>> TONIGHT, SOCIALIST
VENEZUELAN DICTATORSHIP IS ON
THE VERGE OF TOTAL COLLAPSE.
MY SOURCES ON THE GROUND IN
VENEZUELA TELL ME NICOLAS
MADURO IS NERVOUS.
VERY NERVOUS.
SO NERVOUS THAT HE IS GROWING
EVEN MORE PARANOID.
AND MORE DESPERATE.
HE STOLE THE LAST ELECTION AND
HE IS IMPRISONED OR TRY TO
IMPRISON ANYWAY, MOST OF HIS
RIVALS.AND NOW, WITH PEOPLE
STARVING, WITH THE COUNTRY
HAVING NO ABILITY TO KEEP HIS
LIGHTS ON, NO ABILITY TO PAY
ITS DEBT HOLDERS, NO ABILITY TO
HELP THE PEOPLE WHILE
SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVING NO
SUPPORT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY FOR THAT NICOLAS
MADURO ADMINISTRATION.
NICOLAS MADURO IS DESPERATE NOW
TRYING TO HOLD ONTO HIS
SOCIALIST POWER.
BUT IT COULD BE COMING TO AN
END BECAUSE ON JANUARY 23, THIS
COMING WAS IT THE PEOPLE ARE
PREPARED TO TAKE THEIR COUNTRY
BACK.
THEY ARE HEADING TO THE STREETS
FOR A MASSIVE PROTEST.
THEY ARE DEMANDING THAT
SOCIALIST MADURO RESIGN AND
THAT THIS MAN, DO WE HAVE A
PICTURE OF HIM?
HE IS EFFECTIVELY, THEIR LEADER
OF THE HOUSE, WILL SHOW YOU A
PICTURE.
HE IS 35-YEAR-OLD -- THEY
WANTED TO BECOME PRESIDENT.
THEY WANT REAL ELECTIONS HELD.
35-YEAR-OLD, ENGINEER, WAS
EFFECTIVELY, THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE.
THEY WANT HIM TO COME IN, HIS
NICE WIFE AND A NICE LITTLE
GIRL.
AND BE THERE INTERIM PRESIDENT.
SO THEY HAVE THE SHOT AT HAVING
A REAL ELECTION.
THAT IS HIM, YOU ARE LOOKING AT
VIDEO RIGHT THERE.
ANYWAY SOCIALISM AND THE CUBAN
INFLUENCE IN VENEZUELA, IT HAS
NOT WORKED.
AND TONIGHT AS MADURO
RECOGNIZES THE END IS NEAR HIS
DESPERATE, PROMISING THE
MILITARY THAT HE IS THEIR
LIFELINE.
AND THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO
TAKE CARE OF THEM.
YOU SEE, HE CAN'T.
THAT SHIP HAS SAILED.
AND ONCE YOU LOSE CONFIDENCE OF
THE MILITARY, IN A COUNTRY LIKE
THAT, GUESS WHAT, MR. MADURO?
YOU HAVE LOST.
THE REASON THE POLICED LET --
GO AFTER HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE
MADURO TEAM, HE PROMISED THEM I
AM TOLD, THAT THEY WOULD BE
SAFE WITH HIM.
AND IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE
WORRIED ABOUT PRISON AND
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR VERY
EXISTENCE, THE PERSON THAT CAN
KEEP THEM SAFE IS THE PERSON
THEY TRUST.
MEANWHILE, PORTLY, INVESTORS
ARE NOW PUTTING MONEY ON THE
LINE.
AND THEY ARE BETTING BIG TIME
ON A REGIME CHANGE IN
VENEZUELA.
AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE
VENEZUELAN SOVEREIGN DEBT,
THERE TRADING UP TO 20 AND 24
PERCENT IN RECENT DAYS BECAUSE
INVESTORS THINK A REGIME CHANGE
IS COMING.
YOU GET RID OF THE SOCIALIST,
GET A LITTLE CAPITALISM IN
THERE, GET SOME DEMOCRACY IN
THEIR AND GUESS WHAT?
MAYBE VENEZUELA WILL PAY ITS
BILLS.
THAT IS WHY THE BONDS ARE
TRADING HIGHER.
WE WERE REPORTING ON THIS HERE
NOT JUST BECAUSE OF DEMOCRACY,
CAPITALISM AND FREEDOM ARE SO
IMPORTANT, THESE ARE IDEALS
THAT WE NEED IN OUR HEMISPHERE.
THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA I WILL
TAKE, THEY DO NOT DESERVE TO
LIVE IN THIS KIND OF POVERTY.
THEY DO NOT DESERVE THIS WHEN
THEIR NATIONS HOME TO THE
RICHEST OILFIELDS IN THE WORLD.
AND IT ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT
VENEZUELA, JUST ABOUT THREE
HOURS FROM MIAMI, IS A VERY
SCARY CASE STUDY.
THAT ALL OF US SHOULD WATCH
INTENTLY.
BECAUSE IT DOES SPELL OUT THE
DANGERS OF SOCIALISM.
HERE WITH ME RIGHT NOW,
VENEZUELAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
MEMBER, PART OF THE OPPOSITION,
HE OPPOSES NICOLAS MADURO.
HE HAS DOCUMENTED AND STATED
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN HIS
COUNTRY IN DEPTH.
ANGEL ALVARADO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
LIVE FROM CARACAS.
TELL ME WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
YOUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW?
>> WELL, MADURO RIGHT NOW IN
VENEZUELA, THEY HAVE BEEN NO
ELECTIONS THE PAST YEAR AND
RIGHT NOW HE IS IN POWER.
THE PRESENT VEIL TRENT OF THE
PRESIDENT IN VENEZUELA MUST BE
-- BUT WE WON THE PARLIAMENT
AND THEN CREATE A CONDITIONAL
GOVERNMENT THAT CALLS FOR FREE
ELECTIONS.
MADURO WANTS TO STAY IN POWER.
BECAUSE SOCIALISM IN VENEZUELA
AND.
[INAUDIBLE] FOR EXAMPLE, THREE
YEARS AGO -- I HAVE LED A
PROJECT FROM THE PARLIAMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, 1,700,000 PERSONS,
THIS YEAR IT COULD REACH MORE
THAN 10 MILLION PERCENT.
>> YOU'RE TALKING THE INFLATION
LEVELS OF A MILLION PERCENT
THIS YEAR.
AND 10 MILLION PERCENT NEXT
YEAR.
THIS IS PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY.
WE DO HAVE VIDEO.
MAYBE WE CAN SHOW THE VIEWER.
PEOPLE LITTERING WITH THE
CURRENCY, IT'S LIKE THE DOLLAR
BUT THEY ARE SO WORTHLESS NOW
IN VENEZUELA THAT THE CURRENCY
WHICH WAS ONCE REAL MONEY, IS
NOW SEEN AS GARBAGE.
HOW DOES AN ECONOMY EXIST LIKE
THAT?
>> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, DAILY INFLATION IS
AROUND THREE PERCENT DAILY.
INFLATION DAILY!
EVERY DAY, IT IS CHANGING VERY
FAST.
THIS HAS MADE -- MORE THAN 22
PERCENT AND 10 PERCENT WOULD BE
-- SOCIALISM HAS IMPOVERISHED
THE VENEZUELANS.
RIGHT NOW HE IS IN POWER AND
AGAINST THE LAW, AGAINST THE
RULE OF LAW, AGAINST THE WILL
OF VENEZUELA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU'RE