Annika Rothstein Alive from Caracas

The Ricochet Podcast

Ricochet

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Annika Rothstein, an independent journalist, has been reporting for some time on the miseries – and resilience – of the Venezuelan people. Last weekend she went to the Colombian border, where government forces had assembled to keep an aid convoy from entering the country. The story she got was one she was lucky to survive. We speak to her in relative safety, where she recounts the story of a very... Source

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0:00.0	Here's author Kurt Schlichter and why conservatives don't need permission to tell their stories their way.
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0:31.0	Welcome to a special edition of the Ricochet Podcast.
0:34.0	I'm James Lylex.
0:35.0	If you're with us in the flagship podcast a few weeks ago, we spoke to Anika Rothstein, who was an independent journalist covering
0:40.3	events in Venezuela.
0:42.1	Last weekend she went to the Colombian border
0:43.6	where a humanitarian aid convoy was attempting to bring much needed supplies to the
0:48.2	Venezuelan people and if you follow her account at Truth and Fiction at
0:52.3	truth and fiction on Twitter you know that it's truth and fiction at truth and fiction on Twitter you know
0:54.8	that it was a harrowing day for Venezuelans and for Anika. Welcome we're
0:59.3	glad you're with us are you safe? Thank you so much. Yeah, I mean I'm in Caracas so I'm much safer
1:06.6	than I was 24 hours ago and definitely safer than I was 36 hours ago. So I'm counting my blessing. Indeed, let's tell that story and set the scene. I remember waking up and you had posted a little video of yourself
1:20.5	heading off in a bus to the border and you were in a good mood.
1:24.7	Tell me who you were with what the mood was and what they thought was going to happen.
1:31.6	And the plan was to go like you you said, to meet the convoy at the Colombian border.
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