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07.03.26 - 23:12
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Trump Announces Military Coalition With Latin American Leaders To Eradicate Cartels (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Announces Military Coalition With Latin American Leaders To Eradicate Cartels
Authored by Emel Akan and T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times,
U.S. President Donald Trump on March 7 welcomed his Latin American allies to Florida for a summit focused on addressing regional issues and announced a new military coalition to combat drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere.
“On this historic day, we come together to announce a brand new military coalition to eradicate the criminal cartels plaguing our region,” Trump said as he began his remarks at the summit.
He said that the new partnership, called the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, will leverage military resources, including the possible use of missiles, to combat the cartels.
The heads of state of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago attended today's summit, the White House said.
The event, called the Shield of the Americas Summit, is taking ...
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03.03.26 - 01:12
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Mapping China′s Influence in Latin America (ZeroHedge)
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Mapping China's Influence in Latin America
Authored by Eva Fu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The ouster of Peru's president began with a secret late-night dinner. A series of clandestine encounters followed—dark glasses at one meeting, a hood over his face at another.
Then videos leaked. Amid a nationwide uproar, three-quarters of Peru's lawmakers voted to censure the initially popular José Jerí, just four months into his presidency. He was the country's seventh leader in 10 years.
“We ask to end this agony so we can truly create the transition citizens are hoping for,” said Ruth Luque, one of 75 lawmakers who voted to oust Jerí. “Not a transition with hidden interests, influence-peddling, secret meetings, and hooded figures. We don't want that sort of transition.”
The man meeting with Jerí was Chinese restaurant and wholesale store owner Yang Zhihua, who is behind several major Chinese infrastructure deals in the country.
Dubbed “Chifagate,” a nod to fusion Peruvi...
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