In December 2000, the Federal Agency of Investigation (FAI) of the Panama Coalition received multiple complaints from relatives of young people who had disappeared in the neighboring Republic of Brasilistan. The Coalition Intelligence Service (CIS), after initiating investigations, determined that the young tourists from the Panamanian coalition had been kidnapped in Republic of Brasilistan. Diplomatic talks immediately began, to no avail. Subsequently, an update to the reports revealed that several Panamanian tourists were taken as slaves to work in the copper mines of the government of Brasilistan. The respective diplomatic protests were interposed with unsuccessful results. Our citizens were not released.

In addition to the panamanians, hundreds of tourists from other nations had been tricked into going to Brasilistan in fraudulent tour packages, so the kidnapped numbered in the hundreds. These were young engineers and professionals who were needed for certain specialized tasks in the mines. Subsequent government reports revealed that slave labor was used in Brasilistan to extract precious metals from mines, which were controlled by shell companies supported by the Brazilian government and the People's Republic of China.

Slaves in Mines of Brasilistan

As days went by, a wave of indignation among the population of the The Federal Republic of Panama Coalition caused the National Assembly and the Council of the Federation condemned the act and demanded to the Executive to take the necessary actions to liberate our citizens and to prevent that Brasilistan would do something similar.

Meanwhile, in the Panama Coalition, massive voluntary recruitment of citizens for the Defense Forces was initiated, reserve battalions of the National Guard were activated and mobilized and the nation's military reserves activated.

The Supreme Federal President of the Panama Coalition convened the Presidium, the executive advisory body made up of the Presidents of each Federal State of the Federal Republic of Panama Coalition, who approved the use of the Defense Forces, the National Guard and the Security Forces Of Panama Coalition for a military intervention in the nation of Brasilistan.

In defense of the citizens of the The Federal Republic of Panama Coalition, to protect the human rights of all the people who were taken as slaves in the mines of Brasilistan and to defend the national dignity, the war was declared to that nation.

Brasilistan Flag

Brasilistan was a very poor region of Brazil bordering the Panama Coalition. During the oil crisis in 1990, civil movements and protests took place in this small region, made up of less than 700,000 inhabitants. Given the desperation of the population due to the serious economic situation, a retired army general, Marcelo Carvalho, was elected governor, who subsequently declared the region's independence in 1992, renaming it the The republic of brasilistan. General Marcelo Carvalho appointed himself President and commander of the police, armed forces and head of government of the newly formed republic. Brasilistan, was located in the middle of the Amazon, had no natural resources or oil reserves, and its economy was based on subsistence agriculture, retail trade and an open-pit copper mine (with harsh working conditions and high labor mortality) .

China built some dirt roads, a modern airport with a large runway to receive large cargo planes with "loyal" technical advisers.

The international community did not recognize Brasilistan's independence, and most countries in the Western Hemisphere warned that the region was becoming a Chinese enclave in the middle of the Amazon. However, no country was willing to send its troops or armed forces to such an inaccessible area of ​​the jungle. Its proximity and direct communication with the Amazon of the Panama Coalition was an obvious danger, in addition to the fact that it was becoming a sanctuary and refuge for the ELN guerrillas and for drug trafficking and organized crime gangs. Soon a highway was discovered in the middle of the jungle, impossible to detect from the air or by satellites, connecting Brasilistan with the Panama Coalition, which was used for illegal trade. The Brazilian government, despite multiple complaints from the Panamanian government, refused to intervene and for unknown reasons, the most influential politicians of that nation refused to take action in this regard.

Most of the exports were sent to China and in return, China armed and equipped the Brasilistan army, made up of militia men loyal to Carvalho.

The acquired armament consisted of Dongfeng EQ2180 6x6 trucks; BJ2020 4x4 utility vehicles; 200 WZ551 6x6 armored vehicles; 100 Type-59 tanks; 20 pieces of Type-54 122mm towed artillery; 35 FM-90 mobile anti-aircraft missile systems; among other equipment.

Brasilistan had an army made up of 27,000 militiamen and did not have a navy (it had no access to the sea). Its military had been armed and financed by the Chinese army, in exchange for raw materials extracted by slaves from the mines in Brasilistan. Its air force consisted of 13 Chengdu F-7 fighter/attack aircraft; 4 Y-12 II Harbin transport aircraft and 8 Mi-8 Hip helicopters.

Military equipment of Brasilistan militians

F-7 Chengdu, Brasilistan Fighters (13 total), all destroyed on the ground.

Transport aircraft Y-12 II (17 passengers) and Mi-8 Hip helicopters (26 passengers)

The Panama Coalition, a pacifist nation, and its armed forces, called the Panamanian Defense Forces, only had the ability at the time to defend the nation against enemy military incursions, not to carry out invasions into foreign territory. Therefore, in addition to increasing the military budget and new policies to modernize the armed forces, The Blacknight Brigade, a 5,000-troop US security contractor (mercenary army), was hired to confront Brasilistan.

At a Cabinet meeting, on the recommendation of the Minister of Government (equivalent to a Ministry of the Interior), it was decided to send part of the army to occupy Brasilistan. Both the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Security agreed, however, there was controversy over how the ground offensive would be launched. Supreme Federal President William Rodriguez I met with the General Staff of the Army of the Defense Forces to coordinate the details. The ground intervention plan consisted of three phases: Send the Blacknight Brigade as the spearhead, backed by the Defense Forces and the Panamanian Air Force. The second phase would consist of sending several National Guard Divisions with the support of the Naval Air Service. The third phase would consist of sending what would later be known as "colonizers" with the protection of the troops of the Ministry of Security. It was also agreed that due to the large number of Chinese advisers and Chinese infrastructure in Brasilistan, the Chinese ambassador would be notified 30 minutes before the military operation, in order to avoid injured Chinese citizens as much as possible.

On February 27, 2001, the attacks began. Then start Operation "Complete Freedom". The first phase of the attack involved the launch of dozens of long-range cruise missiles (AGM-109H/K/L Tomahawk and AGM-142 Popeye launched from F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-4 Phantom II aircraft, respectively) at the air defenses, military bases, the nation's main airport airbase and border fortifications that destroyed the enemy's counter-attack capabilities. This caused chaos and perplexity in the enemy, disorganizing their combat capacity. On February 28, the second phase was launched: “Carpet bombings” began on enemy military positions; with multiple victims among the civilian population used as human shields. Public opinion quickly changed from the first day of the military actions, and executive advisers met once again to discuss the situation.

At 5 a.m. on March 5, the invasion begins. The infiltration teams of the Blacknight Brigade and Panamanian Special Forces infiltrated the capital of Brasilistan without any opposition. This operation involved C-295 tactical transport aircraft from the National Air Service (SAN) escorted by former F-4E Phantom II aircraft from the Panamanian Air Force (FAP). The enemy could not detect this operation due to the serious damage that the air defense systems and its air force suffered previously. With the weakening of Brasilistan's armed forces, Blacknight Brigade commandos assassinated the enemy leaders of the armed forces. Panamanian units thus managed to eliminate the command structure of the Brasilistan army, but its remnants continue to attack infiltrated panamanian units.

Leader of the Government of Brasilistan, General Marcelo Carvalho.
Killed during the start of Operation "Complete Freedom".
The circumstances of his death were never clarified.

Soldiers of the Brasilistan Army. Most of them were paramilitary militians.

The first troops officially dispatched were the 42nd Airborne Brigade, parachuted over the capital, in support of the Special Forces. At the time, the only aircraft capable of airborne operations were 10 C-130H Hercules (leased) and 45 C-295 aircraft. Several trips were needed to launch the parachute battalions at the capital's main airport. Once this was done, chartered C-5B Galaxy aircraft were used to transport the mechanized and armored infantry support vehicles (Hummer and LAV-25 vehicles) at the capital's airport. Meanwhile, on the borders of Brasilistan, advance forces, led by the Blacknight Brigade's armored and mechanized battalions, destroyed the remains of the enemy's border fortifications. All this supported by the Panamanian Air Force (FAP).

In total, 5,000 Blacknight Brigade troops were deployed (equipped with 120 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, 150 M2 and M3 Bradley armored fighting vehicles, and LAV-25 light armored vehicles as main vehicles, among many others).

The Defense Forces units were 25,000 troops:

• 42nd Airborne Brigade
• An Armored Brigade of the 5th Armored Division.
• Two Mechanized Brigades (from the 2nd and 4th Infantry Divisions)
• Two Marine Brigades (from the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions)

They were equipped with 150 M-551 Sheridan light tanks, 100 M-60A3 Patton medium tanks, 200 M113 armored personnel carriers, and 300 LAV-25 light armored personnel carriers. As aerial protection there were 24 F-4E Phantom II; 24 Mirages 2000-5; 24 F-16A Fighting Falcons against virtually no enemy air defenses (almost all anti-aircraft systems were destroyed and those that survived were bombed by the FAP).

The invasion happened quickly. In just 72 hours the capital was captured (on March 9, 2001) and the mine slaves were freed from their chains. Despite being a rural country with large expanses of jungle, the country was completely occupied in just 10 days, despite strong resistance from enemy militias. On March 24, Panamanian troops reached the border with Brazil and forced the surrender of the last brasilistan fortifications.

Then, on April 13, 4 divisions of the National Guard were deployed with all their equipment (40,000 troops with 448 modern light armored vehicles LAV-300A2 and 448 of the LAV-150 light armored vehicles, among others) and the troops of the Defense Forces began to withdraw from Brasilistan, leaving only the Blacknight Brigade to support the occupation.

Later, on June 20, the so-called “colonizers” arrived, protected by strong armed paramilitary detachments from the National Police and the Border Police. With this overwhelming military victory of the Panama Coalition, Supreme Federal President William Rodriguez I earned the nickname "Colonizer in Chief". The “colonizers”, as they were called by the media, were actually federal government civil servants, who, together with their families, moved to Brasilistan to provide assistance in the reconstruction and reorganization of the country. Most were teachers, engineers, doctors, nurses, administrators, social workers, etc.

However, criminal armed resistance groups persisted for some time, forcing a very costly military occupation force.

The problems in Brasilistan increased daily. The most widely supported political option was for Brasilistan to form part of the Panama Coalition and for Brasilistanians to be granted full citizenship of the Federal Republic. They would all be part of the same country, with the same citizenship and the same rights and responsibilities. Faced with a difficult situation and the need to return peace to the Panama Coalition, Supreme Federal President William Rodríguez I presented the proposal to the Federation Council. Although there were some people against it, in general the majority of the population wanted the brasilisteños to enjoy the same rights and benefits as the rest of the citizens.

Construction began on a formal highway linking the Panamanian Coalition with the capital of Brasilistan, now renamed Miramar City, which became the political and economic center of the small country, which despite everything that had happened, remained unrecognized. international and the hierarchs of political power in Brazil refused to assist financially or humanitarianly. They only opened a small office for administrative affairs, which barely had twenty officials. Although the Chinese advisers were returned to their country, the government of the People's Republic of China demanded payment of the debt acquired by Brasilistan for the infrastructure built, the copper mine, and financial compensation for the cancellation of the mining concession (at 50 years) and most of the country's economic production goods. This debt amounted to 18.000 millions NS$.

On October 23, 2001, by a large majority, the nation's bicameral legislative body approved Brasilistan as part of the Panama Coalition. The population of Brasilistan happily accepted the decision, tired of an oppressive tyranny that for years enslaved them. In October 2002, a referendum was held in which the Brasilistan (Portuguese-speaking) population had 3 options to choose from: join the Panama Coalition; be an Independent Republic or reunify with the Federative Republic of Brazil. The result of this referendum was endorsed and the international community promised to respect its results.

Thus, after the referendum, Brasilistan became the 57th State of the Coalition Federal Republic of Panama. This involved the gradual withdrawal of the armed forces and their replacement by civilian security forces.

Losses of the Brasilistan War:

• Brasilistan: 9,983 casualties of the armed forces including 2,896 military deaths; 380 civilians killed (the majority executed or used as human shields by the Brazilian militias) and 2,821 civilians injured.

• Panama Coalition: 189 soldiers died and 703 soldiers were wounded. In the following 6 months there were 57 coalition civilians killed and 129 civilians injured (“settlers”).

• Blacknight Brigade: lost 18 soldiers and had 71 wounded.

The Panamanian Defense Force Army (with the old combat uniform)

Brasilistan, a former territory (which was in total political oblivion) ​​of the Federative Republic of Brazil, had become independent in 1992. For unknown reasons, neither the Brazilian government was interested in recovering that territory, nor did the Brasilistans want to return under the government of Brazil. It is said that it was a wild and abandoned territory without any value, but controlled by a Warlord. Now Brasilistan was State number 57 of the The Federal Republic of Panama Coalition, and added to the population of the nation 700,000 inhabitants. The work of reconstruction and modernization of the State has continued to the present, building roads and civil infrastructure.

Most of the high-ranking brasilistans officials died during the war, the political leaders were captured and tried for various crimes, and the soldiers who were in charge of monitoring and punishing slaves with forced labor were tried for Crimes of Lesa Humanity by the Fifth Chamber of Military Justice, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Panama Coalition. The dictator of Brasilistan, General Marcelo Carvalho, was killed during the start of Operation “Complete Freedom”. The circumstances of his death were never clarified. Some historians have suggested that he was killed by the Blacknight Brigade's infiltrating forces, but there is no evidence or witnesses to this fact.

All slaves in Brasilistan were freed and returned to their homes.

The copper mine is expropriated by the federal government and later given in concession to a western private company, becoming Brasilistan's main income, generating a total value in the state economy of NS$ 3.900 million/year.

Brasilistan established Portuguese, English and Spanish as official languages. A parliamentary government was also organized like the other federal states of the Coalition.

In December 2002, Brasilistan's debt was renegotiated by the government of Panama Coalition. The Supreme Federal President William Rodriguez I and the President of the People's Republic of China, Jiang Zemin met at a summit in Beijing, where a Preferential Bilateral Trade Agreement is agreed in exchange for a significant reduction in debt, in addition to establishing an extension to their payments without interest increases. This debt would be paid in the local currency, that is, in Balboas. This treaty would later be extended in 2017.

The Blacknight Brigade, a force of “civilian contractors” (mercenaries), after fulfilling its mission, left the Federal Republic of Panama Coalition in 2002. Two decades later, he would return to the Federal Republic to establish his center of operations permanently.

In May 2004 the Presidential elections of the Panama Coalition were held, launching as presidential candidate Mireya Moscoso (President of the Federal State of Panama), and for re-election, the Supreme Federal President William Rodriguez I. Despite a smear campaign due to the worsening of the world economic crisis, the government's good management and economic policies gave victory in the elections to William Rodriguez I, with 72% of the votes.

International Airport of the city of Miramar, capital of the State of Brasilistan

Due to multiple military aggressions against the Federal Republic of Panama Coalition, including the last of all of the nation of Brasilistan, the National Assembly, the Federal Council and the States 's Presidents of the Member States of the Federal Republic have authorized the Supreme Federal President of Panama Coalition to drastically increase the Defense Forces, the Navy and the Air Force. So far the main military force was the National Guard and the Public Security Forces.

In addition, the Coast Guard will be strengthened and the defense budget increased. Negotiations are currently under way with major arms manufacturers for commercial licenses for local production of weapons.

Meanwhile, the services of the Wolf Regiment have been contracted, commanding by Colonel Richard "Wolf" Rodriguez (brother of the Supreme Federal President of the Panama Coalition, William Rodriguez I), a force of 17 000 elite mercenaries made up of former special forces from around the world, Which will be used as spearhead in war operations.