Trump’s Lawless Venezuela Offensive Was Never About Drugs, But All About Oil

Interview with Steve Ellner, an associate managing editor of Latin American Perspective, and journalist Andreína Chávez, conducted by Scott Harris.Steve Ellner, a retired professor at the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, where he lived for over 40 years and Andreína Chávez, based in Caracas, who wrote the recent DropSite News article, “War of the entire people: Venezuela’s Grassroots Rise to Resist Trump’s Naval Blockade,” examine the consequences of Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, in Venezuela, Latin America and the world.