US has struck two boats this month in international waters, as part of Trump administration’s ‘crackdown on Venezuelan drug cartels’. US has accused Venezuela of sending fentanyl and cocaine into the country. In August, Trump administration doubled the reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro.
In Ep 1733 of CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains why Trump’s going after Maduro, Venezuela’s politics & autocrat leaders over the years, and why US is interested in the Latin American country.