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Inside Caracas: Venezuela after Maduro

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When America seized Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro in January, it left the rest of his regime intact. Three months on, our correspondent finds optimism and some loosening of repression. Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado fled to America, now she explains her ambitions for the country. And celebrating the life of Nick Pope, who spent decades investigating UFOs.


Guests and host:

  • Kinley Salmon, Latin America correspondent
  • Ann Wroe, obituaries editor
  • Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • Venezuela, oil, Maduro, Trump
  • María Corina Machado, elections
  • Nick Pope, UFOs, aliens, NASA


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