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The Wright Report

18 NOV 2025: The Red Wave: Latin America Fights Back Against Socialism, the US Falls

The Wright Report

Bryan Dean Wright

News, Politics

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan takes listeners across Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, and Chile to reveal a regional battle between the Left and the Right. He then connects these global trends to the rise of Democratic Socialism in the United States and explains what a socialist future for America would look like in the words of the Democratic Socialists of America themselves.

Trump Weighs Strikes in Venezuela and Colombia:
The USS Gerald Ford carrier strike group has arrived off the Venezuelan coast with fifteen thousand U.S. troops in the region. Trump says he will not rule out military action or even ground forces against the Maduro regime, which the State Department has formally labeled a terrorist organization. Maduro has offered Trump access to Venezuela's massive oil reserves in exchange for staying in power, and the White House is openly considering all options. In Colombia, Marxist president Gustavo Petro continues to defend his past with the M-19 terror group. Trump signaled he is willing to hit Colombian drug labs if necessary, saying he would be "proud" to destroy them.

Mexico Erupts Over Cartel Violence:
Mexico City saw a weekend of violent protests that left one hundred officers injured. Outrage grew after the assassination of a popular mayor in Michoacan by a cartel-recruited teen. Protesters blasted President Claudia Sheinbaum's approach of "Hugs, Not Bullets," arguing it has empowered cartels and left communities defenseless. Younger Mexicans filled the streets, furious that their country remains trapped between socialist leadership and cartel domination.

Chile Rejects the Far Left:
Seventy percent of Chilean voters backed conservative candidates in the first round of the presidential election. Jose Kast, a conservative Catholic with nine children, will face Communist Party member Jeanne Jara in the December runoff. Voters say crime, cartels, and mass illegal migration have pushed the nation to the breaking point. Kast has vowed to secure the border with walls and landmines, expand prisons, and cut leftist funding that has fueled unrest and economic decline.

The Bigger Picture: A Hemisphere in Revolt:
Across Latin America, leftist governments are collapsing under crime, corruption, and failed socialist policies. Voters in Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Panama, and El Salvador have already swung to the Right. Europe is shifting too. Yet the United States is moving in the opposite direction. Cities like New York and Seattle are embracing radical Democratic Socialists who draw inspiration from Latin American Marxists.

What a Socialist America Would Look Like:
Bryan walks through the Democratic Socialists of America's own strategy document from 2012. The group calls for abolishing private business, seizing the means of production, replacing entrepreneurs with government bureaucrats, and using the Democratic Party as a host to move the country toward Marxism. DSA leaders admit there is no blueprint for how their system would work and acknowledge the violent history of Marxist regimes. Their model depends on free housing, free jobs, free education, and government assigned careers funded by an undefined source. Bryan warns that the movement is already advancing inside the Democratic Party with leaders like AOC and Zohran Mamdani openly following the playbook.

 

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32

 

 

Keywords: Trump Venezuela USS Gerald Ford, Maduro cartel de los soles terrorism, Gustavo Petro M-19 Colombia strikes, Mexico City cartel protests Claudia Sheinbaum, Michoacan mayor assassination cartel teen, Chile election Jose Kast Jeanne Jara, Democratic Socialists of America 2012 document, DSA seize means of production, Mamdani AOC Democratic Party strategy

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0:00.0

It's November 18th. I'm Brian Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, and this is The Wright Report.

0:12.3

Hey, good day to you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to The Right Report, your Daily News podcast.

0:22.5

I've got four connected briefs for you this morning that are shaping America and the world.

0:28.1

First up, President Trump is promising to do whatever is necessary to stop drugs from flowing into the U.S.,

0:33.6

including strikes inside of Venezuela and Colombia, maybe ground troops as well.

0:38.2

We'll cover the latest on that.

0:39.8

Second, we stopped in Mexico City for an update on violent protests about the cartels dominating Mexican society,

0:45.8

with people there sick and tired of the violence and the leftist president, Claudia Scheimbaum.

0:50.6

Third, the country of Chile is faced with two very different candidates for their next president.

0:54.8

On one side, we've got a self-proclaimed communist, and the other is a conservative man who is the son of a former Nazi.

1:01.4

We'll talk about that and why we should care.

1:03.8

Fourth, we're going to take all of this news from Central and South America and think about the connecting theme, which is a battle between the left and the right.

1:11.4

And we'll think about what comes next here in the U.S. too, with Democrat socialism dominating in New York, L.A., and beyond.

1:18.3

But what exactly does that socialist future look like here in the U.S. if they keep winning?

1:23.6

I'll explain using their own internal documents.

1:27.7

But first, let's get to our top story of the morning.

1:30.0

President Trump is ratcheting up his rhetoric about taking on the drug cartels and the leftist

1:34.5

regimes in Central and South America this morning.

1:37.4

First, we are off to Venezuela.

1:39.6

The War Zone and others report that America's most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS

1:43.5

Gerald Ford,

1:44.4

has arrived off the coast of Venezuela. This latest edition means that the U.S. has over 15,000 armed

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