Putting Up A Fight: Venezuela, Assange Extradition, and Holocaust Remembrance Day

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🗓️ 2 May 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Venezuela still doesn’t know who’s in charge. We’ll talk about why the US was predicting a peaceful transition of power - and why now they’re keeping all the cards on the table. Then: the US wants Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to cross the pond. Today he said: rather not. We’ll explain how the extradition process works. And finally: it’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Hebrew, that’s Yom HaShoah. A Holocaust survivor -- and the relative of a Skimm HQ’r -- shares his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, May 2nd.
0:03.1	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.5	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day, and giving you the context on
0:08.2	why they matter.
0:09.7	Today we're diving into the latest drama happening in Venezuela, and why people thought there
0:13.6	was going to be a peaceful transition of power.
0:16.4	Then the US wants Julian Assange to face charges here, but if you ask him, he'll take a pass.
0:22.1	We'll give you the details.
0:23.7	And finally, we close with a special Schim feature to honor Holocaust Remembrance Day.
0:28.2	We're here to make your Thursday smarter.
0:30.3	Let's skim this.
0:38.4	Today's episode is brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs.
0:45.9	The most confusing story today is about Venezuela, and the ongoing question of who is actually
0:51.4	president.
0:52.4	We talked about it on the show on Tuesday.
0:55.1	There have been massive protests across Venezuela, led by the opposition leader Juan Guido,
1:00.6	the guy who says he's the acting president of Venezuela.
1:04.4	Two days ago, he said it was time for Operation Libertad, aka the final phase of getting
1:09.8	president Nicolas Maduro out of office.
1:13.0	That's the guy who's currently living in the presidential palace.
1:16.1	The US is one of the countries that have recognized Guido as acting president, and this week
1:20.4	the Trump administration threw their weight behind him and this latest round of protests.
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