Peru moves to join Trump’s anti-cartel alliance
Peru is taking steps to join US President Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas initiative, its foreign minister said Friday, just days after conservative President Keiko Fujimori took office.
Neighboring Colombia — the world’s top cocaine producer — will also join Trump’s initiative once hard-right president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office in August, he said earlier this month.
Fujimori won Peru’s election on a promise to address soaring security concerns, and had already signalled a desire to join the alliance before taking office on Tuesday.
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