Inside Caracas: Venezuela after Maduro

When America seized Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro in January, it left the rest of his regime intact. Three months on, our correspondent finds optimism and some loosening of repression. Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado fled to America, now she explains her ambitions for the country. And celebrating the life of Nick Pope , who spent decades investigating UFOs. Guests and host: Kinley Salmon, Latin America correspondent Ann Wroe, obituaries editor Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered: Venezuela, oil, Maduro, Trump María Corina Machado, elections Nick Pope, UFOs, aliens, NASA Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—

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Inside Caracas: Venezuela after Maduro is an episode from The Intelligence from The Economist by The Economist.

This episode is 25:51 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2026.

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