From New York, this is Democracy Now.

The Trump administration, led by Marco Rubyio, our Secretary of State, is really making

a play for Latin America.

Venezuela, sure, there's oil, and that's important, but there's a lot of ways to get oil.

But what's really at stake is getting Latin America organized, like moving on from Venezuela.

They see Venezuela is the first step into a larger restructuring of the politics of the hemisphere.

Venezuela be first, then Cuba, then Nicaragua, and then isolating Brazil and Mexico.

As President Trump orders a complete blockade of sanctioned oil tankers coming and going

from Venezuela, we'll speak to the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Greg Grandin.

He says Trump's dated strategy is putting us on a path to World War III.

Then Chile's elected its most right-wing president since Augusto Pinnishat.

We will tirelessly work to recover calm, order, growth, and hope because Chile has demanded something that doesn't allow excuses.

Chile wants a change.

We'll look at the election of far-right politician,

Jose Antonio Cast, with the renowned Chilean writer,

Ariel Dorfman.

He calls the election a political and ethical earthquake.

We'll speak to him in Santiago.

Plus, how did Jeffrey Epstein become rich?

How did Jeffrey Epstein have the financial backing to abuse what turns out to be hundreds of

young women and girls through months of reporting and digging through documents? People's diaries,

letters, old photo albums.

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