S8 Ep1108: Venezuela's Humanitarian Crisis and US Diplomatic Pragmatism. Evan Ellis. Twin earthquakes in Venezuela have left thousands dead and missing, with the Maduro regime's response marked by corruption and inefficiency. The U.S. continues to work with regime "
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 9 July 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:57.6 | To Venezuela, the tragedy on top of the long, |
| 1:04.5 | long struggle by the people of Venezuela to shed themselves of gangland leadership. |
| 1:07.8 | The headline in the Reuters is not promising. |
| 1:12.8 | Venezuela volunteers dig graves for quake victims as U.S. defends government relief effort. |
| 1:17.9 | Subhead, at the Las Baranza Cemetery in western Venezuela, |
| 1:22.4 | local volunteers have been digging graves for victims of the country's devastating twin earthquakes, |
| 1:27.9 | unloading coffins and helping families search for loved ones. |
| 1:32.0 | That's the condition of Venezuela now. |
| 1:35.2 | The photographs tell you everything. |
| 1:36.8 | Buildings collapsed into rubble, digging out survivors, |
| 1:40.9 | even these many days after the original quakes, |
| 1:43.6 | and the government, defended by the U.S. |
| 1:48.1 | The puzzle here is what government? |
| 1:50.9 | The Rodriguez brother and sister are gangland. |
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