MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will take part in a historic visit to U.S. Southern Command. The visit will include the signing of a bilateral agreement.
WHO: U.S. Navy Adm. Craig Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
WHEN: Sunday, March 8, 2020.
• Press equipment (Cameras, photography, laptops and tablets) arrival and set up 6-6:30 a.m. Press equipment entry closes promptly at 6:30 a.m. for security sweeps. No equipment will be allowed into the Media Room once security sweeps are completed.
• The arrival time for journalists bringing smaller equipment, such as cell phones, small audio recorders and notepads, is 8:30-9 a.m.
• President Bolsonaro’s visit will begin at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Gate 2, SOUTHCOM headquarters, 9301 NW 33rd St., Doral, Fla. 33172 (the gate is the second entrance west of the Miami Herald building).
WHY: This is the first time a Brazilian President visits U.S. Southern Command. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will meet with U.S. Navy Adm. Craig Faller, as well as other command leaders to discuss the growing defense-cooperation partnership between Brazil and the United States. During the visit, the U.S. and Brazil will sign a bilateral Agreement on Research Development, Test, and Evaluation Projects that will expand opportunities for both countries to collaborate and share information on the development of new defense capabilities.
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PRESS RSVP AND CREDENTIALING INSTRUCTIONS:
Submit media RSVPs to southcom.miami.sc-cc.list.cmd-public-affairs@mail.mil or call 305-437-1205 | 305-586-3657. Provide names, affiliations, titles, and contact information no later than 5 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2020. RSVPs will be confirmed via email reply. For security reasons, journalists will be required to display their newsroom-issued credentials while covering this event.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- Biography, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
- Biography, U.S. Navy Adm. Craig S. Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command
- UNITAS multinational maritime security exercise
- State Partnership Program
- Brazil Riverine Medical Mission
- Brazil support to hospital ship USNS Comfort medical assistance missions: Video |
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. William Pullen, left, and Brazilian army Capt. Danielle Morel, both doctors attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), administer a steroid shot to treat a woman’s torn rotator cuff at a temporary medical treatment site in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Oct. 15, 2019. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at a temporary medical treatment site, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems, including those strained by an increase in cross-border migrants. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maria G. Llanos)