José Luis Granados Ceja joins us to discuss the abduction of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, the US’s long war on the Bolivarian Revolution, and what to expect next from the Trump administration in Latin America.

José Luis Granados Ceja is a journalist and political analyst based in Mexico City. He previously worked as a staff writer for teleSUR and currently covers Latin America for Drop Site News. He is the co-founder of the Soberanía podcast and a presenter on the show Sin Muros on Mexico’s Canal Once. His stories focus on contemporary political issues and cover social movements, elections, and human rights in Latin America.

Follow him on social media: @GranadosCeja

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