supporting democracy in venezuela. it's becoming clearer that the great majority of the armed forces and the national guard do not want to carry out the maduro regime's shameful orders. and the use of armed gangs suggests that maduro has reeled out about the loyalty of the venezuelan military. for those members of the armed forces still on the fence fearing retaliation by the maduro cuban accomplices. we ask them to show pride and patriotism. we believe they have a key role to play in rebuilding the homeland. interim president guaido and the political parties in venezuela's legitimate national assembly have allstated that the transition to a new post-moldenhauer of venezuela will be a multiparty inclusive process. it will include chavez followers and others who see a democratic future for venezuela led by the venezuelan people, not a dictator and a small, corrupt crew. we are grateful for the leadership of our partners in supporting humanitarian assistance for the people of venezuela. and supporting their demand for de

the oil sector, which will cost venezuela, according to john the oil sector, which will cost venezuela, according tojohn bolton, trump's national security adviser, 11 billion us dollars a year, it will completely cripple and destroy what remains of the venezuelan economy. how do you feel about that? hello well, it is not fair to say that the decline in oil production is the consequence of sanctions. venezuela's oil industry is doing really badly since 2014, well before sanctions ever came into place. venezuela's oil production rank was around three or more than 3 million barrels and today, even before sanctions, we were around 1 million, so sanctions, we were around 1 million, so what that means is that... yeah, this is a really, really important question. i'm not discussing with you whether there are huge problems in the venezuelan oil industry anyway, i'm just asking you have a plain question. united states believes that its new sanctions, which are about to really bite your country, will cost venezuelan $11 billion us a year, money which the us says it will keep and will try to funn

imperialisttrue power in venezuela. provides government political cover for maduro and his henchmen so they may stay in power. his --s offered him their unwavering solidarity. cuban calls juan guaido's government a puppet government of the u.s.. yet it is cuba who is using domestic spying techniques and mechanisms of oppression. they have wielded these against their own people for decades. militaryf the cuban and intelligence services are entrenched in the venezuelan state. cuban security forces have displaced venezuelan security forces in a clear violation of venezuelan sovereignty. here, maduro has no venezuelans around him and many of his personal security and advisors are acting not at the direction of the venezuelan people or possibly the direction of maduro, but the direction of regime.n but -- cuban they provide political support to maduro and those around him. electricity, is no when there is no water, thank the hydrologist from cuba. food, thank the cuban communist overlords. why is cuba asserting so much influ

of congress dole is to venezuela. when the political crisis hit the streets many politicians exploited public frustration and transformed caracas into a battlefield. thoughts of the opposition resorted to extreme violence. he had to get off you had a bad state mechanism responded cruelly and indiscriminately dozens were killed on both sides and many ended up in prison. when independent u.n. expert alfred desireless visited caracas. he persuaded the government to release eighty prisoners are just flat he insists though that some should be in prison and should be considered political prisoners. on the subject of political prisoners he said we should look at europe as well. they are four persons. politicians who are. now these four. politicians are clearly political prisoners. whereas in venezuela many of the detainees were detained because acts of violence. they were. detained because they were just expressing their. desire to be independent. to be sure that they're all political prisoners in spain i went to barcelona t

because venezuela is hell. isn't it socialist free for all socialist economic model socialist this is not a failed socialist state. socialist venezuela this is the socialist dilemma. because actually during the period you know the vast majority were in the private sector. they didn't come anywhere near say france which has fifty five percent of its g.d.p. is. more socialist than. even when chavez nationalized companies mainly in the oil sector the private sector grew more rapidly than the public sector and. venezuela was therefore never a socialist country. and even its greatest opponents knew it. when its economic growth rate was doubled out of the usa and poverty was down by fifty percent. international media attributed the gross to capitalism. but when the crisis struck socialism was blamed. the two made narratives putting the blame on sanctions or on socialism the reality i saw in venezuela was much more complex. and maybe both. chavez's bolivarian revolution inherited all the structural problems that the e

only for venezuela. but it allows for an outside country to cooperate or assist in venezuela as we stated in this art california our constitution which empowers me as the person in charge to employ whatever measures are necessary to enact this cooperation and assistance for venezuela. trish: there are some politicians in the united states, aoc, ilhan omar, who don't believe this crisis is real. what would you say to them? [speaking spanish] >> [through the interpreter] well, shortly it's about knowledge, it's about a lack of information. if you want to talk about the economy, we are seeing 53% rate, a thousand percent in inflation, a lack of basic products, medication and food. if we look at day-to-day suffering of the venezuelan people it's not about numbers, it's about human beings. people suffering who see their lives in danger and cannot provide for themselves as human beings. so regarding the crisis going on in venezuela, i invite everyone to see what's going on in venezuela. and the displaced perso

venezuela. that's. the type of. thing i love the supporting cast we see just to live up able to see if it is lit up on a plane would send them out of the movie scene. on another human as well again not the. one a european country went through a crisis why were its politicians worried about toilet paper in latin america. i flew to caracas to find out. during the eleven hour flight i read all sorts of articles warning me that caracas is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. if i wasn't murdered as soon as i got off the plane i'd be kidnapped or mugged or die of hunger or disease. will rot in prison. venezuela's capital is indeed amongst the most dangerous cities but so are dozens of cities in mexico brazil lo columbia. however the people there do have fun like we do they exercise much like us. children eat ice cream and some women carry refrigerators for some reason. surprisingly nobody trying to kill kidnap or imprison me when i arrived. during those first few hours i sold venezuela had fallen victim to the

you know that venezuela. and cuba have all experienced this kind of strong arm positions from the united states but they continue on ok and i have to believe it's because of indigenous support domestic support at home and that's why the venezuelan military hasn't defected is if they would you know why doses defecting come in what i mean that says that that's again like dealing with a three year olds go ahead alan. you know i'm interested does have. a decent base of support in venezuela right now it seems that about a third of the country is very much pro material a third is very much in europe and then there's a third in the middle two in the middle themselves and neither nor why it doesn't quite do it doesn't really seem to have thought sorts of power he did call on the military to rebel he told my parents the vice president at least fifty percent of the military would rebel once he made the call and a very generous estimate is that zero point one percent of the military has gone over and unfortunately if ca

is about venezuela being. a socialist country and and again this distinction between a country with a socialist government which you can find for instance in spain. you have a prime minister in spain that. labels himself a socialist that doesn't mean that the economic and political system of spain is socialism again in the case of venezuela we're in a different reality of course but the reality is that you know of or over the last two decades most of the g.d.p. in venezuela is produced by the private sector most of the businesses are private beyond venezuela is a country where you know private property has always existed and has existed during the last twenty years again we're not speaking about a socialist system there and again the depiction of venezuela being a socialist country with inside man is a democratic opposition that is that is fighting against these you know totalitarian oratory authoritarian system is is of course a blatant lie not only but as the day is much closer it's it has its problems of co

but honestly i want peace for venezuela we all want peace for venezuela stop the drums of war stop the threats of invasion of lebanon surrealist say with one voice that we want peace we want to know how well the two men shared similar politics the world has changed or prices have slumped in venezuela as leftwing allies in the region have largely disappeared the doors critics say the only flawed elections and support from the military keep them in power the predictions of his imminent demise have been frequent these past six years as they were the child has before. for him now president maduro faces one of his toughest challenges yet more than assuage the sixth anniversary of the death of chavez the opposition is questioning his legacy nicolas maduro supporters are wondering how much longer it will keep the president in office and how does iraq. well we have the chance today to discuss the current crisis in the context of venezuela's recent history and we have our panel for us joining us from caracas on skype is tamar poor us he's a former chief of staff for president nicolas maduro and

in venezuela is produced by the private sector most of the businesses are privately owned venezuela. as a country where private property has always existed and has existed during the last twenty years again we're not speaking about a socialist system there and again the depiction of venezuela being a socialist country with inside venezuela a democratic opposition that is that is fighting against this you know totalitarian oratory authoritarian system is is of course a blatant lie not only even as it is much closer it's it has its problems of course as any developing nation it has its challenges both economically or politically but as as many latin american countries our political systems tend to be closer to the western countries or western media call liberal democracy with rather than of opinions competition among them and as you rightly. underscored previously latin america is of course a continent where you can find countries they on daughters where there are serious democratic challenges or even the rule where you have a president that has not been elected because the previous on

god forbid the collect ideaos and their thugs should lang on long enough to pit venezuela against venezuela. that's the ultimate tragedy. trish: the state department is ordering all of its personnel out of venezuela. what's the significance of that. >> very, very significant. remember now, that embassy was our bastion in caracas. it was our foothold of democracy in caracas. for maduro to throw them out simply because he refuses to protect them or give them resources to survive, they have to leave because they have no other choice. no more american presence in caracas. maduro might think that's a smart idea. but the venezuelan citizens understand what's going on. i think his time is numbered. but we have to be eafl we don't overreact voluntarily. trish: general scales, we have to keep talking. some hollywood elite paying millions in bribes to get their kid into top colleges. this could be the tip of the iceberg. exclusive legal fallout coming up next. the way they subscribe to movies. we don't follow the naysayers. ♪ ♪ what do all these people have in common, limu? [ guttural grunt ] exa

get into venezuela. a police or military roadblock can remain in place for hours sees or has lost track of the convoy. they say. but that's a lie the block the old. people's nerves are starting to fray. they just want to go home a confrontation erupts with the national guard. and we complained because we wanted to continue our journey i kept. we've been here for long while and are tired after work. i was attacked by two female and two male soldiers my husband and my brother tried to defend me and were both arrested. for going to the rest which was my husband my brother and my seven year old son. and they haven't caught me at it because i asked people here for help. but the situation in venezuela. people just accept it because we're all afraid because they attack us but it seems like a familiar to us and we just put up with it but i think about how the hell the back up. after twelve hours on the road says our hasn't even made it halfway to the venezuelan border city of san antonio he's starting to don't w

human development index is very high in venezuela venezuela just needs. this illegal economic blockade to stop because. because of this blockade we cannot bring in. food and medications into the countries and we cannot manufacture of them and that is the reason for the humanitarian crisis they was artificially engineered by the united states this crisis they are stealing our asses. literally stealing our financial asses it is basically an armed robbery was happening we are just they are stealing our resources our finances and we've already said that venezuela. can get. finance medications and food. we spoke with the european union and. we gave the list of the food that we can pay for. we want to get that food and medications first now there is the sea blockade and all this all these things cannot be brought to venezuela. they're so intolerant that their engineering this crisis this is what our president . is saying they're choking you but they want you to respond the first condition is for them to stop talking choking us so we're calling our international

of venezuela. you know. what i thank. god. according to international media of venezuela. even though it's been proved to have the world's biggest oil reserves. is that really true. only for i know you know. that. when you. get a sale. this. will include gold. standing person because. as he took on the most powerful agency in this county for you and me to stay if you look at it from the analogy. marc was the day that when he was fighting the goliath. do going to has been the sheriff's most contentious could take the he is the first time i noticed something wasn't right in fleece work pretty much when i first started the corruption in palm beach county is not something that you can smell it seems like a bad it's a nod and a wink is wasn't what i wanted to do you. had collectively so good went to his website began featuring comments about gold his family the sheriff mike carona squash you like a bug you know i wish you'd stop clinician's their adolescent stuff and believe what i'm doing also it's ok

venezuela. that's. the supporting cast we see. steve it is lit up up there would send them off the b.c. . of those women as well again not going to go. when a european country went through a crisis why were its politicians worried about toilet paper in latin america. i flew to caracas to find out. during the eleven hour flight i read all sorts of articles warning me that caracas is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. will rot in prison. venezuela's capital is indeed amongst the most dangerous cities but so are dozens of cities in mexico brazil lo columbia. however the people there do have fun like we do they exercise much like us. children eat ice cream and some women carry refrigerators for some reason. surprisingly nobody tried to kill kidnap or imprison me when i arrived it. just propaganda a lot of the twenty first century. not the only thing keeping out the i wanted to see life in the barrios the slums of caracas gatecrash rich winnings i have a piano and i wanted to be to young people insistent workers see what th

that i reached the source of the absurdity in venezuela as economy. then when i tried to exchange the dollars i had with me. as well as the official exchange rate for the. black market right. find the prevailing black market exchange rate from a facebook page. now things have changed they can find it on instagram. the administrator is. going to look. maybe an opponent of the regime in the usa some say well maybe. by controlling the exchange rate anyone could citizens against the government. i'm going to. say. so. two opposing sides have been trying to explain the crisis in venezuela. the suffering is caused by. internal economics. and is often used as an excuse. to blame. has affected a prosperous nation. free for all. this is not a. this is the socialist dilemma. i don't think so because actually during the period when you know the vast majority were in the private sector. they didn't come anywhere near say france which has fifty five percent g.d.p. years. even when. companies. mainly. the private sector grew more rapidly than the public sector. vene

according to international media of venezuela. even though it's been proved to have the world's biggest oil reserves. is that really true. in facias. king. your knees. and i know you know. where that. is it will. give us a. little. dealing with this. critical. so you know. in terms of mr why go home he's played a useful role but i think that the mistake he's made thus far is not announcing that he. stand for president so to say to the venezuelan people and in the international community i've done my role which i believe is a constitutional one is the interim president but don't look for me to run think if he were to do that the situation in venezuela be perceived as less one of the united states for. their bread for a single purpose. they have a superman. they start training very young. eight months of intensive schooling. their reps. and they save lives. you know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever shouting pas

venezuela is at a crossroads. one in which a dictator clings to power amidst the ruins of a failed state and in which democratic actors seek a peaceful transition in their country. the maduro regime has inflicted widespread suffering on the venezuelan people. i think the chairman made his opening remarks very extensive on this question. from a man-made humanitarian crisis to an economy in freefall, to the violence perpetrated by security forces, collecttiveos and the death squads, maduro is a criminal dictate who are has destroyed a country. his election and inauguration are illegitimate. not because we say it, but the world says it. and his grip on power comes only from the oppression of his people, the assets he has stolen from them and the military leaders he has paid for their loyalty. the fact that he is closely advised by cuba and bank rolled by russia and china only complicates the matters. there is, however, a democratic process by which members of the legitimately elected national assembly exercise their

colombia border and it was intended to raise money for aid for venezuela. and it's not quite clear where the money is got . well it is needed. to strike the right players. but that is way. to go to waste a hundred million dollars in sixty days to. an interview with one credo who was asking for that for the well to help i decided to pick up the phone and speak with him. i believe that the live eight concert that was announced in sponsored by richard branson was a complete failure they had claimed that they would raise one hundred million dollars for humanitarian aid but when the concert was coupled with the u.s. claim that it would bring in humanitarian aid which was neither humanitarian nor any it was a political weapon that was used against the venice well in government and the ball is very revolution so i'm not surprised that it was a failure and yet what is needed for the people of venezuela to overcome the economic difficulties is for the united states and the european allies to lift the egg. extinctions which are causing the greatest damage to the coun

so venezuela hast to. find a means to do a work around both the united states and europe in order to get the value for their oil and to get needed revenue for their people the other thing i'd like to point out is that we also know that in two thousand and fourteen the u.s. and saudi arabia. conspired to lower oil prices to hurt countries like venezuela and this is not a conspiracy theory this is well known the independent of london spoke of this and that devastated venezuela's economy so venezuela has to find other partners to be able to dig themselves out of the crisis that the u.s. has really put them in this situation is so fluid even compared to a week or two ago as things stand now down in your view is more duros administration doomed still tenable and if so what is the need to do to hang on. well i think it is still tenable i think you know the one thing that u.s. threats of of intervention do and have done in venezuela is really cause people to rally around the flag and to say hey you know whether w

vonnie: who are you pitching in venezuela or outside venezuela that plans to return? do you have come edition from the >> of china on your plan for getting normalcy -- do you have competition from the likes of china for your plan of getting normalcy? guest: folks in venezuela are obviously interested in natural resources, raw materials, infrastructure investment, and bond markets. so i think there's a lot of interest in a variety of different sectors. there's just so much to do in venezuela. the chinese and the russians i think are being actually quite methodical and thoughtful about this. they view venezuela as another piece in a very large, complicated, complex geopolitical chess match. so when the russians think of venezuela, they also think of crimea, ukraine, syria. when the chinese thick about venezuela, they also thing about the korean peninsula. so we need to really think big picture because that is what the adversary is doing. opec group ishe meeting in baku this weekend. venezuela will certainly be one of the topics they are discussing. of change be the rate

the problem in venezuela. within a decade my country was ruined. it lost a quarter of its manufacturing. a million people emigrated and public debt kept arising. in twenty fifteen a government claiming to be a left wing promise to force it into. however its agreed measures that tie the country up until twenty sixty and started mass privatisation. motors on the lift became depressed because it had succeeded with what the right hadn't. the right was depressed because they knew they'd lost their is on difference. of the. venezuela. this type of. thing i love the supporting cast we see. steve it is going up up there would send them off the easy. on of those women as well again the. when a european country went through a crisis why were its politicians worried about toilet paper in latin america. i flew to caracas to find out. during the eleven hour flight i read all sorts of articles warning me that caracas is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. if i wasn't murdered as soon as i got off the plane i'd be all rot in prison. venezuela's capital

is with venezuela. the international community is with venezuela. the world is with venezuela, the world sees in the world hears the terrible consequences of this dictatorship. but, venezuela decided this is the year of peace, and we are going to be able to get to go forward. [speaking in native language] [speaking in native language] >> translator: we also want to warn the world that what we are seeing is a weights of attacks against the president. there's repression, there's prison, and what they want is to attack him. [speaking in native language] >> translator: we are fighting for life and death. and, we know we will what will triumph in the end his life. [speaking in native language] >> translator: i know you will be part of the spite. thank you. >> thank you, very much. very well said. beautifully said. could you tell us about your husband? something happen that is very terrible. >> he wasn't home that week. at 2:00 a.m. the political forces of nicolas maduro entered in a brutal grade in our house. and there is like 15 people around trying to

there is a venezuela diaspora in the middle east and a syrian-lebanese difficult as poria in venezuela. that creates big national security problems for us. trish: the president is get together sale of passports. you mentioned the former vice president of venezuela. lots of concerns about what the identity of some of these people are all over the world. thank you so much. retired brigadier general anthony tata predicting, if nicolas maduro doesn't take the fantasy deal, he could face an unfortunate end. watch. >> he can watch the movie "zero dark thirty" and figure out what happened to osama bin laden, and he can watch what happened to noriega. we have the ability to get in there and do what we need to do to remove maduro. he need to understand a bullet to the forehead may be his way out of venezuela. that's the bottom line. we have that capability. if we removed our diplomats, that's a key indicator and warning we are getting ready to tighten the screws on the maduro regime. trish: you heard the general mention zero dark thirty. joining me, the navy seal who killed bin land. rob o'neil

we feel in venezuela that you forgotten us. theere very happy when obama administration said they to recognize the government, maduro, because of a fraud. not because it was a fraud. because he didn't even want to the votes. the problem is not that we said it was a fraud. say, ok, let's count the votes. and they said, it's an electronic machine and you cannot count by it. to count theo way votes. we had a meeting. youyou know, what we said, read not in the press because the press is totally censorshipped. but on the tweeter or facebook, way we can speak, even though you don't believe it. but it's the only way we can andk is on twitter facebook. that the united states had forgotten us. and i think that starting with oes, it's the best thing you can do. hope thateven the you're looking towards, because for us, i mean, even though we a nonviolent activism, afraid, so, so afraid. i mean, it's a kind of dictatorship that is the worst, because it's not seen. touch it. but it's underground. you're afraid to go out at night, because th

¿dónde está venezuela? ¡arriba! todos: [vitorean] paulina: poder abrir la ayuda humanitaria a nuestro país hermano venezuela, ¡venezuela libre! hombre: nos encantaría que hubiera entendimiento, paz y democracia en venezuela. andrea: desde su inicio el concierto de la libertad emocionó con las palabras de branson. branson: [habla en inglés] andrea: este concierto es para traer alivio a venezuela y ayudar a millones de personas. las lágrimas de la influencer lele pons junto a su padre reflejaron el dolor que sienten los miles de venezolanos que tuvieron que dejar su tierra. lele: bueno, yo me fui de venezuela cuando tenía cinco años y me la recuerdo muy bien, muy increíble, mi familia es de ahí, mi papá-- mi fundación es de venezuela, todo lo que yo sé es venezolano, mi mamá está conmigo acá y de verdad lo más importante es la libertad. andrea: la presencia del puma rodríguez, quien tras haber recibido un trasplante de pulmones regresó a escena por la causa fue movilizante. puma: es tan simple y sen

for the tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been frayed only implement inside venezuela things look different we're going to announce sanctions against. venezuela associated. have a supplemental. that outputs that polling data to. the people look at the moment the focus of the whose story isn't new nixon called in henry kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated in latin america an alternative economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make. the chilean economy scream so wants and making the economy of venezuela screed. they're bred for a single purpose. they have a super. star training very young. eight months of intensive schooling. rats. and they save lives. you know world of big. law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking

the tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that's only. inside venezuela things look different we're going to announce sanctions against. venezuela so it's you. have a little. bit at. the. moment. the whole story is a new nixon called in henry kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated in latin america. turn of the economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make. the chilean economy scream so wants to make the economy of venezuela scream. and we're back with jon kalish president of us about trade and economic council john do you see. trump's logic behind his moves towards cuba because it was a big breakthrough during the obama era the relations between the united states and cuba were finally starting to normalize i mean even people over here were like lou that's great why it has reversed that y c. everything that obama especially. with the troubled history has of this world reaction when the president does basically whatever his predecessors did in office he looks to undo and whatever they di

venezuela. the obvious he's. been the last one he never seen it. you know again not a moment there ain't don't think. but i thank you all. according to international media of venezuela failed even though it's been proved to have the world's biggest oil reserves. to step really true. elim facias. being. shown these follow up with relief and i know you know. these. is ahead of the game. on their part but all your sorting out you know. where that. thing. is it will go. like it is saving. me. doing this because i make local dewayne to his anyone willing to put on the ballot. but up those who don't. push will include you know. him better tell me so you don't. officer. told him to get up off the ground the officer began to pet him down. democrats on the sounds of kind of fighting into a grown man like wrestling essentially the officer who. drew his tone. to push the away from the officer pulling the toys out of his crib. the obvious or did they kind of lunge for the weapon once missed and then what ha

a call for new elections in venezuela fails at the u.n. security council. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up president trump walks away from his summit meeting with north korea but says talks between the two sides will continue. israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and after days of violence over kashmir both india and pakistan move to no attention. while much of the world's has turned against nicolas maduro but he still has powerful allies in his bid to stay in charge as venezuela's president a u.s. led vote calling for a free and fair elections in venezuela has failed at the u.n. security council the draft included a push to get an aid which has been blocked at the border by venezuela's military russia and china vetoed the move while south africa also voted against it a separate call from russia for a political solution to the crisis failed as well meanwhile venezuela's opposition leader is still out of the country building support among south american neighbors brazil's

government escalates against the people of venezuela against the revolution in venezuela i think that that opposition here in the united states will grow as well interesting well walter a small are going to thank you so much for coming on today a pleasure having you on the minimum this discussion with you thank you thank you. while many of those grew up here and some variation on the story of jonah in the whale for kids growing up today our buddy jonah would probably have ended up drowning and not being saved by the whale and no it's not because whales have gotten meaner it's because jonah his friends have gotten too careless with their plastics and there is no room left in the whale's belly for jonah in a startling discovery a young beaked whale washed up dead on a beach in the philippines with roughly eighty eight pounds forty kilograms of plastic in its belly and this poor whale was not alone my friends last november a dead sperm whale washed up in indonesia carrying one hundred plastic cups four plastic bottles twenty five plastic bags and even a couple of flip flops inside its st

question venezuela's vice president has added also that she believes venezuela will not become second syria because the people of venezuela and the country's army are as united as never before in fighting for their future and peace the u.s. special envoy to venezuela was asked about the russian foreign minister is warning that washington is planning a military intervention. for mr love growth for. fifteen years. known him for quite a while i don't. think he actually believes that we're attempting to to do that and i think is you know you're not attempt to do that we continue to say and we always will but all options are on the table because they always or but i think anyone who actually looks at american policy in venezuela would not reach that conclusion abram's or else the u.s. sanctions on six individuals from venezuela and security forces for not allowing u.s. aid convoys into the country last week president were duros concerns over the years because back in the eighty's defended the smuggling weapons the nicaraguan rebels disguised as aid when he was assistant secretary of state

neither is corrects relying on venezuela's constitution one guy joe became interim president of venezuela on january twenty third millions of americans and more than fifty countries recognize as interim president of venezuela you get this straight you're complaining because. you don't think he made a complaint pointing out just trying to correct well it sounds like it completely and it seems pretty weak he is the is the interim president well and we don't want to consider him to be president as you say fifty other. people recognize him as you know president but they're all more than a hundred members of the nation so you're fifty countries is not even close that. it's time to act in support of democracy and news coverage of the legitimate leader the president is going to encourage more from trees to work we don't want to feed into rhetoric of the kurds. in a similar vein u.s. senator marco rubio also tried schooling the media. please in the term self proclaimed when referring to suppose that interim president say he said the phrase was used by russia to undermine the constitutional legiti

it is not in the best interest of venezuela because most of the oil that venezuela sells, it sells to the united states. at one point somebody from an economic magazine asked me whether i really believed that chavez will nationalize piece on that company. i forgot what company. he says it does not make sense, it is not convenient for venezuela. totalitarian rulers do not have a relations of economic gain, or relations of national interest. they are very much put into their own power and trying to accumulate as much power as possible. this is why those people who elieve that chavez is going to fall on economics. when i say chavez, i talked about the chavez regime. chavez is no longer. they are wrong. this is a regime that has been designed to be around for a long time. they believe that those who come after chavez, nicholas maduro and his friends, are going to radicalize their revolution even further. in the next chapter i talk about how -- i talk about the transnational aspect of the bolivarian revolution. chavez has put a lot of resources into trying to find families whose ideologies