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US Escalates Pressure on Maduro Following Machado's Nobel Prize. Evan Ellis discusses how, following the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to opposition leader María Corina Machado, the US escalated pressure on Venezuela. President Trump authorized CIA operations

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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US Escalates Pressure on Maduro Following Machado's Nobel Prize. Evan Ellis discusses how, following the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to opposition leader María Corina Machado, the US escalated pressure on Venezuela. President Trump authorized CIA operations, coupled with naval deployments and B-52 overflights, to pressure the Maduro regime. The goal is triggering a tipping point where Maduro's inner circle calculates that leaving is preferable to facing US action. Separately, Peru's President Boluarte was ousted due to corruption and the nation's struggle with extreme urban violence and illegal mining.

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This is CBS, I on the World. I'm John Batchel. With the New World Report, Professor Evan Ellis

0:29.4

of the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, the headline in Reuters, Peru.

0:35.8

Peru judge strikes down bid to stop ousted president leaving country.

0:41.2

Second ousted president. A man named Castillo from the indigenous part of the country was elected

0:48.1

some years ago, was challenged by the legislature, removed from office, and jailed. To my knowledge, he remains

0:56.5

incarcerated, accused of corruption. The vice president then assumed the office. Her name is

1:04.1

Bellarte. I remember her trouble initially because she was wearing an expensive watch.

1:09.9

I've not followed the story of corruption closely since then,

1:13.9

but the professor, Evan Ellis, is here to help me understand the structure of this removal

1:21.7

from office.

1:22.9

For example, Dayline Lima, a Peruvian judge rejected a bid to prevent former President Dina

1:30.4

Bellarte, who Congress abruptly ousted last week, from leaving the country while state

1:36.0

prosecutors investigate her for alleged abuse of office and money laundering.

1:41.7

Professor, we both know that for some time there's been loud grumbling in

1:48.0

Peru about the leadership of Bellarte, the trip to China, the expensive watch, the non-explanation,

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