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Anita Arnand

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1099 total appearances

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Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

I was just going to say, fleeing the country since 2014.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

A quarter of the population, William,

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

What he wrote actually was interesting.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

Bolivar said, you know, we will be such a disaster zone that no European is going to want us.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

What he didn't reckon on was the oil reserves and the fact that America wants those very, very much.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

You know, here we are right now.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

You know, we've sort of got...

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

Of a new imperialism because actually what happened was not great.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

So if you don't have a strong country with a strong sense of itself and you have these dictators who are in charge, it is easier for somebody like Trump to say, look at me, I am the liberator.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

Also, you've got oil I'm quite interested in, but I'm liberating you.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

But also you've got the oil that you're not using and I'm the liberator, you know, all of that.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

Very, very, very sad.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

I mean, you've got, you know, not even sort of hiding it.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

You know, you've got sort of US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright in Venezuela talking about how they're going to extract all this oil and use it.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

Well, it's an ongoing story.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

As we said to lovely Daniel Imavar, who talked about America's hidden empire.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

It's not so hidden anymore.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

Maybe you need to retitle and add a few chapters.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

It's a little out of date.

Empire: World History
357. Liberator of Latin America: Revolutionary Hero Or Dictator? (Part 4)

Until the next time we meet, it's goodbye from me, Anita Arnon.