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Erik Prince Visits Peru to Offer 'Security Training' - teleSUR English
Social activists criticized the presence of a ‘mercenary’ whose company has been involved in human rights violations. On Tuesday, local broadcaster Panamericana reported that retired U.S. military officer Erik Prince, founder of the security firm Blackwater (now called Academi), is visiting Peru to propose “training for police and military units.” RELATED: Ecuadorian President to Involve Blackwater in Fight Against Gangs Invited by far-right for…
Erick Prince Visits Peru: Blackwater’s Shadow Extends Across Latin America
Blackwater could operate with opaque contracts, without clear regulation and without being accountable to Peruvian judicial authorities. The arrival of Erik Prince, founder of the controversial firm Blackwater (now Academi) and former Navy SEAL, to Lima to offer “training” to police forces, the military, and civilian groups reveals the continuation of an intervention strategy that US imperialism has been deploying with the use of private contrac…
The arrival of Erik Prince, founder of the controversial firm Blackwater (today Academi) and former Navy SEAL, to Lima to offer “training” to police forces, military and civil groups reveals the continuity of an intervention strategy that U.S. imperialism has been deploying with the use of private contractors from Iraq to Haiti. Invited by economist Hernando de Soto, Prince has presented his arrival as the mere export of “solutions that have wor…
Former U.S. military officer Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater security company (now called Academi), visited Ecuador for two days to make an assessment of the training he will provide on security issues, government spokesman Carolina Jaramillo said Monday.
ActualidadRT, Latin American Summary, July 22, 2025. Erik Prince, the retired U.S. military officer who founded the Blackwater security company (now called Academi), criticized his country’s recent policy towards Latin America, but showed his confidence in the current Donald Trump administration. “I think the U.S. has been asleep in many of the neighboring countries,” he told the daily [...] The U.S. entry “has been asleep” in many Latin America…
Former U.S. military officer Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater security company, now called Academi, visited Ecuador in order to evaluate possible training programs for law enforcement officials. This was reported on Monday by the government spokesman, Carolina Jaramillo. “He was here for two days, visited the country to make a brief assessment and approach to the work that will be done in the future. It is a planning for the training that …
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