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Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, Donald Trump asserts his power in the Americas.
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Some Republicans fret about a quagmire, and the president’s contempt for democracy

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

It seems more collaborative than coercive. That will worry the democratic opposition

But the president’s claim of dominance over the western hemisphere may backfire

Sidelining the democratic opposition and its leader, María Corina Machado, would be a mistake

The tactical success of his operation in Caracas appears to have whetted Donald Trump’s appetite for intervention