatives ($26,141,812)
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September 5: "[M]ilitaries may be called upon to play a supporting role to civilian authorities when responding to these threats - but the exact nature of their role requires careful thought and discussion." - Defense Secretary Robert Gates at this week's meeting of regional defense ministers.
September 4: "In the waning days of the Bush administration," notes today's Washington Post, governments in Latin America are rejecting many U.S.-funded programs, particularly anti-narcotics efforts."
September 3: Defense ministers from around the Americas are meeting for the rest of the week in Banff, Canada.
September 2: Tens of thousands marched in Mexico City this weekend to protest rising citizen insecurity.
August 29: "Bolivia ranks among the most muddled fronts of the Andean drug war," reads an article in today's New York Times.
August 28: U.S. officials yesterday criticized Venezuela's anti-drug efforts and expressed concerns about Argentina's.
August 27: Venezuela's govern- ment said that it did not deny a visa to U.S. Drug Czar John Walters, who planned a visit this week. Walters may visit, officials said, but President Hugo Chavez would be unable to meet with him.
August 26: Ecuador plans to buy 24 Super Tucano attack aircraft from Brazil and station them at the Manta airbase after the U.S. military vacates the facility in November 2009.
August 25: In the latest edition of an annual poll, 59.9% of Chileans responded that "Democracy is the best form of government." In 2006, 75.1% of Chileans held that opinion.
August 22: Today is the final day of the large-scale "Panamax" joint military exercise in Panama. Visit the exercise website, or view selected photos in our image gallery.
