Security was tight in Lima as Peru prepared to welcome dignitaries for a third summit between South American nations and Arab countries. Some 10,000 police officers on Friday were on “maximum alert” to provide security for the two-day summit, which starts Monday, said National Police chief General Raul Salazar. The…
Drug cartels in Mexico and across South America pose a grave and growing threat to the security of the United States, and Army General Martin Dempsey is well aware of it. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff recently returned from a tour of South America, during which he…