# Caribbean

Washington Convens Rare 34-Nation Military Summit as Caribbean Drug Strikes Spark Controversy

The U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Dan Kain, is convening defence leaders from 34 Western Hemisphere states in a rare summit aimed at coordinating responses to drug trafficking and organised crime. The meeting follows an intensified U.S. military campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific that has included dozens of strikes on vessels the U.S. says are drug-related, actions that have drawn scrutiny because public evidence has not been released.