Is Venezuela better now?

现在的委内瑞拉情况是否好转?

Today, Explained

2026-05-07

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It’s been over four months since the United States overthrew Nicolás Maduro. One Venezuelan says she is grateful for the intervention and is cautiously optimistic for the future. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Demonstrators demanding better working conditions during a May Day rally in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • It's been just over two months since the president went to war with Iran, and it's getting really confusing, you guys.

  • We're shepherding ships through the strait.

  • Just kidding, we're not anymore.

  • Uncle, right?

  • The war is over.

  • We've won this.

  • This war has been won.

  • JK, it's not a war.

  • They don't like the word war.

  • For those of you doing the math at home, we're nine weeks into a four-week war that we won eight weeks ago.

  • The president, by this point, is supposed to need congressional approval to conduct this war,

  • but he 's flagrantly bypassing that, like, law?

  • They call it a military operation because that way you don't have a war, you don't have legal problems.

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  • It's been four months since the United States overthrew Nicolás Maduro.

  • We're going to ask if things in Venezuela are better now.

  • Some are saying yes.

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