Peru to join US-backed Shield of the Americas initiative

Peru is taking steps to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas (SotA) initiative, its foreign minister said Friday. Fujimori made a promise to address soaring security concerns, and had already signaled a desire to join the alliance before taking office on July 28. Trump’s anti-cartel alliance is made up of pro-U.S. administrations across Latin America including the governments of Argentina, Ecuador and El Salvador.