Sanctions Create a Strain in the Venezuelan Economy

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Ino: Sanctions are the only leverage that thereis in order for maduro to open a possibility for a free and fair election. If you think about this paratively, what do you think are the differential reasons why mexico and brazil have stayed quite a bit more stablei incredible when i worked in pavesa we were producing three point seven meals of barrels of oil. Now less than 600 thousand. The debt of the company was around three billion dollars 20 years ago,. Now oer 50 billion Dollars. And it is not that penvix is getting better. Is ta pevesa basically collapsed. Tens of billions of dollars were stolen because of the corrupt activities around

As an inquisitive reader, books were a cherished commodity for Leopoldo López when he was a political prisoner in his home country of Venezuela. His prison guards eventually observed the strength and focus López gained from reading. In an attempt to stifle his spirit, the guards confiscated his books and locked them in a neighboring cell where he could see but not access them. But López didn’t let this stop him from writing or discourage his resolve to fight for freedom. A Venezuelan opposition leader and freedom activist, today López works to research and resist oppressive autocratic regimes globally.

López joined Tyler to discuss Venezuela’s recent political and economic history, the effectiveness of sanctions, his experiences in politics and activism, how happiness is about finding purpose, how he organized a protest from prison, the ideal daily routine of a political prisoner, how extreme sports prepared him for prison, his work to improve the lives of the Venezuelan people, and more.

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Recorded May 10th, 2022

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