Hello, everybody, and welcome to the first live episode of the year.

As you can see, thanks to President Trump, we've had to come back to work earlier than we planned,

so we're not in studio.

Welcome one, welcome all.

And it seems the pattern of 26 is to continue the pattern of the previous

several years where any country that we have any connection to personally gets invaded. It's your

turn, Francis. Congratulations, mate. Yeah, thank you very much. It was a rather surreal experience

to wake up on a Saturday morning, turn my phone on, check the football results.

And what it wasn't actually the football, what was actually on my screen was something that Venezuelans have been praying for.

Ever since basically Maduro got elected, but also before Maduro in the time of Chavez,

which is, Maduro has been taken.

Him and his wife have been taken by the United States,

and they are going to be facing justice

for the crimes that they have committed in Venezuela.

There is a word in Venezuela.

You'll say that.

I mean, we'll get into that.

Before we go all the way in, let's give everybody a little moment to join in.

We'll discuss the idea that he's going to be facing justice for this crime he's committed in Venezuela

and the geopolitical implications of all of that.

But before we get into all of that, perhaps you can just give everybody a quick breakdown

of who Nicholas Maduro is, how long he's been in power, and what may have led to this

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