Trump Pledges Military Force Against Cartels in Americas

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President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to reassert US dominance in the Western Hemisphere, pledging "unmatched military might" against drug cartels during his address to the UN General Assembly. Trump framed cartels as "the ISIS of the Western Hemisphere" and convened leaders from 14 nations in his Shield of the Americas coalition, urging joint sanctions on 24 narcotrafficking groups. The countries later pledged steps toward such measures. The pledge follows US strikes on drug boats that have killed over 220 people, which rights groups call extrajudicial killings. Brazil's president warned of "renewed hegemonic temptations," while Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" has raised neo-colonial concerns.


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