Ep 257: Elliott Abrams on the Venezuela Crisis

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Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela and Iran from 2019 to 2021, joins the show to discuss events in the Caribbean.

Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela and Iran from 2019 to 2021, joins the show to discuss events in the Caribbean.
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01:56 Venezuela Through Multiple Administrations 
06:05 Maduro
11:53 Trump to Biden
17:56 U.S. Military Capabilities 
24:05 Political Justifications 
30:11 The Venezuelan Opposition
35:56 Machado in Hiding
41:27 Worst Case Scenarios
 
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