How Blackwater Conquered Latin America: Chapter Two - The Coup That Wasn't

In 2019, Erik Prince offered a private army to remove Nicolás Maduro by force. What followed was one of the most audacious coup proposals in modern Latin American history.

By 2018, Venezuela was in freefall.

Five years into Nicolás Maduro’s presidency, the oil-rich nation had spiraled into economic calamity – hyperinflation, widespread shortages, and a refugee exodus in the millions.