S8 Ep827: 11/16: Ernesto Araújo and Alejandro Peña Esclusa report that Delcy Rodríguez is avoiding elections in Venezuela. Araújo discusses Lula's weakening power in Brazil and judicial shifts that could lead to Jair Bolsonaro's release.
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | In Ireland, nothing gets us talking like lions. |
| 0:03.0 | Tea? |
| 0:04.0 | Small talk. |
| 0:06.0 | Well, Jimmy, shock on weather we're having. |
| 0:08.0 | Big talk. Even I've got to play county. |
| 0:10.0 | Office talk. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm MIA and the AM, but I'll circle back on the KPI's. |
| 0:14.0 | Real talk. |
| 0:15.0 | Milk before tea. |
| 0:16.0 | Should be a criminal offence. |
| 0:19.0 | You could say we talk too much, but the truth is... |
| 0:23.6 | We don't talk nearly enough. |
| 0:25.6 | Lions puts the talk into tea. I'm John Baxter, New World Report with my good colleagues, Alejandro Pina Excluza, |
| 0:51.9 | member of the opposition outside of Venezuela because the opposition is not |
| 0:57.2 | welcome home by the regime. At the same time, we welcome our colleague Ernesto Arrusha, |
| 1:02.9 | former foreign minister of the Republic of Brazil, whose both men are traveling. There is big |
| 1:08.5 | news from Venezuela, big news from Brazil, and then the rest of the |
| 1:12.3 | Americas have a lot of tension in them. But we start with Venezuela, the headline in Reuters. |
| 1:18.9 | Power suppliers hesitate as Venezuela seeks grid repairs without payment. This points to the now |
| 1:26.5 | temporary president, we believe, of Venezuela, |
| 1:30.0 | Delsie Rodriguez, whose brother Jorge is head of the assembly. The question is, why is |
| 1:35.8 | Delsie Rodriguez traveling in the Caribbean? Why is she not want to pay her |
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