When the socialist policies of Nicolas Maduro and Hugo Chavez transformed Venezuela from a prosperous country into a humanitarian disaster, it was big news all over the world. The New York Times ran stories about residents of the impoverished nation having to eat their own pets in order to survive and any number of similarly horrific narratives. But at some point, discussion of Venezuela’s downfall simply stopped, as readers got bored and preferred to focus on issues closer to home, like the American economy or the pandemic. But just because we stop talking about something doesn’t mean it ceases to exist. In Venezuela, things have only gotten worse. Matt Kibbe talks to Jorge Jraissati, a Venezuelan activist and the director of Alumni for Liberty, about Maduro’s continued efforts to control the population by outlawing cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and the desperate attempts of the Venezuelan people to survive the actions of their own government. As Americans, it’s important that we not forget about the plight of Venezuela, as it carries important lessons that we should heed if we want to prevent our own country from traveling down the same socialist path.
Ep 162 | Dispatch From Kyiv | Guest: Nataliya Melnyk
Ep 161 | DC Shuts Down Veteran-Owned Bar That Refuses to Discriminate | Guests: Eric Flannery and Robert Alt
Ep 160 | Don’t Get Mad, Get Based | Guests: Hannah Cox and Brad Polumbo
Ep 159 | Five Reasons Not to Intervene in Ukraine | Guest: Rep. Thomas Massie
Ep 158 | We Were Right About Lockdowns Before It Was Cool | Guest: Rep. Thomas Massie
Ep 157 | The Mind of the Censor | Guest: Robert Corn-Revere
Ep 156 | Are Vaccine Mandates Constitutional? | Guest: Jenin Younes
Ep 155 | Conform or Be Cast Out | Guest: Logan Albright
Ep 154 | The Technocratic Emperor Has No Clothes | Guests: Brian McWilliams and Calum Nicholson
Ep 153 | The Christmas Special | Guests: The Free the People Staff
Ep 152 | Is There Any Limit to Government Power? | Guest: Robert Alt
Ep 151 | Congress Shouldn’t Rely on Courts to Do Its Job | Guest: Sen. Mike Lee
Ep 150 | How the Government Grinch Stole Christmas | Guest: Peter C. Earle
Ep 149 | What Do We Know About the Origins of COVID? | Guest: Matt Ridley
Ep 148 | Don’t Enable Corrupt Systems; Change Them | Guest: Corey Olsen
Ep 147 | Capitalism Is the Antidote to Poverty | Guest: Antonella Marty
Ep 146 | To Fix the Supply Chain, Get Out of the Way | Guest: Jon Miltimore
Ep 145 | The Real Cuba Is Not What Tourists See | Guest: Maria C. Werlau
Ep 144 | Outsmarting the Medical-Industrial Complex | Guest: Sen. Rand Paul
Ep 143 | The Biggest Threat to Liberty Is Comfort | Guest: Reed Coverdale
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