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This podcast from the Miranda Center for Democracy features in-depth episodes with special guests exploring the center’s research reports on the challenges of democracy, security, and freedom in Latin America and the Caribbean. We combine rigorous investigation and evidence-based analysis to advance democratic governance, protect human rights, and support those operating in complex contexts—particularly in Venezuela. Each episode examines key findings on electoral transparency, authoritarian influence, migration, and corruption, offering expert perspectives that fuel informed debate and action toward a more prosperous, secure, and free region.

Episodes

  1. Sep 27

    Iranian Influence in Venezuela - Guest: Masih Alinejad

    Subtitulo: “They wanted to take me to Iran… via Venezuela.”Masih Alinejad

    Iranian Influence in Venezuela - Guest: Masih Alinejad

  2. Sep 20

    Colombia After Maduro: How the New Moment in Venezuela Impacts Colombia’s Security

    Special guest:  Former president Iván Duque

    Colombia After Maduro: How the New Moment in Venezuela Impacts Colombia’s Security

  3. Sep 13

    How Gustavo Petro Bought Maduro Time - Epsiode #4

    Special guest: former Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez. Colombia did not remain neutral after July 28. Petro leveraged Bogotá’s diplomatic capital as a neighbor, a host country for the exodus, and a partner to Washington to lower the international cost of Maduro’s fraud: silence, an abstention at the OAS, and lukewarm mediation. That was not open support; it was an image-laundering exercise. And it gave the regime what it needed most: time.

    How Gustavo Petro Bought Maduro Time - Epsiode #4

  4. Sep 6

    Oil for repression: the $63.8 billion audit of cuba’s intelligence occupation in Venezuela. EPISODE#3

    What if I told you Venezuela didn’t “give away” oil to Cuba… it paid $63.8 billion for a repression system built in Havana?That’s the conclusion of a 2026 report from the Miranda Center for Democracy: Oil for Repression, the audit of Cuba’s intelligence occupation in Venezuela.Since 2000, Caracas sent subsidized crude, investments, and debt relief. In today’s dollars: $63.8 billion. In nominal terms, about $44.5 billion. Most of it was oil: at the peak years, more than 100,000 barrels a day.

    Oil for repression: the $63.8 billion audit of cuba’s intelligence occupation in Venezuela. EPISODE#3

  5. Aug 30

    Armies That Own Economies: Cuba’s Military Empire Exposed EPISODE# 2

    GAESA isn’t a company. It’s the Cuban military owning the economy.Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat breaks down the Miranda Center investigation: 40–50% of Cuba’s economy under one unaudited military conglomerate. Tourism. Remittances. Fuel. Banks. Loyalty purchased with cash. Repression financed by the same machine.Who really runs Cuba?

    Armies That Own Economies: Cuba’s Military Empire Exposed EPISODE# 2

  6. Aug 24

    Autechcracy: How China Built Venezuela’s Digital Dictatorship

    Autechcracy: How China Built Venezuela’s Digital Dictatorship China’s Technology Behind Maduro Regime’s Repression and Social Control.  Special Guest: Iria Puyosa.

    Autechcracy: How China Built Venezuela’s Digital Dictatorship
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This podcast from the Miranda Center for Democracy features in-depth episodes with special guests exploring the center’s research reports on the challenges of democracy, security, and freedom in Latin America and the Caribbean. We combine rigorous investigation and evidence-based analysis to advance democratic governance, protect human rights, and support those operating in complex contexts—particularly in Venezuela. Each episode examines key findings on electoral transparency, authoritarian influence, migration, and corruption, offering expert perspectives that fuel informed debate and action toward a more prosperous, secure, and free region.

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  • Creator
    Miranda Center
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Miranda Center Podcast