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

International law experts say Trump's Venezuela attack violated UN charter, but US veto power on Security Council means he'll face no sanctions despite committing crime of aggression.

The U.S. military carried out a strike on an alleged drug vessel travelling from Venezuela to the United States on Tuesday. hile Trump hailed the strike as a victory against drug trafficking, analysts say the move is unlikely to hinder the narcotics trade and represents a significant violation of international…

InSight Crime found that the Department of Defense's Joseph Humire tracked Tren de Aragua's activity in his previous role and fabricated news citing nonexistent local news articles

South American countries have used the Tren de Aragua as a political tool to criticize urban insecurity, stigmatize Venezuelan migrants, and justify anti-immigration policies.

Within his first two weeks in office, US President Donald Trump sent an emissary to arch-rival Venezuela, an apparent about-turn from the hard-line approach he adopted toward Caracas during his first term.

Venezuela's "colectivos," groups of armed civilian volunteers accused of committing violence on behalf of Nicolas Maduro's pariah regime, are poised to pounce on opposition protests called for the eve of the president's swearing-in ceremony.

Opposition leaders are adamant their campaign to remove Maduro is very much alive – even as their candidate widely believed to have won the vote has gone into exile in Spain

Opposition leader María Corina Machado said exile of key figure Edmundo González ‘changes absolutely nothing’