
Prospects of Paramilitary Violence Rise with Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Strategy
U.S. interest in Venezuela’s oil prompts calls for private security, echoing past regional paramilitary violence.

U.S. interest in Venezuela’s oil prompts calls for private security, echoing past regional paramilitary violence.


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