Former Colombian President Ivan Duque

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In recent months, the Trump administration has hit 21 boats suspected of smuggling on behalf of drug cartels, as part of their self-declared war on narcoterrorism. It's all part of a wider campaign aimed at Venezuela and its leader Nicolas Maduro. Former President of Colombia Ivan Duque joins the show to discuss. Also on today's show NYT journalist Farnaz Fassihi; New Yorker contributing writer Joshua Yaffa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.9	Hello everyone and welcome to Amonpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:44.3	Venezuela sends us drugs, but Venezuela sends us people in this city. Trump ramps up threats against Venezuela. The administration faces serious questions from Congress.
0:52.3	But do the president's actions have support in the region?
0:56.0	I'll ask Colombia's former president, Ivan Duque.
0:59.0	Then...
1:04.0	Defiance in Iran, journalist Farnas Fasih tells me about the younger generation breaking taboos.
1:12.1	Plus, as Putin threatens Europe, is peace in Ukraine really possible and what will it take?
1:18.7	Journalist Joshua Yaffa, chronicler of Putin's Russian, Russia joins Michel Martin. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christiana Manpur in London. The Trump administration has
1:48.5	some serious questions to answer as Congress probes the so-called double-tap strike that killed
1:54.7	survivors during an attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, a potential war crime.
2:00.9	The administration insists that what it did was legal.
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