Grace Livingstone

Grace Livingstone, autora de America’s Backyard, analiza la revolución Chavista, cómo se equivocó, las distintas facciones políticas en la Venezuela de hoy y la...

Grace Livingstone, author of America’s Backyard, analyses the Chavista revolution, what went wrong,  the different factions in Venezuela today and the long history of US intervention in the country.  She explains why the US did not attempt immediate regime change and discusses Trump’s plans for the country.

The Trump administration has sent 12 military warships to Caribbean waters near Venezuela, including the world’s largest aircraft carrier, a submarine and four amphibious vessels for landing troops. US forces have killed 83 people in extrajudicial strikes on boats since September, claiming, without evidence, that these were transporting drugs. Donald Trump has now threatened land strikes on Venezuela. Grace Livingstone author of America’s Backyard, has spoken to Venezuelan and US experts about US military build-up.

Paraquat, manufactured by British company Syngenta, is banned in the UK and the EU. But it is widely used on Paraguay's booming soya farms, with often terrible effects on the crops and health of local people.

LAB's Grace Livingstone speaks to the two governors of this Emberá Chamí community to learn more about their historic land restitution case and analyses the current government's efforts to tackle displacement and redistribute land.