Bolivia joins US-led anti-crime initiative at second Shield of the Americas meeting

Bolivian President Paz attended the second meeting of the US-promoted 'Shield of the Americas' mechanism against organized crime, held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. This marks a deepening of Bolivia-US cooperation under the Trump initiative, a notable shift for a country historically aligned with leftist regional blocs. The meeting signals expanding Western Hemisphere alignment against transnational crime, though specific commitments remain undisclosed.