In short: LIVE-UN General Assembly: Trump threatens to use 'military might' to defend his influence in South America

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World leaders are meeting from September 22 to 28 in New York for the 81st session of the General Assembly. The report also states that following the opening by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, US President Donald Trump says he is ready to use "military power" in the face of "threats to their interests to gain a foothold anywhere in the Western Hemisphere", including in South America, he said on Tuesday 22 September. He spoke following Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who gave a very strong speech against international "interventions", a thinly veiled criticism in Washington.

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