Last week, President Trump ordered US warships to Venezuelan waters to counter threats from Latin American drug cartels — weeks after the commander in chief offered a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of the country's dictator, Nicolás Maduro. So how did we get here? Former assistant administrator for the Latin America and Caribbean Bureau at USAID, Adolfo Franco, spoke exclusively to The Post about the rising tensions between Venezuela and the United States.

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