Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Pino Arlacchi, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Prevention, about the US decision to charge Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with drug trafficking. Arlacchi explains that in his 40 years of anti-narcotic work, he never came across evidence of Venezuela’s involvement in the drug trade— instead saying that the US and Colombia drive drug production and consumption. As a leading expert on the Italian mafia, Arlacchi says the US government is actually the party behaving like an organized crime unit in its treatment of Venezuela. Arlacchi also discusses his work at the UN, which included a push to end the heroine trade in Afghanistan. He says his efforts were undermined by US officials after the 2001 invasion of the country. ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at https://thegrayzone.com Support our original journalism at Patreon: https://patreon.com/grayzone Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegrayzonenews Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrayzone Minds: https://minds.com/thegrayzone Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@thegrayzone ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwTKig34KEI

Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate cover the latest from the Israeli-US war on Palestine, from Hassan Nasrallah's momentous speech in Beirut to the conflict inside Gaza, and the battle across the West for the right to speak out against the war. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVcZS-fla2M

At the Organization of American States (OAS), Max Blumenthal confronts panelists including veteran Israel lobbyist Irwin Cotler on his role in a report accusing Venezuela of crimes against humanity while he defends Israel's mass killing of Palestinian protesters. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAT8c9GtinY

Nicaraguan diplomat Michael Campbell Hooker tells The Grayzone's Ben Norton why they are leaving the Organization of American States (OAS), which he says is a "failed," "coup-plotting" organization dominated by Washington. Campbell also responds to US attempts to discredit Nicaragua's November elections, and explains the importance of autonomy for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities on the Caribbean Coast. ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at https://thegrayzone.com Support our original journalism at Patreon: https://patreon.com/grayzone Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrayzone Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegrayzonenews Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegrayzonenews Minds: https://minds.com/thegrayzone Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@thegrayzone #TheGrayzone ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTRODfuRp6o