Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The US just extracted Venezuela’s president and President Trump held a press conference claiming they are now in charge of the country, and will proceeding with the extraction of Venezuelan oil. This was a move that shocked the world but, on the ground, almost nothing has changed. So what’s really going on in Venezuela? In this video, I try to break down how Venezuela went from a stable democracy to a dictatorship, how Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro reshaped the country, and why the United States suddenly intervened. Is this about democracy, oil, geopolitics, or all three? And what does Maduro’s capture and American intervention actually mean for Venezuela’s future?

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