Venezuela is restoring consular ties with Israel 17 years after Hugo Chávez cut them over the 2009 bombing of Gaza. Meanwhile, its elected president Nicolás Maduro sits in a New York City jail cell. Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra connect what many are calling a “departure” from the principles of the Bolivarian Revolution to Israel’s broader incursion into Latin America. Milei in Argentina has facilitated Israel’s “Isaac Accords” and Trump-backed hard-right governments across the region are trading their peoples’ sovereignty for Washington’s favor. They connect Caracas’s recent decisions to the reported $13 billion in Venezuelan oil revenue the US has collected since it bombed Caracas on January 3. Pete Hegseth’s Shield of the Americas is promising to militarize the entire hemisphere. Marco Rubio has a plan to topple leftist governments. The so-called “Trump corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine is playing out in real time. Watch full episodes of BT Live, join breakthroughnews.org as a member today!

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