
What's Behind Trump's Venezuela Shift?
Deep Dish on Global Affairs · Chicago Council on Global Affairs
October 23, 202527m 41s
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Show Notes
After months of diplomatic outreach, President Trump has abruptly shifted course on Venezuela—from covert CIA operations and expanded military activity in the Caribbean, to publicly backing Venezuela's opposition leader. Is this a crackdown on drugs and migration, or part of a broader strategy reshaping US policy in South America? Economist Francisco Rodríguez explains the political, economic, and human stakes of Washington's evolving approach.