Strategic Opportunities and Challenges in Latin America: Pedro Burelli
Intelligence Matters
CBS News
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Pedro Burelli, a Venezuelan citizen, a former senior Venezuelan oil official, and an astute observer of Latin America and the world. Burelli and Morell exchange observations about Latin America's political and economic trajectory, including key influences and inflection points in Cuba, Chile, Mexico and other countries. They discuss shifts in political leadership, the degradation of democratic norms, and the opportunistic entrances of Russia and China into the region. Burelli also reflects on the achievements of the Biden administration's recent Summit of the Americas.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Intelligence Matters with former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morel, |
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| 0:14.0 | So Latin America was under the theory of Senator Digg Luger, |
| 0:19.3 | he always used to say, Pedro, no nukes, no terrorists, no problem, |
| 0:23.2 | which in a way it looks like a good thing because the region doesn't have those problems, |
| 0:27.5 | but it actually leads to tremendous amount of neglect. |
| 0:30.8 | I hope that when they saw the very lackluster results of the summit in Los Angeles, |
| 0:37.1 | they understand that they've been mismanaging this to the risk of the United States. |
| 0:47.2 | Pedro Barrelli, who has been on our show before, is a Venezuelan citizen, |
| 0:51.6 | a former senior Venezuelan national oil official, and an astute observer of the world. |
| 0:57.6 | Pedro joins us today to talk about Latin America and its future. |
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