ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay -- Paraguayan President Horacio Cartés and U.S. Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd, commander of U.S. Southern Command, meet at the Palacio de los López to discuss defense cooperation efforts. Tidd is in 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)