"Cuba is next..." - Venezuelan on Maduro Capture, Oil Stockpile, & Cuban Spies | Daniel DiMartino

FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/2n9Y_AJlzmA

With news surrounding Nicolás Maduro’s capture/arrest, many assume Venezuela’s crisis is nearing an end. Daniel DiMartino says that assumption is dangerously premature.

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In this clip, DiMartino reacts to the implications behind Maduro’s removal — from hidden oil stockpiles to the deep role of Cuban intelligence embedded inside the Venezuelan state. The regime wasn’t held together by ideology alone, but by surveillance, foreign leverage, and control over energy resources.

Daniel explains why removing a figurehead doesn’t dismantle the system underneath, why Cuba’s intelligence apparatus mattered more than most realize, and why the next phase may be more unstable than people expect.

This isn’t celebration. It’s analysis.

Inside this clip:

• What Maduro’s capture actually means

• Why oil stockpiles are central to power

• The Cuban intelligence role in Venezuela

• Why regimes don’t fall cleanly

• What could come next for Venezuela — and Cuba

• Why the story doesn’t end here

No victory laps.

No simple endings.

Just power — and what survives when leaders fall.

***TIMESTAMPS***

0:00 - Intro

1:45 - Daniel’s Childhood in Venezuela, Chavez & Socialism, $17 Trillion Oil Industry

13:55 - 1992 Venezuela Coup, Maduro Cuban Alliance, Chavez takes hold

25:25 - Zohran, Daniel’s Parents, Chavez Oil Seizure Breakdown, Cuban Doctor’s Program

35:01 - Venezuela Sanctions, Daniel becomes economist & wakes up, Chavez Constitution

45:09 - Regime Change, International Law, Venezuela Exodus

58:07 - Daniel’s Grandfather Story, Maduro, Communism & relationship w/ Catholic Church

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