How Venezuela became Beijing’s beachhead in America

03/01/2026 57 min

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Episode Synopsis

The National Security Hour with Major Fred Galvin – Once the wealthiest nation in Latin America, Venezuela has been reduced to authoritarian rule, economic ruin, and criminal governance under Nicolás Maduro. And into that collapse stepped China—buying oil, gold, rare-earth minerals, and political loyalty in exchange for billions in loans that turned a sovereign nation into a CCP client state...