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So is Academi. Their primary mission is protecting corporate interests in unstable countries / war zones. Asgaard used to do the same (I am not sure if they sti
by atemerev 7y ago
So is Academi. Their primary mission is protecting corporate interests in unstable countries / war zones. Asgaard used to do the same (I am not sure if they still exist).
- sorokod 7y agoAcademi a.k.a. Blackwater of "Nisour Square massacre" [1] ? Same company whose founder is pitching "to deploy a private army to help topple Venezuela’s socialist president, Nicolas Maduro" [2] ? Same company that is now a member of the Constellis Group[3] ? Pardon me for not taking the corporate rebranding shenanigans too seriously. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisour_Square_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisour_Square_massacre [2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-erikprince-exclusi-idUSKCN1S608F https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-erikpr... [3] https://constellis.com/sectors/government https://constellis.com/sectors/government
- atemerev 7y agoWell, Maduro put Venezuela into deep humanitarian crisis already, with looting and starvation abound, so it is pretty normal that somebody wants to do something about that. Even if only for profit reasons.