About this episode
US military forces are gathering near Venezuela, threatening President Nicolas Maduro and blowing boats out of the water crewed by people who may, or may not, be drug traffickers. Meanwhile, President Trump offered the Argentine president, Javier Milei, a $40billion lifeline if he did well in midterm elections - which he did. Washington is asserting itself in Latin America - its backyard. But then it has done, on and off, since 1823 when it published the Monroe Doctrine which stated that the US could do what it wanted in the region. Who's going to stop them? Joe and Daniel discuss how it's done that, continues to do that, using carrots, sticks, burgers and bullets.
