The Hundred Year Pivot Ep. 11 – Brian Winter

About this episode

Grant Williams and Demetri interview journalist Brian Winter about the political situation in Venezuela and broader trends in Latin America.

Demetri and I welcome journalist and author Brian Winter to The Hundred Year Pivot to discuss the recent events in Venezuela and where they fit into the upheaval coming at us from seemingly every direction. Brian is the editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly and a seasoned analyst of Latin American politics and his balanced perspective is a welcome antidote to the unbridled certainty about the future that seems to have erupted since Maduro’s extradition/kidnap. We discuss the finer details of Venezuelan politics, what likely happens next, other key potential flashpoints in Latin America as well as the surprising resurgence of right-wing politics across a continent with a history of tending very consistently towards the other extreme of the political spectrum. Every episode of the Grant Williams podcast, including This Week In Doom, The End Game, The Super Terrific Happy Hour, The Narrative Game, Kaos Theory, Shifts Happen and The Hundred Year Pivot, is available to Copper and Silver Tier subscribers at my website www.Grant-Williams.com. Copper Tier subscribers get access to all podcasts, while members of the Silver Tier get both the podcasts and my monthly newsletter, Things That…

People in this episode

Host: Grant Williams

Guest: Brian Winter

Topics covered

• Venezuelan politics
• Latin American politics
• right-wing politics
• political upheaval
• journalism

Keywords

• Venezuela
• Brian Winter
• politics
• Latin America
• Maduro
• upheaval
• right-wing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Americas Quarterly

Places: Venezuela, Latin America

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