Trump’s Plan for Venezuelan Oil Raises Prospects of Paramilitary Violence - Inside Climate News
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There is a sense of deja vu in the jungles of South America to the Trump Administration’s calls for private security contractors to protect the entrance of U.S. oil companies to Venezuela.  Countries in the region have experienced paramilitary violence that has played out repeatedly when private, foreign-backed militias vie for dominance in the lawless […]

Latin America has lots of experience with private military contractors protecting foreign companies in lawless conflict zones. It seldom goes well.

By Dylan Baddour

There is a sense of deja vu in the jungles of South America to the Trump Administration’s calls for private security contractors to protect the entrance of U.S. oil companies to Venezuela.

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