US Military Pressure Campaigns Maduro Amid Silence from Regional Allies. Mary Anastasia O'Grady explains how Venezuela's illegitimate leader, Maduro, faces escalating pressure from the US, including a Navy flotilla, B-52 flights, and authorized CIA operat
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 17 October 2025
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| 0:37.3 | Venezuela, one of the richest countries in the Western Hemisphere, and then man named Chavez, a man named Maduro, |
| 0:38.9 | and now one of the poorest countries in the planet. No food security, no medical security, |
| 0:43.9 | no education to speak of. Seven to nine million people have fled, many to major cities in the |
| 0:49.0 | United States, but other parts of the continent as well. And what is to be done? There was an election in |
| 0:54.1 | 2024. |
| 0:56.3 | All international commentators, to my knowledge, acknowledged a man named Gonzalez won the |
| 1:01.2 | election, but it was stolen by a man named Maduro, who is the illegitimate guide to the army |
| 1:08.7 | and other intelligence operations in Caracas. |
| 1:12.1 | Right now, there is an opposition. |
| 1:14.8 | Maria Carina Machado is the leader of the opposition. |
| 1:18.6 | She was forbidden to run for president, so she chose Mr. Gonzalez in her stead. |
| 1:23.2 | She has received the Nobel Peace Prize for her leadership many years in opposing the Chavez and Maduro regime. |
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