Security Conference Gets Underway In Peru

August 04, 2010

Security chiefs from South America are meeting today at the 2nd annual South American Defense Chiefs Conference, being held in Lima, Peru. Co-hosted by the Armed Forces of Peru and U.S. Southern Command, this year’s conference focus is on military support to humanitarian assistance and disaster response.

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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 […]

Security Conference Gets Underway In Peru

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