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Is the Trump administration working to divide CARICOM against Venezuela?

Article By: Old Harbour News
  • Apr 20, 2019 03:40 PM | International

Prime Minister Andrew Holness at a Caribbean Leaders' Summit with US President Donald Trump on March 22, 2019. (Photo credit: facebook.com/pg/AndrewHolnessJM)

Real News Network producer Greg Wilpert, who is the founder of the pro-Bolivarian website venezuelaanalysis.com, speaks to sociology lecturer at the University of Virginia Jeb Sprague, on how the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have become increasingly divided as the Trump administration tries to enforce regime change against the Nicolas Maduro-led government in Venezuela.

Sprague, author of the book Globalizing the Caribbean: Political Economy, Social Change, and the Transnational Capitalist Class, discusses the development and what it means for the region.

 

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