Is Venezuela better now?
5/6/202626 min
It’s been over four months since the United States overthrew Nicolás Maduro. One Venezuelan says she is grateful for the intervention and is cautiously optimistic for the future. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Demonstrators demanding better working conditions during a May Day rally in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSean Rameswaram· Host0:00
It's been just over two months since the president went to war with Iran, and it's getting really confusing, you guys. We're shepherding ships through the strait. Just kidding, we're not anymore.
Speaker 1· Host0:09
In hockey, they say, uh, uncle, right?
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:13
The war is over.
Speaker 1· Host0:14
We've won this. This war has been won.
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:17
JK, it's not a war.
Speaker 1· Host0:19
They don't like the word war.
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:20
For those of you doing the math at home, we're nine weeks into a four-week war that we won eight weeks ago. The president, by this point, is supposed to need congressional approval to conduct this war, but he's flagrantly bypassing that, um, w- like, law?
Speaker 1· Host0:34
They call it a military operation because that way you don't have a war, you don't have legal problems.
Sean Rameswaram· Host0:40
But on today Explained from Vox, we thought we'd look at the OG Trump 2 foreign intervention of 2026. It's been four months since the United States overthrew Nicolás Maduro. We're gonna ask if things in Venezuela are better now. Some are saying yes.
Speaker 20:56
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