{"id":300252,"date":"2025-11-29T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T15:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T15:05:03","slug":"why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump&#8217;s aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RVb8SJZTPgE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Trump's aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RVb8SJZTPgE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>You can \u201cdo things the easy way \u2026 or the hard way\u201d was Donald Trump\u2019s warning to Venezuela\u2019s president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, this week amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas.<br \/>\nSubscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>For weeks, the US has used the \u201cwar on drugs\u201d to justify its escalating military presence \u2013 its largest in the Caribbean since the 1989 invasion of Panama.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Washington have said a \u201cnew phase\u201d in the administration\u2019s pressure campaign against Maduro was about to begin.<\/p>\n<p>And Venezuela\u2019s authoritarian leader responded by urging followers to prepare to defend \u201cevery inch\u201d of the South American country.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest stage in an intensifying campaign that has been going on for months.<\/p>\n<p>It has included strikes on fast boats in the Caribbean, which has resulted in 83 deaths that the UN has called extrajudicial executions, and Maduro being accused of running the \u201cCartel of the Suns\u201d drug-trafficking organisation, which the US designated a terrorist group this week.<\/p>\n<p>But the Guardian Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, says that while Trump\u2019s administration has largely used the \u201cwar on drugs\u201d to justify its presence in the region, the evidence does not quite support this.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video to find out more from @tomphillipsin about why the US\u2019s claims don\u2019t appear to add up \u2013 and learn more in our visual guide via the link \u25ba <\/p>\n<p>#trump #donaldtrump #venezuela #nicolasmaduro #caribbean #warondrugs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can \u201cdo things the easy way \u2026 or the hard way\u201d was Donald Trump\u2019s warning to Venezuela\u2019s president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, this week amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas. Subscribe \u25ba https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 For weeks, the US has used the \u201cwar on drugs\u201d to justify its escalating military presence \u2013 its largest in the Caribbean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":300253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128995],"tags":[137949,136913,129609],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-300252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guardian-news","tag-do","tag-easy","tag-things"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Trump&#039;s aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why Trump&#039;s aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Trump&#039;s aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Why Trump&#039;s aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-29T15:05:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RVb8SJZTPgE\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"Why Trump&#8217;s aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-29T15:05:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/hqdefault-4151.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u2018Do\",\"easy\",\"things\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Guardian News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why Trump's aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/hqdefault-4151.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-29T15:05:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch Why Trump's aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/hqdefault-4151.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/hqdefault-4151.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Trump&#8217;s aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Trump's aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Why Trump's aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why Trump's aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Why Trump's aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2025-11-29T15:05:03+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/RVb8SJZTPgE\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"Why Trump&#8217;s aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs","datePublished":"2025-11-29T15:05:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/"},"wordCount":253,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hqdefault-4151.jpg","keywords":["\u2018Do","easy","things"],"articleSection":["Guardian News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/","name":"Why Trump's aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hqdefault-4151.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-29T15:05:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch Why Trump's aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hqdefault-4151.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hqdefault-4151.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-trumps-aggression-in-the-caribbean-is-not-about-the-war-on-drugs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Trump&#8217;s aggression in the Caribbean is not about the war on drugs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300252"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=300252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}