President Donald Trump has decided he wants to play kingmaker in Latin America. In Honduras, he has tried to put a thumb on the scale in the country’s recent presidential election — and pardoned a former president, convicted in the United States of drug trafficking. In Venezuela, he’s trying to force another president, Nicolás Maduro, out of power over allegations of drug trafficking. All the while, the US military is killing alleged drug smugglers in both the Pacific and the Caribbean.
It’s a lot to keep track of, and Vox is here to help. Joshua Keating explains where Trump’s new interest in Honduras has come from and why Trump’s nascent war against Venezuela feels so weird. Vox’s nightly newsletter, The Logoff, is tackling the accusations of war crimes dogging the Trump administration. And the Today, Explained podcast explains everything you need to know about Maduro.
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—Seth Maxon, politics, policy, and ideas editor
