34个西半球国家首次于2月11日举行国防首长会议,以便在美国在该区域的军事行动中加强安全合作。 34 Western Hemisphere nations to hold first-ever defense chiefs meeting Feb. 11 to boost security cooperation amid U.S. military actions in the region.

来自34个西半球国家的顶尖军事领导人将于2月11日举行会议,参加首次由美国联合酋长主席丹·卡因将军主办的西半球国防首长会议。 Top military leaders from 34 Western Hemisphere nations will meet on February 11 for the first-ever Western Hemisphere Chiefs of Defense Conference, hosted by U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine. 这次会议的目的是加强区域合作,应对安全挑战,包括贩毒和跨国威胁,因为美国在加勒比和东太平洋的军事行动有所增加。 The gathering aims to enhance regional cooperation on security challenges, including drug trafficking and transnational threats, amid increased U.S. military activity in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. 这包括自9月以来针对卡特尔船只的35次以上空袭,造成120多人死亡,以及最近于1月23日发动的1月23日罢工,造成2人死亡,1人幸存。 This includes over 35 air strikes since September targeting cartel vessels, resulting in more than 120 deaths, and a recent strike on January 23 that killed two and left one survivor. 委内瑞拉总统马杜罗(Nicolás Maduro)于1月被美国支持罢免, 标志着美国自1989年以来对拉丁美洲最重要的干预。 The event follows the U.S.-backed removal of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro in January, marking the most significant U.S. intervention in Latin America since 1989.