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U.S. Escalates Tensions in Venezuela
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U.S. Escalates Tensions in Venezuela

News and legal analysis of the latest Trump administration escalation in Venezuela where the United States seized several additional oil tankers.

The Brian Lehrer Show

December 12, 202545m 3s

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Show Notes

Tess Bridgeman, co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, former Special Assistant to the President, Associate Counsel to the President and Deputy Legal Adviser to the National Security Council (NSC) during the Obama administration, and William LeoGrande , professor of government at American University and specialist in U.S.-Latin America relations, discuss the latest Trump administration escalation in Venezuela, where the United States seized several additional oil tankers, and analyze the legality of those moves and the boat strikes against alleged drug cartels.

Topics

legal_analysisnicolas_maduroforeign_policyvenezuelatrumplocal_wnycworld_newslatin_americanews