Area of Responsibility

The U.S. Southern Command Area of Responsibility encompasses 31 countries and 12 dependencies and areas of special sovereignty. The region represents about one-sixth of the landmass of the world assigned to regional unified commands.

SOUTHCOM´s Area of Responsibility includes:

• The land mass of Latin America south of Mexico

• The waters adjacent to Central and South America

• The Caribbean Sea

Information about countries and areas of special sovereignty (www.state.gov) 

Antigua and Barbuda  |  Argentina  |  Barbados  |  Belize  |  Bolivia  |  Brazil  |  Chile  |  Colombia  |  Costa Rica  |  Cuba  |  Dominica  |  Dominican Republic  |  Ecuador  |  El Salvador  |  Grenada  |  Guatemala  |  Guyana |  Haiti  |  Honduras  |  Jamaica  |  Nicaragua  |  Panama  |  Paraguay  |  Peru  |  Saint Kitts and Nevis  |  Saint Lucia  |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  |  Suriname  |  Trinidad and Tobago |  Uruguay  |  Venezuela  |  State Dept. Fact Sheet on Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty

SOUTHCOM Area of Responsibility Map

2025 Posture Statement to Congress (PDF)

Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, commander of U.S. Southern Command, testified before the House Armed Services Committee on April 1, 2025, and the Senate Armed Services Committee Feb. 13, 2025, as part of the command’s annual Posture Statement to Congress.

2025 Posture Statement info page with video, articles and documents