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Operación Hispaniola
Operación Hispaniola El Pais"Tes Zarpa el buque 'Castilla' con ayuda" Elsa Cabria, ''23 January 2010'' (accessed 11 February 2010) (''Operation Hispaniola''Barcelona Reporter"Spain’s Defence Minister, Carme Chacon, said she is “proud” of Spanish society for their generosit", ''16 February 2010'' (accessed 16 February 2010)) was Spain's military of Spain, military relief operation for Haiti, following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, 12 January 2010 earthquake. The mission was expected to last until at least 4 May 2010. The headquarters for the mission was the ''SPS Castilla''. Their encampment at Petit-Goâve was named "Camp Gloria". Force composition * , an amphibious assault ship ** Castilla's complement: *** 4 helicopters *** Fast boats ** Transported on Castilla: *** Field hospital *** 423 ground troops **** Engineering unit ***** Bulldozers **** Logistics unit ***** 2 water purification units *** 50 medical officers **** 28 doctors and nurses *** 23 Guardia Civil * 37 members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ) is an island between Geography of Cuba, Cuba and Geography of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by List of Caribbean islands by area, land area, after Geography of Cuba, Cuba. The island is Dominican Republic–Haiti border, divided into two separate Sovereign state, sovereign countries: the Spanish-speaking Geography of the Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic () to the east and the French language, French and Haitian Creole–speaking Geography of Haiti, Haiti () to the west. The only other divided island in the Caribbean is Saint Martin (island), Saint Martin, which is shared between France () and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands (). At the time of the European arrival of Christopher Columbus, Hispaniola was home to the Ciguayo language, Ciguayo, Macorix language, Macorix, and Taíno Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, native pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
