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U.S. military quietly redraws command map in the Western Hemisphere

NPR | By Eyder Peralta
Published August 7, 2026 at 3:41 AM CDT

The U.S. military is quietly reshaping its command structure across the Americas. What does that signal for the region?

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Eyder Peralta is an international correspondent for NPR. He was named NPR's Mexico City correspondent in 2022.