S8 Ep630: 7. Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa discuss potential democratic transitions in Cuba and Venezuela. They analyze Marco Rubio’s diplomatic role and the impact of the Maduro regime’s weakening on regional leftist stability,,,. (7)
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🗓️ 23 March 2026
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7. Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa discuss potential democratic transitions in Cuba and Venezuela. They analyze Marco Rubio’s diplomatic role and the impact of the Maduro regime’s weakening on regional leftist stability,,,. (7)
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| 0:29.9 | Today. I'm John Bachelor. I welcome my colleagues Ernesto Arr Urujo, former foreign minister |
| 0:50.5 | to the Republic of Brazil, and Alejandro Pena Esclusa, a member of the opposition |
| 0:55.0 | in Venezuela. Both men are overseas, Ernesto in Africa and Alejandro in Europe. However, all eyes are on |
| 1:05.5 | the Americas, especially the capital of Cuba, Havana, and the capital of Venezuela, Caracas. |
| 1:13.0 | Alejandro, I welcome you back. |
| 1:14.3 | We missed you last week, but you were on an important embassy to Hungary. |
| 1:18.5 | What were you there to present, and how did you find the people of Hungary |
| 1:22.0 | informed of the matters that are going on in your country, Venezuela? |
| 1:27.4 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:28.8 | Good evening. |
| 1:29.5 | I'm glad to be back with you. |
| 1:31.7 | Yes, I went to Budapest, Hungary, first to present my book on classical art, |
| 1:37.4 | on cultural Marxism. |
| 1:39.0 | That's a name. |
| 1:39.6 | It's available in English, but also in Hungarian. |
| 1:42.8 | So I presented a book, especially to the Venezuelan community there, which is quite big, I must say, |
| 1:50.3 | because Maduro has forced nine million Venezuelans to flee out of the country. |
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