Where is next for Trump after Venezuela?
The deposed Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, has appeared in a New York court, facing charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy and conspiracy to import cocaine. Both he and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty to all charges. Meanwhile, the US has been blasted for the attack on Venezuela by both allies and adversaries at a meeting of the UN Security Council, as well as over President Donald Trump’s threats to expand military action in Latin America and beyond. Today, the ABC’s Americas Editor John Lyons on what message the US President is sending the rest of the world with his Venezuelan attack. We also hear from the former Chief of Operations for the US Drug Enforcement Administration on the United State’s long-held goal to arrest Nicolas Maduro for alleged drug crimes. Featured: John Lyons, ABC’s Americas Editor Ray Donovan, former Chief of Operations for the US Drug Enforcement Administration
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Show Notes
The deposed Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, has appeared in a New York court, facing charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy and conspiracy to import cocaine.
Both he and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Meanwhile, the US has been blasted for the attack on Venezuela by both allies and adversaries at a meeting of the UN Security Council, as well as over President Donald Trump’s threats to expand military action in Latin America and beyond.
Today, the ABC’s Americas Editor John Lyons on what message the US President is sending the rest of the world with his Venezuelan attack.
We also hear from the former Chief of Operations for the US Drug Enforcement Administration on the United State’s long-held goal to arrest Nicolas Maduro for alleged drug crimes.
Featured:
John Lyons, ABC’s Americas Editor
Ray Donovan, former Chief of Operations for the US Drug Enforcement Administration