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Venezuela crisis: Why the military is backing Maduro. answer is of ´cos - $. USA and Brazil armies must move in very quickly, in order to save many many lives
@The former paratrooper cut a military figure and commanded loyalty. In return he rewarded officers with positions of power. Previously the military had been more or less confined to barracks, but Chávez let them out and gave them access to cabinet posts, to control of banks and other financial services," Phil Gunson, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank, told the BBC.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47036129
@The former paratrooper cut a military figure and commanded loyalty. In return he rewarded officers with positions of power. Previously the military had been more or less confined to barracks, but Chávez let them out and gave them access to cabinet posts, to control of banks and other financial services," Phil Gunson, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank, told the BBC.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47036129