Venezuelans on U.S. Military Presence, Maduro, and Regime Change
In a thought-provoking segment from “60 Minutes,” producer Michael Karzis and correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi delve into the complex dynamics of Venezuela as citizens share their perspectives on the U.S. military presence, the Maduro regime, and the notion of regime change. Set against the backdrop of a bustling Caracas market, the interviews offer a raw and unfiltered look at the sentiments of Venezuelans grappling with political turmoil and economic challenges.
As tensions between the United States and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro escalate, ordinary people voice their concerns, hopes, and fears about external intervention and national sovereignty. This episode not only highlights the daily struggles of Venezuelans but also raises critical questions about the implications of foreign involvement in their country’s future.
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Every election they trot obama out like some kind of old Mr. Peanut commercial
This is what he was elected for.
US now decides which President runs Venezuela and who should be removed, it is up to the Venezuelans, is it not?
60 minutes just unalived each and every one of the interviewees
For a people afrad to speak out, they sure are outspoken! More dissenting voices in this video than among ALL the Republicans in Congress. So, who is afraid of the big, bad Wolf??
You cannot trust 60 minutes. Everyone in this interview is in danger now they should have at least had the courtesy or common sense to blur these people out so that they are not prosecuted or even killed by the Maduro regime for what they said in this interview.
Does Noone remember the state of the union address by trump when he gave sanctuary to Venezuelas duly elected president who was beaten by smartmatic voting machines now widely used in America political theater at its best
Hey 60 minutes…WTF? It’s like the time Obama foretold the American military pull out from Iraq a year in advance. Isis waited a year then began attacking again
MADURO DIDN'T CALL IT OFF BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS…HE'S PLAYING WITH YOU, FOOLS
Why talk to RIGHT WING NEO CON Scott orvthe other guy. Both war criminsls.
Did you talk about the sanctions causing the economic problems.???
No you didnt.
60 mimites is nowca right wing propaganda outlet.
🤷 Couldn't Annex Canada or Greenland, so we will just take Venezuela under false pretenses for the natural resources……if it was about drugs we would have started here at home 🏡 ….🤔….one could ask why there are no drugs in the Philippines and their not invading countries to acheive this 🙄
The tsunami of fentanyl coming to America from Venezuela is Germ Warfare. They've been at War with America for far too long. It's time to end the immeasurable fatalities that continue to occur to the innocent citizens of America.
Invasion ??
This is not journalism; this is outright a US propaganda piece cheering for intervention — once again, as has happened regularly over the past decades. We live in crazy times.
60 minutes, in my opinion it has to be a dishonest interview.
Damn, 60 Minutes has went down the toilet, hadn't watched it in ages, but damn!
Its not nice to fool Exxonmobile. LOL
I live in Trinidad n Tobago drugs n guns n cocaie always come in Trinidad n Tobago from Venezuela be real TNT people
Them people bring the drugs in them both they do they've been doing that way for Trump got in the chair give me a number drug box that's all they are and Trump doing the right thing to blow them out the water
When they say 60 minutes they mean interviewing the fruit lady for 60 minutes and then leaving
Take him out. End the suffering of those people. Let their families come home!
Scott is a traitor.
The real reason is there have been foreign state actors paying madoro as a landlord for building first strike capabilities bases in and around Venezuela under the guise of mining for rare earth mineral this the real reason and it time to remove these bases there is no more time to waste 🙏🇺🇸🪖🚀💪✝️👁️⚖️🕢🙏
Interesting, people are speaking without fear to a US journalist. In a dictatorship, this would not happen. So something is wrong with the video..
One Day God is going to put an end to all this fighting amongst humans, he will return and clean the earth and make it anew, listening to some of the people which were interviewed here, they are so naieve to what is really going on.
President? 🤣🤣🤣 / President of Venezuela??
What happened to 60 minutes? These people are afraid of Maduro. Because they say they don't make drugs, Venezuela isn't a narcostate.? The evidence says the opposite
Majority of the U.S. lives below the poverty line.
Aproximadamente 77 millones de estadounidenses son leales a Trump y creen fácilmente narrativas falsas, incluidas operaciones de falsa bandera para justificar cambios de régimen. Durante más de 25 años, los Estados Unidos han impuesto sanciones bajo la Doctrina Monroe para desestabilizar a Venezuela y reemplazar a líderes democráticamente elegidos como Chávez y Maduro con aliados estadounidenses, lo que ha causado millones de refugiados venezolanos. Ahora, Estados Unidos busca derrocar a Maduro por la fuerza militar. Kamliar fomentó el bacanal cuando, hace meses, dijo que se atacara al pueblo venezolano sitiado con fuerza letal.
USA warmongering as always
Oil + USA= By Any means (He will get sniped by one of his own)
trash
AS A VENEZUELAN I SAY YES TO THE INTERVENTION
60 minutes, for your knowledge people will not talk bad about the government because they will be persecuted if they do it. It is foolish to ask those questions in a socialist-communist nation where the is no freedom of speech
The US military finally doing their job? 😊
This is not journalism
maduro is the modern day osama bin Laden
Propaganda, tell me how many Americans are happy,
These "journalist" CIA assets should be jailed.
A follow up to this episode, a free ariticle in Foreign Affairs magazine:
How to Topple Maduro – And Why Regime Change Is the Only Way Forward in Venezuela
Elliott Abrams – November 20, 2025
Just end Maduro, like folks were ended in the 80’s. Silent in the night. Everyone found out the next day. Problem solved, and everyone happy.
What about major ports and drugs being smuggled into America in shipping containers. We don’t know everything. But it’s always South America getting the blame. There a big ocean and other countries involved. America needs someone better to serve, not just keep getting rich
Pure propaganda for a war. I don't blame Russia anymore
united states presidents are controlled by subsaharan heroin … and any drugs smuggled here are sold here to pay for subsaharan heroin there.
But the cocaine brings that country big money trump should take that guy out of power and give the people a better life and yes they should have blurred the peoples faces
Nadie le teme a la policía, aquí en Venezuela cualquier persona puede decir en la calle que no está de acuerdo con maduro y no pasa nada, de hecho, los debates son habituales. Lo que no comprenden ustedes, es que maduro tiene un gran apoyo popular. En la realidad, la mayor parte de los votantes esta con maduro, la derecha no tiene apoyo popular, la gente sabe que la derecha venezolana no es más que servil a los intereses de estados unidos, de paso es antipatriota, antinacionalista y muchas ocasiones ha demostrado como odian al pueblo.
Look what deterrence does in the world and how the nuclear weapons does the job well… USA with Rusia never will do this but look what they done to others without nuclear weapons…