1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: And now what they do, the radical left, they actually 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: have people, and it's hard to get them. 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 2: They won't pay people. 4 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: Most of these people are paid. You know they're paid 5 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: when they have brand new, beautiful printed signs by like 6 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: the highest quality printer. And you have a woman huh, 7 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: Free Maduro and the sign is before we even did 8 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: the attack, Free Maduro. 9 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson. 10 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 4: Good Wednesday morning at sign s. Have you with us 11 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 4: in the forty seven Morning Update, and we've got two 12 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 4: major stories for you. First up, President Donald Trump comes 13 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 4: out and says we're getting a lot of oil from Venezuela, 14 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 4: between thirty to fifty million barrels of oil. This could 15 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 4: have huge implications for Venezuela's economy as well as the US. 16 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 4: I'll explain that to you in just a moment. Also, 17 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 4: new warnings for Cuba at this hour coming from the 18 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 4: Trump administration. Is there a very good chance that Cuba 19 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 4: and the dictators there could be in serious trouble? 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He said that Venezuela will 61 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 4: turn over thirty to fifty million barrels of oil to 62 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 4: the United States of America. Donald Trump announcing that the 63 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 4: interim authorities in charge of Venezuela would be giving US 64 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 4: between thirty to fifty million barrels of high quality, sanctioned 65 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 4: oil to the United States. In a post on True 66 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 4: Social Trump explained that the oil would be sold at 67 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 4: its market price and that Trump would ensure the money 68 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 4: from the sales will be used to benefit the people 69 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 4: of Venezuela and the US, saying quote, I'm pleased to 70 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 4: announce that the innim authorities in Venezuela will be turning 71 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 4: over between thirty to fifty million barrels of high quality, 72 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 4: sanctioned all of the United States. This oil will be 73 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 4: sold at its market price, and the money will be 74 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 4: controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, 75 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 4: to ensure it is used to benefit not only the 76 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 4: people Venezuela, which means you and I as taxpayers, do 77 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 4: not have to worry about paying for Venezuela like we 78 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 4: did in Afghanistan in Iraq. He also went on to 79 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,919 Speaker 4: say this, I have asked the Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, 80 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 4: to execute this plan immediately. It will be taken by 81 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 4: stored ships and brought directly to unloading docks in the 82 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 4: United States of America. Now after Venezuela's socialist dictator Maduro 83 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 4: and his wife Flores were captured by US military forces. 84 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 4: Trump stated that the US will run everything regarding Venezuela's 85 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 4: oil reserves. It also has been reported that Venezuela, as 86 00:04:55,240 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 4: of Saturday's oil price, has approximately seventeen point three trillion 87 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:05,799 Speaker 4: in oil reserves, which exceeds the collective global gross domestic 88 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 4: product excluding the United States of America and China. To 89 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 4: put in perspective, this obviously is a major step forward 90 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 4: for the President and also to getting Venezuela back on 91 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 4: its feet and the people there that have been oppressed 92 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 4: by the commist regime for far too long. What they 93 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 4: need economic stability now story number two, What is next 94 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 4: for the Western hemisphere? That is a question that Donald 95 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 4: Trump is answering in real time through his actions instead 96 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 4: of his words. With Maduro's capture, there are now real 97 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 4: speculation among those in Washington that this could be the 98 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 4: beginning of the end for places like Cuba's dictators the 99 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 4: regime there. The House Intelligence Committee chairman going on Fox 100 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 4: News channel to talk about exactly what could be next, 101 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 4: and I want you to listen carefully to what he 102 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 4: had to say about the President also talking about Cuba. 103 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 4: So This will obviously have a lot of a domino 104 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 4: effect in the neighborhood down there. 105 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 5: President Trump and Secretary of Rubio talked about the possibilities 106 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 5: for Cuba. Let's play this clip real quick. 107 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 2: Cuba is going to be something we'll end up talking 108 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 2: about because Cuba is a failing nation right now, very 109 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: badly failing nation, and we want to help the people. 110 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 2: If it's very similar in the sense that we want 111 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 2: to help the people in Cuba. 112 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 5: When the president speaks, you should take them seriously. So 113 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 5: it's effice that to say, you know, Cuba is a disaster, 114 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 5: it's it's run by incompetent. See now, men, if I 115 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 5: lived in Havana and I was in the government, I'd 116 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 5: be concerned. 117 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 4: What is Cuba thinking right now? 118 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 6: We're going to We're going to see freedom in liberty 119 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 6: in Cuba. I mean the Cuba is a failed state 120 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 6: that people of Cuba do not like IDAs Canal, they 121 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 6: don't like their government. It was all it's all propped 122 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 6: up with the oil from Venezuela. So Cuba has been 123 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 6: the root of evil. So if you look at this 124 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 6: is an unbelievable opportunity. When Trump finishes this term, I 125 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 6: think all across Latin America see freedom and liberty. We 126 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 6: have a new president in Columbia next year, and I 127 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 6: think the right thing will happen there. I think diascnaw 128 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 6: will be will be gone. So I'm look, I'm excited 129 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 6: for all my friends that have fought all these years 130 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 6: for freedom and liberty and they have not been able 131 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 6: to get a president that would show up and do 132 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 6: the job that needed to be done. And this president 133 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 6: has been willing to do it. So hats off to 134 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 6: Donald Trump. 135 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 4: Senator Rick Scott and what he had to say there, 136 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 4: He's absolutely right, and it brings me the top lawmaker 137 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 4: of the House Intelligence Committee, also saying that he believes 138 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 4: that the weekend capture of Maduro may have a major 139 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 4: domino effect in Cuba. Chairman Rick Crawford, a Republican from Arkansas, 140 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 4: call it the beginning of the end for the regime. 141 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 4: Cuba and Venezuela have had a symbolic relationship for a 142 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 4: long long time. The congressman said, Cuba needs Venezuelan oil. 143 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 4: They no longer have the resources that will be provided 144 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 4: by Venezuela, and that means there are major consequences. According 145 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 4: to Crawford. Venezuela also benefited from the partnership by receiving 146 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 4: medical assistance from Cuba and military protections used by Maduro. 147 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 4: President of Cuba Manuel Diaz, is a one party communist 148 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 4: state that has been long at odds with the United 149 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 4: States of America, and the US has an economic embargo 150 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 4: on the country, restricting exports to and from Cuba, as 151 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 4: well as travel restrictions that limit tourism. Those measures have 152 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 4: been in place now for sixty three years. You go 153 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 4: back to February of nineteen sixty two when President JFK 154 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 4: proclaimed an embargo on trade between the United States and 155 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 4: Cuba and directed the Department of Commerce and the Treasury 156 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 4: to implement the embargo, which literally remains in place today. 157 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 4: The state harm and saying that on its own website, 158 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 4: which brings us to the bigger question that Crawford brought up. 159 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 4: He said, quote, you may very well see a very 160 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 4: popular uprising there. There's a lot of connective tissue. We have, really, 161 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 4: for a lack of a better term, we have a 162 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 4: familiar bond with Cuba. We have so many families in 163 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 4: South Florida that are directly connected to family members in Cuba. 164 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 4: That remittances are a big part of their economy. They 165 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 4: rely on the United States of America, whether they want 166 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 4: to admit it or not, We can play an outsized 167 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 4: role there in influencing those folks and helping them to organize, 168 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 4: to rise up and help overcome the oppressive, to help 169 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 4: overcome that oppressive regime. Now, Congressman Crawford isn't the only 170 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 4: one talking about how there could be a major domino 171 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 4: effect when it comes to Venezuela and now in other 172 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 4: parts of Latin America. The White House saying they believe 173 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 4: that this could certainly move us in the right direction 174 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 4: and inspire others to stand up to the regimes, whether 175 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 4: it's Columbia or Cuba. There are several other countries now 176 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 4: where there's real problems on the ground for the dictators, 177 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 4: including even Iran, which makes this part of the conversation 178 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 4: even more interesting. We're now hearing a new chant coming 179 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 4: out of Iran. Usually you hear the chant of death 180 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 4: to America. Right now, the protests are continuing across Iran, 181 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 4: and now the protests are calling for quote death to 182 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 4: the dictator, not to America. The protests against the Iranian 183 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 4: regime has now spread to most of Iran's thirty one 184 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 4: provinces as of Tuesday, including cities that have long been 185 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 4: seen as firmly loyal to the Ayatola. The current movement 186 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:56,359 Speaker 4: is arguably larger than the Women Life and Freedom uprising 187 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 4: that really shook the regime to its core in twenty 188 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 4: twenty two, and today's demonstrations are now showing no sign 189 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:08,719 Speaker 4: of backing down in the face of the brutal repression. 190 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:15,599 Speaker 4: The BBC cited video confirming massive protests in seventeen provinces, 191 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 4: plus reports of demonstrations in eleven more verified Video footage 192 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 4: of anti government demonstrations was posted from over fifty Iranian 193 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 4: towns and cities, including the Holy Cities as well, which 194 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 4: have previously been strongholds for the theocracy. Outside analysts said 195 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 4: these surprising size and the persistence of the protests in 196 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,679 Speaker 4: the regime's political fortress cities was a sign that even 197 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 4: the Iatola's hardcore supporters are abandoning him in the face 198 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 4: of rank incompetence and most importantly, massive economic collapse. The 199 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 4: regime seems reluctant to indulge in the kind of bloody 200 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 4: crackdown that snuffed out the Women, Life and Freedom movement, 201 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 4: the protests after Iran's humiliating defeat by Israel and the 202 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: United States in the summer of twenty twenty five, as 203 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 4: well as the uprising after the rigged elections in nine. 204 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:18,719 Speaker 4: The Iranian regime is also attempting a difficult political balancing 205 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 4: act by separating demonstrators with legitimate grievances from the rioters 206 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 4: who are supposedly acting on behalf of the United States 207 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 4: and European powers they claim, and all out bloodbath would 208 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 4: make it very difficult for the regime to pretend it 209 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 4: has sympathies and concerns for the Iranian people, which now 210 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 4: brings us to the President's promise if Iran does go 211 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 4: after the protesters, then America will step up, and that 212 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 4: seems to be giving cover for freedom for the people 213 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 4: of Iran to actually rise up against another regime. 214 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 215 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 3: with Ben Ferguson. 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