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Venezuela Victory Part 2–Historically Transforming Latin America & What Happens Next

Published | Video Starts at 36:52

We don't want to see an extended American presence on the ground, and we don't want to see this America hated hating communist, essentially. The Maduro regime continuing. What should happen is free and fair elections and free affair elections. Look, The last election we talked about in the last podcast that Maduro was arrested because he's anarcho trafficker, but he was also arrested because he's illegitimate. Because in the last election, he lost decisively to the opposition party, and yet he stayed in power just as a thug and dictator. (36:52–37:02)

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Asserts that Maduro was arrested for being an "anarcho trafficker" and for being illegitimate.

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