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Tamarindo

Venezuela’s Uncertain Future with Juan Escalante

Tamarindo

Tamarindo | Sonoro

Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, News, Latinx, News Commentary, Wellbeing, Mental Health, Society & Culture

4.5749 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

We invited our friend, Juan Escalante to share his thoughts on the situation in Venezuela. Listeners may know Juan as a long-time advocate for immigrants stemming from his own experience as a formerly undocumented young person who fled Venezuela with his family. He is a nationally recognized digital strategist and a leading voice in immigrant rights. Once a DACA recipient, Juan has since become a U.S. Citizen and remains a fixture at state, local, and national advocacy campaigns.

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0:00.0

Sonoro

0:03.5

Welcome to the Marindo podcast.

0:21.5

Hosted by me, Brenda Gonzalez, a fitness coach, political nerd, and nonprofit capacity builder.

0:26.9

And me, Delsey Sandoval, a Guatemalan American licensed therapist and passionate creativity advocate.

0:32.8

Together, we're here to uplift our community through powerful conversations with change makers, creatives,

0:38.3

and healers.

0:39.2

Each week on the pod, we talk politics, culture, and personal development.

0:43.0

Listeners called Tamarino, the advocacy and self-love podcast.

0:46.6

Let's start the show.

0:53.4

All right, hello, Tamarindo listeners.

0:57.9

We are dropping this bonus episode in your feed in light of the Trump-led operation in Venezuela

1:04.2

where dictator Manuel Maduro and his wife Celia Flores were ousted.

1:09.8

This was an operation without congressional approval,

1:12.6

without the involvement of any regional allies,

1:14.6

without UN approval, a unilateral move.

1:17.6

And we're recording this on Monday, January 5th,

1:20.6

and we know that at least as of this recording,

1:23.6

there seems to be no clear strategy on what comes next, both for Venezuela,

1:29.2

it's people here and abroad, or what this could mean for other Latin American countries.

1:34.0

So a lot to take in.

1:35.9

Before we get into it, let's just super quick, Delci, how are you feeling in light of the news

1:42.6

today?

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