Leopoldo López
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Oct 21, 2026
Venezuela and 21st Century Neocolonialism | VA Podcast Ep. 48
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54:45Jessica Dos SantosGUEST
Y creo también que es importante, eh, ese mismo contexto, eh, en, en el marco de Estados Unidos y la oposición.
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54:52Jessica Dos SantosGUEST
Recordar que, bueno, Estados Unidos ya, eh, le había apostado a un montón de figuras, ¿no? Capriles, Guaidó, Leopoldo López.
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55:00Jessica Dos SantosGUEST
O sea, allí hubo mil y un intentos, eh, previos, ¿no? Y creo que también está como darse cuenta que el manejo, eh, del país, ¿no?, que es algo, es un entramado muy complejo, ha estado en manos de el gobierno desde hace décadas y que, bueno, no hay mejor Eh, sector que lo conozca mejor, ¿no? Entonces, bueno, Estados Unidos hace esa apuesta, eh, eh, con, con Delcy Rodríguez y al final yo creo que Trump busca conseguir una suerte de victoria simbólica y narrativa que sea rápida, ¿no? O sea, eso lo vemos en cada una de sus alocuciones, ¿no? Es como acu-apuntalar su capital político, ¿no? Decir que tuvo una intervención muy exitosa de muy pocos minutos a un bajo costo, una intervención que se recuperó con barriles de petróleo en apenas unos días, algo que digamos no le dolió al bolsillo del estadounidense, pero que sí le va a traer, este, muchos beneficios, ¿no? Eh, siempre lo vemos hablar de bajar el costo de la gasolina, eh, siempre lo vemos hablar de cómo esto no va a impactar, eh, para los norteamericanos.
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56:09Jessica Dos SantosGUEST
De hecho, en este acuerdo petrolero entra la participación accionaria del Pentágono.
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62:09Lucas KoernerGUEST
Entonces, e-ese, obviamente también para poder gobernar, Chávez también tuvo que hacer una, una alianza, digamos, táctica con sectores de la burguesía [chasquido de lengua] que, que, que fueron alienados o, digamos, discriminados por los partidos, eh, hegemónicos de la, de la Cuarta República o del punto fijismo, pues, eh, que precedió a Chávez.
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62:30Lucas KoernerGUEST
Y, y bueno, Chávez pudo-- pero lo importante de seguir resaltando es que la, el pro-- la apuesta del chavismo fue seguir acumulando fuerza, eh, popular, pues acumulando, eh, la, el poder clasista de, de la clase trabajadora, del campesinado, de otros sectores medios y a ir debilitando el capital y el capital monopolista aliado con Estados Unidos, que su pasión, su, su voz po-política era la oposición, eh, literalmente, porque sus representantes hasta hoy día son oligarcas [risa].
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63:08Lucas KoernerGUEST
Gen-gente como María Corina Machado, Henrique Capriles, Leopoldo López, etcétera.
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63:13Lucas KoernerGUEST
Entonces, lo que pasa es que después de la muerte de Chávez y bueno, el recrudecimiento y intensificación sin precedentes de la guerra imperialista contra el país, o sea, con la imposición de, de un, eh, paquete de sanciones sin, sin comparaciones, bueno, en el hemisferio occidental, o sea, bueno, Cuba, pero, eh, u-una muy, muy severa que, que, bueno, conduce a efectivamente aniquilando, bueno, que, que la economía se queda, eh, bueno, eh, eh, achicándose por la mitad, pues.
Inside Venezuela's uncertain path to freedom | Leopoldo López
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0:15Elise HuHOST
From rising authoritarianism to disinformation, the question of how free societies grow and prosper has never felt more urgent.
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0:24Elise HuHOST
Leopoldo López is the Venezuelan opposition leader and former mayor of Caracas.
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0:30Elise HuHOST
He spent seven years as a political prisoner under Nicolás Maduro before escaping into exile.
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0:36Leopoldo LópezGUEST
I learned what freedom was when I was in prison.
¿Nos Están Contando Toda La Verdad?
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46:41Daniel LacalleGUEST
Además, es una persona...
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46:43Daniel LacalleGUEST
Yo soy muy buen amigo de María Corina, muy buen amigo también del señor Leopoldo López, que es un ejemplo-
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46:50Carolina RosarioHOST
Sí
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46:50Daniel LacalleGUEST
...pero ninguno de ellos-
One Country, Two Presidents
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4:10speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This weekend, massive crowds supporting this man, opposition leader Juan Guaido, who's declared himself Venezuela's legitimate president, accusing Nicolas Maduro of claiming victory in a sham election.
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4:22speaker_1NARRATOR
Juan Guaidó had assumed the leadership of the legislature on January 5th.
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4:26speaker_1NARRATOR
When the opposition won its parliamentary majority in 2015, the main parties agreed to take turns presiding over it.
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4:32speaker_1NARRATOR
In 2019, it was Voluntad Popular's turn.
Gary Kasparov & Destiny On the Rise Illiberalism
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50:30Gary KasparovGUEST
I just, it's ...
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50:31Gary KasparovGUEST
I'm very friendly and just one of the founder, um, with Masih Alinejad and Leopoldo López of, well, the anti-Congress.
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50:37Gary KasparovGUEST
And Masih is just, you know, is one of the most prominent voices, uh, uh, of Iranian opposition, targeted by, by, by Iranian regime.
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50:44Gary KasparovGUEST
Three attempts on her life, i- on American soil.
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72:03Gary KasparovGUEST
You want to go live in Cuba? Just talk to Cubans.
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72:06Gary KasparovGUEST
So talk to the, the Nicaraguans.
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72:09Gary KasparovGUEST
So I, uh, I've been a part of the global dissident movement, so I mentor a World Liberty Congress that we formed with Leon- Leopoldo López and Masih Alinejad.
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72:17Gary KasparovGUEST
There are 400-plus dissidents from 60-plus authoritarian countries.
Ep. 284: Venezuela is a cautionary tale w/ Jim Epstein and Germania Rodriguez Poleo
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13:58Jim EpsteinGUEST
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13:58Jim EpsteinGUEST
Leopoldo López, yeah, their pa- his passport was taken.
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14:00Nico PerrinoHOST
Yeah.
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14:00Jim EpsteinGUEST
And that happened to a lot of journalists in one sweep.
Revisited: Your Instincts Know What You Want with Happiness Expert Arthur Brooks
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34:48Simon SinekHOST
Where the guys who, uh, let go of outcome and they just decided to, uh, uh, e-embrace process.
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34:58Simon SinekHOST
So I, I, I, I had Leopoldo López on the, on the podcast.
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35:02Simon SinekHOST
He was, he's part of the Venezuelan, uh, uh, uh, movement to, for democracy.
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35:08Simon SinekHOST
He, he lives in exile right now.
Revisited: Your Instincts Know What You Want with Happiness Expert Arthur Brooks
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34:48Simon SinekHOST
Where the guys who, uh, let go of outcome and they just decided to, uh, uh, e-embrace process.
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34:58Simon SinekHOST
So I, I, I, I had Leopoldo López on the, on the podcast.
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35:02Simon SinekHOST
He was-- he's part of the Venezuelan, uh, uh, uh, movement to, for democracy.
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35:08Simon SinekHOST
He, he lives in exile right now.
Kagro in the Morning - September 30, 2026
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71:43David WaldmanHOST
While most opposition politicians grudgingly acceded to the boycott, they did so out of fear, fear more than solidarity.
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71:49David WaldmanHOST
The popular politicians banned from running, like Leopoldo Lopez, Enrique Capriles, and Maria Corina Machado, there's a name that rings a bell, had been implicated in plotting violent riots.
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72:04David WaldmanHOST
Was she, really? Because violent riots? Are we, you know, do I have the name right here? Pause for just a second.
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72:11David WaldmanHOST
I mean, they could be talking just as much about the other two names, but I don't know.
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73:25speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay.
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73:26speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay.
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73:27David WaldmanHOST
but where were we with this? Right, Leopoldo Lopez, Enrique Capriles, and Maria Corina Machado, well, I guess we got right, had been implicated in plotting, it is said, implicated in plotting violent riots, industrial sabotage efforts, and military coups, things normie Venezuelans opposed, and I thought, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
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73:46David WaldmanHOST
The idea behind the boycott was that opposition needed to have solidarity, but Venezuela-based opposition politicians like himself, Falcone, knew all too well solidarity was a one-way street with the Miami right wing.
What Venezuela Teaches Americans About Democracy with with the last U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela
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21:45James StoryGUEST
So any company that did business with the opposition suddenly was like, "Well, I don't, I don't...
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21:50James StoryGUEST
I'm, I'm gonna lose my business, so I don't wanna do that." Um, not only that, even after Maduro's capture, if you can imagine, y'all, um, they just took Leopoldo López's home away and turned it into a center, um, like an old folks' home.
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22:07James StoryGUEST
Uh, uh, killed his dogs and took his house.
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22:10Michael EddyHOST
That's-
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22:10James StoryGUEST
That happened after January 3rd
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22:12Michael EddyHOST
To point out Leopoldo López being a key opposition figure, right? Someone who's been in a long, uh, running against the regime for a long time, but yeah, thank you.
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22:20Michael EddyHOST
Could-
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22:20James StoryGUEST
Yeah.