Latinnews Daily - 19 December 2007

After having tested their ability to engage in combined operations with the other services, between late November and early December the Brazilian army again conducted a massive deployment of troops along more than 7,000 kilometres of its borders with eight neighbouring countries. They were not simulating conflict with these neighbours, but their ability to act in policing roles, in response to both threats to public security and demands to assist law-enforcement agencies in actions against crossborder crime.