PREVIEW HEADLINE: International Silence on US Venezuela Intentions Analyzed; Opposition Tied to Concerns Over US Hegemony, Not Maduro's Defense GUEST NAME: Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Americas Columnist, Wall Street Journal Editorial Page 50-WORD SUMMARY: Mar
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HEADLINE: International Silence on US Venezuela Intentions Analyzed; Opposition Tied to Concerns Over US Hegemony, Not Maduro's Defense GUEST NAME: Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Americas Columnist, Wall Street Journal Editorial Page 50-WORD SUMMARY: Mary Anastasia O'Grady analyzes the silence from capitals regarding the US intention to help elected leaders restore Venezuela. She notes that opposition to regimes like Maduro is weak because his track record is indefensible. However, louder objections are anticipated if there is a "strike on land" or if the US successfully restores its influence in the region, as this opposition is fundamentally about challenging US hegemony.
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| 0:25.8 | for the Wall Street Journal of the editorial page, asking, is it significant that other |
| 0:31.4 | capitals in the world and in the Americas not commenting and protest of the intention of the Trump administration to change |
| 0:40.7 | direction for Venezuela and make it possible for Gonzalez, the elected president, and |
| 0:46.3 | Maria Karina Machado, the Nobel Peace Prize recipient and leader of the opposition, to |
| 0:52.3 | restore the country to decency after years of abused by Chavez and Namaduro. |
| 0:57.9 | Is it significant that Moscow, Beijing, other capitals are not complaining about the intention of the United States? |
| 1:05.1 | Mary answers in a very helpful way about the history of complaining about the U.S. doing the right thing. |
| 1:12.5 | Here's Mary Anastasia Grady on the so far silence from capitals, except for Bogota, |
| 1:19.1 | Petro out of control, commenting. |
| 1:22.0 | That's it I can see. |
| 1:23.4 | Here's Mary. |
| 1:24.5 | More of this tonight. |
| 1:26.3 | Well, I'm not too sure about that, John. |
| 1:28.3 | I mean, I would guess that if there was a strike on land, that narrative might change a little bit. |
| 1:37.1 | You know, don't forget that these countries that defend people like Fidel Castro for many years, |
| 1:42.5 | it's not really about Cuba that they're trying to defend, |
| 1:46.5 | it's that they want to oppose the United States. They want to oppose U.S. hegemony in the region. |
| 1:52.5 | And that's where you're going to get louder voices, I think, from the left in Latin American, |
| 1:57.8 | around the world if they think that, you know, that a strike on Venezuela is moving |
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