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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the Economist.

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  I'm Jason Palmer.

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  And I'm Rosie Blore.

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  Today on the show, the rocketing cost of a staple dish in Nigeria,

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  and the BBC waves goodbye to longwave radio.

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  But first,

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  For America's neighbors, Trump's second term has been unsettling.

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  Cerian Richmond-Jones is our international economics correspondent.

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  As well as disrupting trade and sending energy prices soaring,

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  Trump has seemed determined to impose his will on the Western hemisphere.

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  For example, by taking control of the leader of Venezuela.

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  US President Donald Trump says the American military has controlled President Nicholas Maduro

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  and his wife.

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  Sending naval vessels to the Caribbean.

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  The USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier has reached Caribbean waters

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  off South America's northern coast.

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  And threatening to take action against Cuba.

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  Trump has said that the US Navy will take over Cuba

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  almost immediately on the way back from Iran.

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