Paul Adams

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420 appearances 15 recordings 3 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 2d ago

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Global News Podcast · Venezuela Special: Q&A · 6 Jan 2026 podcast

I think it is clear that the Trump administration, as it figured out what to do about Venezuela, thought we are not going to go down that path.

This is not going to be about regime change, because if you're going to go down that route.

You're going to involve massive deployment of American military forces, huge diplomatic and economic efforts to put countries back on their proper footing.

It hasn't worked in the past.

There's no earthly reason to think that it would work again now.

And so perhaps the sensible thing is to leave the.

Deeply unpopular, but secure or relatively secure government structure in place.

And then instead of trying to remove it and put it something else in its place, you merely threaten it to do what you want it to do.

And that's why essentially what Donald Trump is saying to the government in Venezuela is, you know, there are still arrest warrants out there.

We could still come back in with further evidence.

attacks from the air.

There are all sorts of ways in which the United States can continue to exert pressure.

But regime change and taking over a country, not this time.

Global News Podcast · President Trump says US captures Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro · 3 Jan 2026 podcast

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It is really, genuinely nothing less than historic.

It is an extraordinary moment in U.S.-Latin American relations, obviously in U.S.-Venezuelan relations, but it has implications that go beyond the borders of Venezuela.

First and foremost and most immediately, the Colombian president has said that he is sending troops to the Colombian-Venezuelan border.

Let's not forget that there are left-wing armed groups, armed rebels that still operate in Venezuelan soil and move back and forth through that porous border.

And he fears that they would become drawn into whichever conflict, further conflict that may take place in Venezuela.

There are also implications for Cuba, which is thoroughly dependent on Venezuelan crude oil for its revolution to be

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