US President Donald Trump announced a new 'military coalition' in Latin America to fight drug cartels during the 'Shield of the Americas' summit in Miami with right-wing leaders from the region. Trump stated that the essence of the agreement is 'the commitment to use lethal military force to destroy' the cartels. 'Once and for all, we will get rid of them. I don't have time. I don't have a problem with languages, but I'm not going to spend that much time learning yours,' he said with a laugh. Earlier, Trump stated that Mexico is the 'epicenter of cartel violence' and mocked Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who was not invited to the summit because, he said, she has rejected US help to combat them. 'You just have to tell us where you are,' he said. Trump promised that he will attack the drug trafficking networks 'with even more intensity' than during the campaign against alleged drug-laden boats in the Caribbean in the weeks leading up to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. The leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Chile's president-elect, José Antonio Kast, attended the summit.
