{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/6ad6684d2a37aef6a2c2f13c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Trading Democracy for Oil? The Venezuela-US Deal","description":"<p>Everything about the Trump administration’s oil deal with Venezuela is troubling: It was negotiated in secret, raises questions about its legality and transparency, and was made with Venezuela’s unelected interim government.</p><p><br></p><p>Ian Vasquez joins Laura Bondank-Harmon to explain why the agreement could undermine Venezuela’s democratic transition. </p><p><br></p><p>Read more of Ian&#39;s work here: https://www.cato.org/blog/everything-about-us-venezuela-oil-deal-troublesome </p><p><br></p><p>Producer: Barbara Galletti</p><p>Post Production: Sedona LaMarre</p><p>Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman</p><p>Original Music: Cecil Sherman </p><p>Director of Photography: Darren Walker</p><p>Assistant Editor: Lester Romero</p><p>Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields</p><p>Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall</p>","author_name":"Cato Institute"}