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Today, Explained

Is Venezuela better now?

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It’s been over four months since the United States overthrew Nicolás Maduro. One Venezuelan says she is grateful for the intervention and is cautiously optimistic for the future. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Demonstrators demanding better working conditions during a May Day rally in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's been just over two months since the president went to war with Iran, and it's getting

0:03.9

really confusing you guys. We're shepherding ships through the strait. Just kidding. We're not anymore. In hockey, they say, uh, uncle, right? The war is over. We've won this war. This war has been won. J.K., it's not a war. They don't like the word war. For those of you doing the math at home, we're nine weeks into a four-week war that we won

0:24.6

eight weeks ago.

0:25.6

The president, by this point, is supposed to need congressional approval to conduct this war,

0:30.6

but he's flagrantly bypassing that, like, law?

0:34.6

They call it a military operation because that way you don't have a war, you don't have legal problems.

0:40.3

But on today, explained from Vox, we thought we'd look at the OG Trump 2 foreign intervention of 2026.

0:46.3

It's been four months since the United States overthrew Nicolas Maduro.

0:52.3

We're going to ask if things in Venezuela are better now.

0:55.3

Some are saying yes.

0:59.7

Support for her today's playing comes from CNN.

1:02.0

Cool.

1:02.6

Cable News Network.

1:03.4

What's up?

1:04.0

Do you want to live forever?

1:05.5

What?

1:06.2

Yes?

1:07.0

Maybe?

1:07.6

I haven't thought about it that much.

1:09.0

Influential journalist Kara Swisher, I know her, is taking a hard look at the longevity industry to separate the influencer hype from evidence-backed science in her new CNN original series.

1:17.6

Cool, Kara.

1:18.6

Kara's talking to Silicon Valley Power Players and trying out the latest and anti-aging technology to see what works and what's a waste.

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