What happened in Venezuela's election? | César Báez & Daniel Di Martino | Just Asking Questions
Two Venezuelan immigrants explain the current political unrest in the country.
Just Asking Questions, Episode 36.
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What's really happening in Venezuela?
Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in Venezuela's presidential election last week, but much of the rest of the world isn't buying it. Neither are many Venezuelans, who've taken to the streets to protest what they say is a fraudulent election in the face of increasingly violent crackdowns and menacing threats from the Maduro regime.
The opposition says its tallies show they won 67% of the vote (SLIDE). Official statements from the EU and US State Department each say the evidence shows Maduro lost. Argentina's Javier Milei posted to X, minutes after the polls closed: "Dictator Maduro AFUERA! Argentina is not going to recognize another fraud, and hopes that the Armed Forces this time will defend democracy and the popular will."
To help us understand how Venezuela ended up here and what might happen next, we've brought on two of our trusted Venezuelan analysts, Daniel Di Martino and César Báez.
Di Martino is a Venezuelan-American who founded the Dissident Project and is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Báez is a producer at Reason, and he writes about liberty in Latin America on his Substack, Espacio de Libertad.
Sources referenced in this conversation:
Venezuelan presidential race results as tabulated from digital records by the opposition party. https://resultadosconvzla.com/
Javier Milei calls for the ousting of Maduro on X. https://x.com/JMilei/status/1817760569404842400
Opposition party leader María Corina Machado's post-election "message for the future of the Republic." https://x.com/mariacorinaya/status/1820525357491224825
U.S. State Department: Assessing the Results of Venezuela's Presidential Election https://www.state.gov/assessing-the-results-of-venezuelas-presidential-election/
The New York Times says that Venezuela suffers from "brutal capitalism." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/world/americas/venezuela-election-results.html
Daniel Di Martino: How Socialism Destroyed Venezuela https://manhattan.institute/article/how-socialism-destroyed-venezuela
The EU's statement on Venezuela's election https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/08/04/venezuela-statement-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu/
Just Asking Questions, Episode 36.
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Text and links to sources available here: https://reason.com/podcast/just-asking-questions/
What's really happening in Venezuela?
Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in Venezuela's presidential election last week, but much of the rest of the world isn't buying it. Neither are many Venezuelans, who've taken to the streets to protest what they say is a fraudulent election in the face of increasingly violent crackdowns and menacing threats from the Maduro regime.
The opposition says its tallies show they won 67% of the vote (SLIDE). Official statements from the EU and US State Department each say the evidence shows Maduro lost. Argentina's Javier Milei posted to X, minutes after the polls closed: "Dictator Maduro AFUERA! Argentina is not going to recognize another fraud, and hopes that the Armed Forces this time will defend democracy and the popular will."
To help us understand how Venezuela ended up here and what might happen next, we've brought on two of our trusted Venezuelan analysts, Daniel Di Martino and César Báez.
Di Martino is a Venezuelan-American who founded the Dissident Project and is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Báez is a producer at Reason, and he writes about liberty in Latin America on his Substack, Espacio de Libertad.
Sources referenced in this conversation:
Venezuelan presidential race results as tabulated from digital records by the opposition party. https://resultadosconvzla.com/
Javier Milei calls for the ousting of Maduro on X. https://x.com/JMilei/status/1817760569404842400
Opposition party leader María Corina Machado's post-election "message for the future of the Republic." https://x.com/mariacorinaya/status/1820525357491224825
U.S. State Department: Assessing the Results of Venezuela's Presidential Election https://www.state.gov/assessing-the-results-of-venezuelas-presidential-election/
The New York Times says that Venezuela suffers from "brutal capitalism." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/world/americas/venezuela-election-results.html
Daniel Di Martino: How Socialism Destroyed Venezuela https://manhattan.institute/article/how-socialism-destroyed-venezuela
The EU's statement on Venezuela's election https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/08/04/venezuela-statement-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-eu/
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