Venezuela

This week Bearman, celebrates the strengthening alliance between China, Russia, and India as a positive move toward a "multipolar world" and congratulates China on the anniversary of its victory over Japan. We say good bye to Giorgio Armani :) .This week’s main focus is a vehement defense of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution, tracing its origins to Hugo Chavez's efforts to lift the poor out of "subhuman" conditions by using oil wealth for social programs. Bearman argues that all subsequent U.S. actions—from the failed 2002 coup and economic sanctions to the recent naval provocations and a $50 million bounty on Nicolás Maduro—are imperialist attempts to control Venezuela's vast oil reserves. To illustrate U.S. hypocrisy, the host cites the history of Luis Posada Carriles, a CIA-linked anti-Castro terrorist responsible for bombing a civilian airliner, who was ultimately protected by the U.S. government. The overarching theme is that the U.S. empire, under both Trump and Biden, offers the world only “death, destruction and disease," while nations like Venezuela, China, and Russia represent a path away from the "Degenerate Capitalist Empire.”