Miranda Center Podcast

About Miranda Center Podcast

This podcast from the Miranda Center for Democracy features in-depth episodes with special guests exploring the center’s research reports on the challenges of democracy, security, and freedom in Latin America and the Caribbean. We combine rigorous investigation and evidence-based analysis to advance democratic governance, protect human rights, and support those operating in complex contexts—particularly in Venezuela. Each episode examines key findings on electoral transparency, authoritarian influence, migration, and corruption, offering expert perspectives that fuel informed debate and action toward a more prosperous, secure, and free region.

Publisher

Miranda Center

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Aug 2026

Latest episode

27 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Sept 2026

   Iranian Influence in Venezuela - Guest: Masih Alinejad

   Subtitulo: “They wanted to take me to Iran… via Venezuela.”Masih Alinejad

2. 

   20 Sept 2026

   Colombia After Maduro: How the New Moment in Venezuela Impacts Colombia’s Security

   Special guest: Former president Iván Duque

3. 

   13 Sept 2026

   How Gustavo Petro Bought Maduro Time - Epsiode #4

   Special guest: former Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez. Colombia did not remain neutral after July 28. Petro leveraged Bogotá’s diplomatic capital as a neighbor, a host country for the exodus, and a partner to Washington to lower the international cost of Maduro’s fraud: silence, an abstention at the OAS, and lukewarm mediation. That was not open support; it was an image-laundering exercise. And it gave the regime what it needed most: time.

4. 

   6 Sept 2026

   Oil for repression: the $63.8 billion audit of cuba’s intelligence occupation in Venezuela. EPISODE#3

   What if I told you Venezuela didn’t “give away” oil to Cuba… it paid $63.8 billion for a repression system built in Havana?That’s the conclusion of a 2026 report from the Miranda Center for Democracy: Oil for Repression, the audit of Cuba’s intelligence occupation in Venezuela.Since 2000, Caracas sent subsidized crude, investments, and debt relief. In today’s dollars: $63.8 billion. In nominal terms, about $44.5 billion. Most of it was oil: at the peak years, more than 100,000 barrels a day.

5. 

   30 Aug 2026

   Armies That Own Economies: Cuba’s Military Empire Exposed EPISODE# 2

   GAESA isn’t a company. It’s the Cuban military owning the economy.Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat breaks down the Miranda Center investigation: 40–50% of Cuba’s economy under one unaudited military conglomerate. Tourism. Remittances. Fuel. Banks. Loyalty purchased with cash. Repression financed by the same machine.Who really runs Cuba?

6. 

   24 Aug 2026

   Autechcracy: How China Built Venezuela’s Digital Dictatorship

   Autechcracy: How China Built Venezuela’s Digital Dictatorship China’s Technology Behind Maduro Regime’s Repression and Social Control. Special Guest: Iria Puyosa.

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