https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a4c970d6-7e3d-48f9-a91a-3543112fea70 Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Professor Steve Ellner about Venezuela's right-wing opposition, and how the corporate media whitewashes its use of violence and economic sabotage. Ellner explains some of the economic problems faced by President Nicolás Maduro, including manipulation of exchange rates and low oil prices. Part 1 of 2 // PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PLjGODW8tA TOPICS: 0:00 Intro 1:27 Steve Ellner and Latin America solidarity movements 6:46 Venezuela's opposition 11:45 Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez 13:03 Violent tactics of Venezuela's opposition 15:45 Economic problems in Venezuela 18:21 The biased OAS and Luis Almagro 20:00 Comparing Venezuela with Mexico 22:40 Venezuela's Bolivar exchange rates 28:28 The centrality of Oil to Venezuela's economic ills 32:25 Oil prices and OPEC 35:40 US sanctions (to be continued in part 2) 36:35 Outro PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ModerateRebels Please consider supporting Moderate Rebels on Patreon. Website: http://moderaterebels.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/moderate_rebels Facebook: https://facebook.com/moderaterebelsradio Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/moderaterebels Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:29:14 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a4c970d6-7e3d-48f9-a91a-3543112fea70 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.