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It Could Happen Here

Panama 1989 to Venezuela 2026: What History Can Teach Us feat. Andrew

It Could Happen Here

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

Politics, Daily News, News, Society & Culture

4.06.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Andrew and James discuss what happened in Panama in 1989 and why people are comparing these events to what is happening in Venezuela.

Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-interior-minister-says-100-people-died-us-attack-2026-01-08/

Emperors In the Jungle: The Hidden History of the U.S. in Panama by John Lindsay-Poland

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.9

1969, Malcolm and Martin are gone.

0:07.8

America is in crisis.

0:09.5

At a Morehouse college, the students make their move.

0:12.3

These students, including a young Samuel L. Jackson,

0:15.4

locked up the members of the board of trustees, including Martin Luther King's senior.

0:20.6

It's the true story of protests and rebellion in black American history that you'll never

0:24.9

forget.

0:25.9

I'm Hans Charles.

0:26.9

I'm Mennelick Lamouba.

0:28.1

Listen to the A building on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

0:33.5

podcasts.

0:36.4

Call Zone Media.

0:40.6

So, in case you've been living under a rock, to ring in the new year, the United

0:46.0

States regime decided to invade Venezuela and kidnap President Maduro and his wife, Siliya

0:51.9

Flores, to put them on trial in the United States.

0:55.6

Thus far, the time of recording, there are 100 reported killed by America's invasion, and

1:00.6

Maduro's vice president, Delci Rodriguez, is now acting president of Venezuela while Maduro

1:05.1

has been arraigned in New York. There's not a lot yet known about how things played out

1:10.5

precisely, so I don't plan on

1:13.1

telling them too deeply into my speculations.

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