S8 Ep749: Preview for Later Today Mary Kissel reviews allegations that Venezuelan leaders are stalling a political transition following Nicolas Maduro's detention. They are likely waiting for a more pliable US administration to eventually replace the current one.
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🗓️ 15 April 2026
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Mary Kissel reviews allegations that Venezuelan leaders are stalling a political transition following Nicolas Maduro's detention. They are likely waiting for a more pliable US administration to eventually replace the current one.
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| 0:41.4 | in Venezuela that Delci Rodriguez, the nominal president, and Jorge Rodriguez, her brother, |
| 0:49.0 | head of the National Assembly, are slow walking the transition time, promised that President Trump and his administration after |
| 0:56.5 | the detention and rendition of Nicholas Madura head of the drug cartel. Slow walking. What is to be |
| 1:05.0 | done? Why slow walking? What are they waiting for? Here's Mary to explain. More of this tonight. |
| 1:13.2 | Well, gosh, Sean. I mean, I'm not sure we know how this is all going to play out. We don't have |
| 1:18.3 | crystal balls, but we can make some assumptions. The first is that the Rodriguez's |
| 1:25.1 | understand that their best opportunity to remain in power is to stay there until President Trump leaves office. |
| 1:32.1 | And a different and perhaps more pliable U.S. administration comes in. |
| 1:35.8 | So there's certainly a ticking timeline here that's happening. |
| 1:41.5 | Second, we can also be assured that Secretary of State National Security |
| 1:45.6 | Advisor Marker Rubio was well aware of that dynamic and also aware of how a failure in |
| 1:52.8 | Venezuela would impact not just his legacy in the administration, but potentially his presidential |
| 1:57.8 | aspirations. And thirdly, you know, we don't know very much yet |
| 2:04.7 | about the internal dynamics of the Venezuelan security forces in the military and what sorts of |
| 2:12.1 | steps is the Pentagon taking to, you know, get in there, start to evaluate who's where and what they're doing |
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