How Socialism Destroyed Venezuela, Once Latin America’s Richest Nation—Daniel Di Martino [CPAC 2020]

By Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
Senior Editor
Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”
March 20, 2020Updated: March 22, 2020

In this episode of American Thought Leaders ??, we sit down with Venezuelan freedom activist, economist, and commentator Daniel Di Martino to discuss how socialism took hold in his home country of Venezuela, why he left, and how he sees the democratic socialism movement in the United States.

This interview was filmed at the CPAC convention in late February 2020.

American Thought Leaders is an Epoch Times show available on Facebook and YouTube.
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