NOTE TO STUDENTS: Before answering the questions, read the "Background" below and watch the video under "Resources."

1. What did President Trump demand Venezuela's socialist dictator Nicholas Maduro do during a phone call the week of Nov. 16?

2. How did Maduro respond to Washington's demands?

3. What actions did/will the Trump administration take against the Maduro regime following Maduro's ongoing denial of involvement in Venezuela's illegal drug trade, and subsequent refusal to resign immediately?

4. a) What is the result of Trump's announcement closing the airspace?
b) Why do you think the Maduro regime then attempted to call the U.S.?

5. What cartel does Maduro and his administration run and/or allow to operate in Venezuela?

6. a) How many countries did President Trump name "major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries"?
b) President Trump's policies to combat illegal drug trafficking/use include: (see whitehouse.gov)

• Decreasing the domestic availability of illicit drugs by stopping the flow of drugs across our borders and into our communities
• Reduce the initiation of drug use, particularly among young people
• Providing treatment that leads to long-term recovery

Do you support the president's policies to end drug trafficking into the U.S. and/or with his policies in Venezuela in this case (and to help those Americans suffering from drug addiction)? Explain your answer.

7. What type of military vessels/aircraft have been sent to the waters around Venezuela?

8. On Thursday, Trump said maritime operations had already destroyed more than 20 vessels and resulted in more than 80 deaths since Sept. 1, [noting] the United States had halted “85%” of the maritime flow. Venezuelan groups, he said, were “sending poison” northward that kills “thousands of people a year.”
In the video (under "Resources" below), Jesse Watters asserts that Democratic politicians have supported military strikes on other countries, but oppose action against Venezuela's narcoterrorist dictator Nicholas Maduro because Trump is the president taking the action. Do you agree with this assertion? Explain your answer.