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S8 Ep1107: Preview for Later Today: Evan Ellis critiques the U.S. State Department's focus on Venezuelan oil and stability over democratic restoration. Sidelining elected leader María Corina Machado creates an awkward and uncomfortable diplomatic position for the ad

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 8 July 2026

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Preview for Later Today: Evan Ellis critiques the U.S. State Department's focus on Venezuelan oil and stability over democratic restoration. Sidelining elected leader María Corina Machado creates an awkward and uncomfortable diplomatic position for the administration. (3)
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0:30.6

Why won't the State Department allow the leaders of the opposition led by Ms. Machado back into the country during the crisis of the earthquakes.

0:39.9

Evan Alice of the U.S. Army War College, my colleague, answers in detail.

0:45.1

More of this tonight.

0:45.9

John, my personal attempt is it strategically puts the administration in an awkward position

0:51.6

because knowing that Edmundo Gonzalez and Maria

0:54.6

Cardina Machado were the legitimately and overwhelmingly elected government, but out of fear

1:01.2

that they would not be able to essentially manage a stable, peaceful, democratic transition,

1:09.1

after the capture of Nicolas Maduro, we chose to work

1:12.7

with the Vice President Delcia Rodriguez first to try to stabilize the country, but that left in place,

1:18.1

the security apparatus, Sabine, that left in place, you know, a lot of the criminal activities

1:23.1

in the countryside and in the mining belt, that left a lot of the corrupt apparatus.

1:28.8

And then we lifted a lot of the sanctions.

1:31.3

We allowed oil to start flowing again.

1:33.1

But at the end of the day, one can say in the interest of stability and restoring economic activity and, you know, getting access once again to Venice and oil, essentially we, you know, had,

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