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Tattoos, Fox News and "Holy War": Who Is Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon Chief Pressing Chile and Latin America

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The U.S. Secretary of War, title given to him by Trump in 2025, forged his political career as a war veteran and driver of Fox News, with a speech against the “woke” culture in the Army. On Wednesday in a speech in Panama he urged Latin America to join a military alliance and raise defense spending, provoking Chile’s reaction. “We have a new slogan: we do bad things to bad people,” said Donald Trump’s defense secretary Pete Hegseth, closing his …
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The U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, presented a brand new label, the Coalition Against the Cartels of the Americas, a title that he will use interchangeably with that of the security initiative signed by almost all regional right-wing governments, the Shield of the Americas. In Panama, meeting with ministers and military leaders of the region, he promised that he will bring “absolute justice for narcoterrorists.” The great announcement was …

The U.S. Secretary of War, title given to him by Trump in 2025, forged his political career as a war veteran and driver of Fox News, with a speech against the “woke” culture in the Army. On Wednesday in a speech in Panama he urged Latin America to join a military alliance and raise defense spending, provoking Chile’s reaction. “We have a new slogan: we do bad things to bad people,” said Donald Trump’s defense secretary Pete Hegseth, closing his …

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Ex-Ante broke the news on Sunday, August 16, 2026.
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