What's Next For Venezuela?

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

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4.6 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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PhD candidate in Economics at Columbia University and a graduate fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Daniel Di Martino, explains the ongoing political situation in Venezuela and why the Trump administration felt they had to step in. As a Venezuelan native, Daniel discusses the changing power dynamics in the country and what is happening now that Maduro is no longer their leader. He also describes the potential for Venezuelan politician and activist Maria Corina Machado to become the next president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.6	Hello, everybody.
0:42.9	I'm Martha McCallum.
0:44.9	Welcome to the Untold Story podcast.
0:46.9	It's great to have you with us today.
0:53.7	And obviously, the biggest story this week is the capture of Nicholas Maduro and his wife.
0:56.1	They were brought to New York City this week and are going through the judicial process. We saw them in the courthouse downtown in New York.
1:01.8	And my guest today is Danielle DiMartino. His family immigrated from Europe to Venezuela
1:08.9	decades ago and then from Venezuela to the United States to get away from the creeping socialism and communism that destroyed the economy of the country and everything that they had built. So I'm very glad to be joined once again by Daniel DiMartino, who is a Manhattan Institute Fellow, and I believe also a doctoral candidate
1:31.0	at Columbia University as an economist. Daniel, great to see you again. Thanks for joining me.
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