Bonus Pod: Pedro Burelli on Venezuela's Political Future

Intelligence Matters

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🗓️ 31 January 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In a special bonus episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Pedro Burelli, a former member of the Executive Board of Petróleos de Venezuela who now lives in exile in the United States and speaks regularly with democratic leader Juan Guaidó. Burelli weighs in on the state of affairs in Venezuela and explains why the Trump administration’s efforts to build a multilateral alliance in the region may lead to a peaceful solution. He offers views on Guaidó’s political evolution and rapid rise to power, and discusses why the country – with the international community’s help in ousting malign influence from abroad and rebuilding institutions from within – may soon be poised to undergo permanent change.

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0:07.4	Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.
0:11.6	Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal, a story about two judges who stood
0:16.5	accused of making millions of dollars in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless
0:21.4	children.
0:22.4	Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music or wherever you catch your podcasts.
0:28.6	This is the Intelligence Matters Podcast with former acting director of the CIA, Michael
0:33.4	Morel.
0:34.8	Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protested in the streets today, demanding that President
0:42.6	Nicolas Maduro step aside.
0:44.6	35-year-old Juan Guaidó, the head of the National Assembly, swore himself in as the new leader
0:51.0	of the country.
0:55.4	The U.S. has been putting pressure on Maduro, including punishing oil sanctions to get him
1:00.4	to give up power.
1:01.7	The regime of former President Nicolas Maduro is illegitimate.
1:07.8	I believe that as soon as Europe commits, and you got 40, 8, 50 countries supporting,
1:13.4	my lunar will have to negotiate his way out, and I think this is going to happen much
1:17.0	sooner than people expect.
1:21.8	Pedro Burrelli is a prominent member of Venezuela's civil society.
1:26.7	He is an exile here in the United States from the Maduro regime.
1:31.1	Pedro's father was foreign minister, and Pedro himself was a member of the executive
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