How US intervention could deepen Venezuela’s environmental crisis
via news.mongabay.com
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When U.S. forces entered Venezuela in December and removed President Nicolás Maduro, officials framed the intervention as a strategic economic opportunity. President Donald Trump repeatedly pointed to the country’s oil reserves and rare earth minerals, saying U.S. companies stood to earn billions of dollars. Less attention has been paid to the environmental risks of this […]