Perú to be First Head of Cooperative System for Humanitarian Assistance

October 11, 2012

The recently created Cooperative System for Humanitarian Assistance (SICAHUM) will be a voluntary mechanism that will respect each country’s laws, and the coordination and direction of assistance will be provided by civil authorities, explained Chilean Defense Minister Andrés Allamand, on October 10, at the 10th Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, celebrated in Uruguay.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Perú to be First Head of Cooperative System for Humanitarian Assistance

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