ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay -- Paraguayan President Horacio Cartés greets Amb. Liliana Ayalde, U.S. Southern Command Civilian Deputy to the Commander, at the Palacio de los López. Ayalde traveled with U.S. Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command, to Paraguay to meet the nation's leaders and to engage with senior regional security officials during the annual Fuerzas Comando multinational special operations skills competition. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the President of Paraguay)