33: Milei's Victory in Argentina, Its Influence on Venezuela, and Trump's Role in Latin America Alejandro Pina Esclusa Alejandro Pina Esclusa discusses how Javier Milei's success in Argentina, fueled by economic growth and a cultural battle against gender ide
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 27 October 2025
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Alejandro Pina Esclusa
Alejandro Pina Esclusa discusses how Javier Milei's success in Argentina, fueled by economic growth and a cultural battle against gender ideology and climate alarmism, models a path for the Venezuelan opposition and Latin America's right-wing movements. Milei's victory demonstrates that freedom-focused policies can resonate with voters seeking to escape socialist regimes. Donald Trump's vocal support for Milei helped him gain votes, positioning Trump as an increasingly influential leader across the continent and offering hope to Venezuelan exiles and opposition figures fighting the Maduro regime.
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchel, speaking with Alejandro Pina Excluza, Venezuelan exile, but freedom fighter, |
| 0:08.4 | man who was jailed by the regime, in contact regularly with the opposition in hiding in Venezuela, |
| 0:15.2 | speaks of the success of Argentina's Malai, influencing heavily the people of Venezuela as they strive |
| 0:25.5 | for freedom from the Maduro regime. |
| 0:28.0 | More, he adds an interpretation of Donald Trump's lending a hand these last weeks to Malai's |
| 0:35.3 | success, the Treasury swap line, the verbal support for Mr. Malay. |
| 0:42.2 | Here's Alejandro Pini Asclusa, Venezuelan reflecting on the victory in Buenos Aires and what |
| 0:48.0 | it means for his country and for the continent. |
| 0:51.1 | Much more of this tonight. |
| 0:53.5 | Well, Maria Corina, Mach Machado is a good friend of |
| 0:56.3 | Javier Milay. They've worked together, and definitely this will not only encourage the |
| 1:03.0 | Venezuelan opposition, but all the right-wing movements in Latin America. Because as I've said |
| 1:09.1 | before, Milay is a model. He's doing two things. First, the economic |
| 1:15.4 | growth of Argentina. But second, he's given the cultural battle. I mean, he's fighting against |
| 1:21.7 | abortion, against gender ideology, against the climate catastrophe. |
| 1:30.3 | So he has his right-wing point of view very similar to Trump's, and this will expand |
| 1:37.4 | all over the continent. |
| 1:38.7 | As a matter of fact, we must add that this is what happened in Argentina is also a victory |
| 1:44.0 | for Donald Trump, and it means that |
| 1:46.3 | Latin American people, they like Trump, because he supported very openly melee, and instead |
| 1:53.1 | of having less votes, he obtained much more votes. |
| 1:58.2 | So Trump is becoming a leader, a leader in Latin America. |
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