S8 Ep503: Alejandro Peña Esclusa of the Venezuelan opposition reports that following high-level US visits, Cuban assets began exiting Venezuela, with Delcy Rodriguez reportedly leading a directed government under US guidance signaling a major shift in influence.
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 23 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | John Batchel, a conversation with colleague Alejandro Pena Exclusive, member of the opposition in Venezuela, about three important visitors from the U.S. and the consequence, Cubans out of Venezuela. |
| 0:15.2 | What does this mean? |
| 0:17.2 | What Cubans? |
| 0:18.5 | And now that they're gone, what does that mean about the Rodriguez brother and sister and are running the government at the direction of the U.S.? Here's the other hunter to explain, the Cubans in Caracas? |
| 0:32.5 | Well, Venezuela has had three important visits from the U.S. The first one was the chief or the director of the FBI. |
| 0:41.3 | The second was the Secretary of Energy, and then the head of the Southern Command, |
| 0:46.6 | the General Head of the Southern Command. |
| 0:48.9 | And all three have political implications, and Rubio and Donald Trump have asked Dersi Rodrigo, who is acting as a, let's say, |
| 1:00.0 | acting president, even though she's not legitimate. She's a directed government. She's been |
| 1:07.5 | directed by the U.S. And one of the |
| 1:11.1 | elements that the United States |
| 1:14.4 | asked for was the |
| 1:16.5 | exit of the Cuban assets. |
| 1:19.3 | So last week they started to go out |
| 1:21.4 | of Venezuela. There are pictures and there's |
| 1:24.2 | information about it. This is very |
| 1:26.6 | important, John, because let me tell you, |
| 1:29.4 | Chavez and Maduro were Cuban assets. Probably Maduro more than Chavez, but both of them. |
| 1:36.2 | And everything that is done in Venezuela, including the Kirtel of the Sons, the creation of |
| 1:41.5 | the Contrtle of the Sun and the trend of the Aragua, the other tourist |
| 1:45.8 | organization, was done because of Cuban orders. |
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