Inside the Lefty Congressional Delegation to Latin America
Deconstructed
The Intercept
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The U.S. and Venezuela are in talks to further relax sanctions in exchange for a free and fair election next year. This week on Deconstructed, Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, joins Ryan Grim to discuss the recent trip he, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other progressive Democrats took to Latin America, visiting with leaders and discussing the impact of past and present U.S. policies in the region — and how to rectify them. Casar discusses the U.S. role in dirty wars throughout the region, the urgency in establishing new relations with Latin America, and impact of policies on the region today.
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| 0:33.3 | Congressional delegations are nothing new in this country, |
| 0:35.8 | with members of congress flying off to visit foreign countries |
| 0:38.6 | and typically to meet with troops overseas, |
| 0:41.2 | foreign politicians, and business elites. |
| 0:43.6 | But an unusual delegation recently returned from a tour of South America |
| 0:47.1 | with a group of left-leaning Latin American lawmakers |
| 0:49.9 | visiting Brazil, Colombia, and Chile, |
| 0:52.5 | where they sat down with top officials |
| 0:54.2 | of those left-leaning governments |
| 0:55.6 | and also met with workers and activists |
| 0:57.7 | who have long viewed U.S. interest in their countries |
| 1:00.4 | with extreme suspicion and for very good reason. |
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