NOTE: Before answering the following questions, read the info under “Background” and watch the video under “Resources” below.

1. List the who, what, where and when of the news report.

2. For what reasons has the Trump administration imposed economic sanctions on Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicholas Maduro?

3. a) Who is Juan Guaido?
b) What have other countries done regarding Guaido?

4. What will Joe Biden’s Venezuela policy be, should he become the president?

5. Consider the “Background” and “Resources.” With which policy do you agree - President Trump's current policy or Joe Biden’s proposed policy toward Venezuela? Explain your answer.

6. Politico reported on Oct. 20: An online study conducted in August for the Venezuelan news site El Diario found that 66 percent of Venezuelan voters in Florida intend to vote for Trump. Even 53 percent of Venezuelans who describe themselves as Democrats said they will vote for him.
a) Why do you think this is so when the media claims regularly that Trump is a racist, anti-immigration xenophobe?
b) What policy do you think Venezuelan-Americans would like to see the U.S. president take regarding President Maduro going forward? Explain your answer.