Hey everyone, this is Ben Norton and you're listening to Moderate Rebels.

I did a lengthy three-hour live stream with the Venezuelan journalist Diego Sequeira,

who's a good friend of the show.

And we talked about a huge variety of issues.

So what I did is I divided that episode into three different chunks that I'm uploading separately.

And this first episode, Diego and I talked about the effects of the U.S. blockade of Venezuela, the suffocating sanctions that have really destroyed the economy, led to the deaths of tens

of thousands of Venezuelan civilians, and really made life extremely difficult.

Diego talks what life is actually like in Venezuela on the ground.

We also talk about the latest with the Joe Biden administration, which is still recognizing the

unelected coup puppet Juan Guaido as the supposed interim president. We also talk about how

Venezuela has created some new, unique creative strategies to get around the U.S. sanctions

and Washington's chokehold on the international financial system.

We also talk about the violent attacks on Venezuela, including a failed coup attempt in 2020.

And then finally, Diego talks about the criminality of this behavior and how it's not just aggression, it's straight up theft, it's

gangster-like behavior aimed at destroying Venezuela. So without further ado, this is the first

part of my interview with the Venezuelan journalist Diego Sequeira. I'll never apologize

for the United States of America. Ever. I don't care what the facts are.

Why are we going to sit down and talk to these quote-unquote moderate rebels?

Who are the truly moderate rebels?

The search for the moderate rebel. Do these moderate rebels exist? Moderate Rebels.

Hello, everyone.

I think we should be live now,

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