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The Guacamaya

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One Country, Two Presidents

October 13, 2026 · 23 min

Episode 27 | How did Venezuela end up with two presidents in 2019? In this episode we look at the strategy led by Juan Guaidó, the attempt to bring humanitarian aid into the country, and the tense interview between Jorge Ramos and the…
The Maduro Diet

October 6, 2026 · 23 min

Episode 26 | As Venezuelans searched for food in the garbage, Nicolás Maduro enjoyed a luxury steak dinner abroad. After crushing the protests of 2017, his regime tightened its grip on power while hunger transformed daily life. In this…
Why Maduro Survived

September 29, 2026 · 17 min

Episode 25 | Why did Nicolás Maduro survive Venezuela’s economic collapse and the mass protests of 2017? In this episode, we examine the two strategies that kept him in power: control over the military—and turning access to food into a…
Killing Venezuelans

September 22, 2026 · 19 min

Episode 24 | How far would Nicolás Maduro go to stay in power? In 2017, Venezuelans filled the streets demanding democracy, food, medicine, and a future in their own country. For four months, they kept marching as the regime answered…
Losing the National Assembly

September 15, 2026 · 20 min

Episode 23 | What happens when a dictatorship loses an election? In December 2015, Venezuela’s opposition won a sweeping majority in the National Assembly. Millions celebrated, believing change was finally within reach. But Nicolás…

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No Exit

September 8, 2026 · 23 min

Episode 22 | Why did Venezuela’s 2014 protests fail to force Nicolás Maduro from power? As students filled the streets and opposition leaders rallied behind La Salida, the government responded with repression, propaganda, and a strategy…
Things Fall Apart

September 1, 2026 · 23 min

Episode 21 | When Nicolás Maduro inherited Venezuela, the country was already dangerously fragile. Then came empty shelves, blackouts, spiraling inflation, rampant violent crime. This is the story of how Venezuela began to fall apart…
Nicolás Maduro

August 25, 2026 · 21 min

Episode 20 | Nicolás Maduro was easy to underestimate. He was mocked as a bus driver, an idiot, and dismissed as a weak successor to Hugo Chávez. But behind the jokes was a far more experienced political operator—one shaped by Cuba and…
Chavismo without Chávez

August 18, 2026 · 20 min

Episode 19 | In March 2013, Venezuela faced a question it had never confronted before: could chavismo survive without Hugo Chávez? In this episode we follow Chávez’s massive state funeral, the extraordinary ten-day campaign that turned…
Where is the President of Venezuela?

August 11, 2026 · 16 min

Episode 18 | For nearly three months, Venezuela's president had disappeared. After Hugo Chávez left for Cuba in December 2012, he missed his own inauguration and left the country trapped in a growing mystery over his health—and whether…
The Tragedy of Hugo Chávez

August 4, 2026 · 20 min

Episode 17 | In the final episode on Hugo Chávez, The Guacamaya explores the mysticism, charisma and improbable fortune that carried him from a failed coup to the presidency—and kept him there. From Bolívar’s Delirium on Chimborazo and…
Chávez's "Simón Bolívar"

July 28, 2026 · 18 min

Episode 16 | What was actually “Bolivarian” about Hugo Chávez’s revolution? This episode examines the Liberator Chávez worshipped, the historical Bolívar hidden beneath Venezuela’s national mythology, and the political ideas the two men…

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About the show

The Guacamaya is a podcast about Venezuela—its history, politics, and the forces that shaped the country we know today. From dictators and coups to oil, democracy, and the rise of Hugo Chávez, each episode goes beyond the headlines to explain how Venezuela got here... and where it may be going next.