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The Truth with Lisa Boothe

The Truth with Lisa Boothe: Venezuela, Socialism, and Narco-Terrorism: A Warning for America from a Venezuelan Insider

The Truth with Lisa Boothe

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Politics, News Commentary, News

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Lisa welcomes the Manhattan Institute's Daniel Di Martino to talk about his firsthand perspective of life in Venezuela, drawing from his personal experience growing up under a socialist regime.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.3

Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we get to the heart of the issues that matter to you.

0:09.4

President Trump addressed the nation this week, and there were rumors ahead of the time that he might be announcing a war against Venezuela.

0:16.8

So we're going to talk to Daniel Di Martino.

0:19.3

He is an economist, and he's also a Venezuelan exile who fled socialism's devastation. He's the founder of the dissident project and a Manhattan Institute fellow. We're going to talk about President Trump's tough stance on the Maduro regime. We're also going to talk about what Venezuela was like. It's collapse, what Daniel saw personally.

0:39.5

And we're going to talk about President Trump's attacks on the narco terrorists as well.

0:44.1

Are they justified?

0:45.6

Why is he doing it?

0:47.1

What do you need to know?

0:48.4

Also, what parallels does he see between people like Zoran Mamdani in New York City or AOC with Maduro and what he has seen in Venezuela as well.

0:59.5

So all of that and more with Daniel D. Martino. Stay tuned.

1:08.3

Well, Daniel, it's great to have you on the show.

1:10.7

I was looking for someone to talk about all this Venezuela stuff and President Trump's posture toward Venezuela.

1:17.2

And you were recommended to me.

1:18.6

So appreciate you making the time.

1:20.1

And I'm looking forward to getting your insight into all this.

1:22.7

Of course.

1:23.3

I love to talk about this.

1:24.7

So, Daniel, I wanted to start off because obviously President Trump addressed the nation last night,

1:29.4

and there were some rumors before that he would be announcing going to war against Venezuela.

1:35.6

Obviously, he has taken a very tough posture with going after the narco terrorists.

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