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Security & Strategic Review - December 2016 (ISSN 1741-4202)
Bolivia: Boosting security with other neighbours
In recent weeks, the Bolivian government led by President Evo Morales has announced various deals with its neighbours over anti-crime efforts. As well as strengthening security cooperation with Peru (see box), in October Bolivia’s defence minister, Reymi Ferreira, announced a deal between Bolivia’s airforce Fuerza Aérea Boliviana (FAB) and its Argentine counterpart, Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA), regarding permanent increased cooperation in the fight against drugs – and specifically the widespread use of aeroplanes by drug traffickers from Argentina and Paraguay into Bolivia.
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