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Venezuela rallies while Hong Kong burns
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 0:59:08
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Sinopsis
We kick off our first segment of Latin America in Focus with Luis Francisco Rangel, a musician, educator, and member of the Venezuelan diaspora. For this episode, we talk about Luis' home country, Venezuela, which is seeing signs of a major economic recovery despite deadly U.S. sanctions which have killed 40,000 Venezuelans.Then, we continue Socialism 101 with Winn Ellinger. This month, we talk about the political and philosophical interventions made by Lenin at the time of the Russian Revolution.Finally, we talk with Carl Zha, host of the Silk and Steel Podcast, about the protests that rocked Hong Kong throughout much of 2019. We talk about the political, economic, social, and geopolitical factors that led to the protest movement.