Ricardo Vaz Returns! Venezuela's Struggle for Self-Determination Continues Despite Illegal U.S. Sanctions and Economic Blockade (Part 1 of 2)

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('Obcordate' means heart-shaped (especially in botany with the point of attachment at the narrow end of leaf- I didn't know it either.)

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Ricardo Vaz is back baby! Esteemed journalist, writer, artist, comrade and friend, Ricardo has agreed to become the official Venezuelan correspondent of the Barbarian Noetics Podcast.

In Part One of our conversation, we chat about the current challenging state of existence in Venezuela, as the people labor beneath both brutal U.S. sanctions and a global pandemic. We also discuss the United Socialist Party's (PSUV) recent electoral landslide, and what it says about Venezuelan politics and the peoples' commitment to defending their revolution, and much more. Part Two drops next week, and we will continue the conversation. 

Please check out Ricardo's work at Utopix, a collaborative work community for a counter-hegemonic, anti-capitalist and alternative visual communication. Find Ricardo's Utopix page here: https://utopix.cc/author/ricardo-vaz/

Also check Ricardo's articles and videos on Venezuelanalysis.com, the only unbiased English language news source on all things Venezuela.

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TRACKLIST FOR THIS EPISODE 

Jon and Vangelis - Horizon
Dyko