Latin-American Wars

The Latin American Wars, or known as the Federation-Cartel War was a conflict that occured between the years 2055 and 2057 between the Federation of the Americas and the "Las Trinidad" Cartel. The conflict was a sideshow compared to other events, but it undoubtably turned the Federation of the Americas from an impoverished state into a real global power.

History
Drug Cartels in South America are nothing new. In the 2030's the, United Nations Security Council passed a resolution to send peacekeeping units to Latin-America maintain order in the region. After the Great Collapse occurred between the years of 2026 and 2038, the regions of Africa, the Middle East, and South America were flooded with weapons and ammunition, leading to the creation and spread of the most powerful Cartel in world history, the "Las Trinidad" or "The Trinity" Cartel.

Tensions
Tensions in South America began to arise in the year 2044, when Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and occupied Cuba and Venezuela officially united together to form the "Federation of the Americas." Right off the bat, the Federation was left in serious question on it's future as it was considered by the world superpowers to be an impoverished nations state. What is worse, the Las Trinidad Cartel was openly hostile towards the Federation of the Americas, and even tried to influence it's unification.

The War begins
On February 25th, 2055, Las Trinidad troops launched an direct attack against a Federation Military Convoy in Brazil, in retaliation for a Federation Military raid against a Las Trinidad Safehouse in Rio De Janerio. The Las Trinidad Cartel responded by an attempted attack against Rio De Janario, but a US Air Force Reaper Flight as well as Mercenaries from SPIRE Corporation defeated the Cartel. The Federation Government was understandably p*ssed about all of this, and they enlisted the help of the Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay Governments, as well as support from the United States Government and SPIRE Corporation.

Friendly Invasion
On March 1st, 2055, Federation troops with permission from the Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay Governments entered these three countries to hunt down and dismantle the Las Trinidad Cartel. With limited support from the United States Air Force and SPIRE Corporation Mercenaries, the Federation Military used raiding tactics and other convoy tactics to evade Las Trinidad Cartel attacks. US Special Forces were also sent into these regions to assist the Federation Military and there allies to destroy the Cartel. While inevitably the Federation didn't have any choice, the US sending it's own forces into the region to operate basically on there own caused some tense relations between the Federation and the United States Governments.

Retreating into the mountains
The Las Trinidad Cartel was poorly trained and strictly second division with local triggerman. The armored vehicles and tactics of the Federation Military also made the Las Trinidad Cartel have a disadvantage. In response, the leaders of the Cartel moved there operations to the mountains of Bolivia and began trying to try and ship there operations off continent to try and save there illegal activities. However, the Federation expected this move, and using new and improved topography scanning equipment, the Federation of the Americas was able to hunt down and destroy Las Trinidad compounds and underground tunnels.

The War ends
On April 4th, 2057, the Federation of the Americas successfully carried out its first assassination order successfully when Las Trinidad Cartels leader, Ramond Garcia, was assassinated in the Congo after attempting to receive financial backing to move there operation from South America to Africa. The mission caused the complete collapse of the Las Trinidad Cartel, and on April 25th, 2057, the last of the Las Trinidad Cartel compound was raided by Federation troops.

Consequences
The Latin-American Wars cost the lives of an unknown amount of people. The Federation of the Americas claims that 15,000 people were lost, 70% of them being Las Trinidad. The United States claims that 25,000 people were lost in the war, with most of them being Federation Soldiers. This miscommunication and misteaching caused an unofficial tension between the two countries. After the end of the Latin American Wars, the Federation of the Americas transformed its overall opinions. It went from an impoverished nation state to a legitimate and stable government. After the end of the Private Military Corporation War, the Federation even more transformed itself from a regional power to a real global player on the world scale.

After the end of the Latin-American Wars, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay voluntarily voted to join the Federation of the Americas. Over the course following the Latin-American Wars, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Suriname eventually voted or were bullied into joining the Federation of the Americas. The country was guided by a Devine belief in a greater American State that could encompass the entire Western Hemisphere and eventually would be able to lead a united Earth Government. This way of thinking would eventually lead to it's downfall.

Adrian Rojas, a commander of the former UNSSU, was put in charge of the Federation's Military during there war against the Las Trinidad Cartel. Adrian Rojas made a very good name for himself, and soon came to be commander of the Federation Armed forces. After the end of the PMC Wars, Adrian Rojas's handling of the wars against SPIRE Corporation allowed him to gain a political foothold. By popular command, Adrian Rojas was sworn in as President of the Federation of the Americas, however he would be one of the main instigators behind the coming Federation-American War.