Gunboat diplomacy on steroids: US signs security deals across Latin America

Venezuelas Nicolás Maduro warns Trump administration may destabilise the entire region amid rising tensionsWhile all eyes are on the four-month-long US military campaign against Venezuela, the White House has been quietly striking security agreements with other countries to deploy US troops across Latin America and the Caribbean.As Donald Trump announced a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers and ordered the seizure of vessels amid airstrikes that have killed more than 100 people in the Caribbean...