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S8 Ep303: PREVIEW FOR LATER TONIGHT HEZBOLLAH'S EXPLOITATION OF VENEZUELAN INSTABILITY Colleague David Daoud, Foundation for Defense of Democracies. John Batchelor and David Daoud discuss Hezbollah's operations in Venezuela and the Americas, which involve illicit d

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 12 January 2026

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PREVIEW FOR LATER TONIGHT HEZBOLLAH'S EXPLOITATION OF VENEZUELAN INSTABILITYColleague David Daoud, Foundation for Defense of Democracies. John Batchelor and David Daoud discuss Hezbollah's operations in Venezuela and the Americas, which involve illicit drugs and other activities. Daoud suggests that Hezbollah's future depends on whether Venezuela establishes a durable, pro-American government to enforce the rule of law or remains in chaos, which the group would exploit.
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0:00.0

This is John Batchel, a conversation with colleague David Diyud of the Foundation for Defense

0:05.7

of Democracy about Hezbollah of Lebanon in Venezuela and other countries in the Americas

0:12.0

that are prey to the narco-terrorists. David Dioid answers carefully, if and if, the situation

0:20.6

of Venezuela is not resolved. Leaders of the

0:25.4

government, not Maduro, but leaders of the government that were there before are there now,

0:30.4

and they have liaise, we can presume, with the Hezbollah operating for illicit drugs and for R&R and other activities in the Americas.

0:41.1

David answers, what do we know and when do we know it about the regime in Caracas and

0:46.7

Hezbollah in the Americas?

0:49.1

Here's David to explain.

0:50.4

Much more of this tonight.

0:52.1

Look, we'll see.

0:53.4

It all depends on Venezuela's day after if

0:57.2

if Venezuela's regime is replaced with a durable um democracy or not even democracy

1:03.0

durable pro-American uh government that that is able to implement the rule of law over all its

1:08.4

borders and is able to control its territory fully that that will complicate things for Hezbollah.

1:13.4

If there's chaos, Hezbollah will exploit that and remain in the country in a different way.

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