What is driving US President’s Trump’s actions against Venezuela?

After US President Donald Trump declared that he was severing Venezuela’s airspace, the country has accused Washington of a “colonial threat” to its sovereignty.

Following US attacks on nearby boats and a significant military deployment in the Caribbean, which includes the largest aircraft carrier in the world, Latin America is on high alert.

Trump claims to be fighting drug trafficking.

Is that the real cause, then?

Presenter: Bernard Smith

Guests:

Former White House deputy national security adviser and US Republican strategist Mark Pfeifle

Paul Dobson, a Venezuelan independent journalist and political analyst