Mainstream Media Spreading FAKE AI VIDEOS From Venezuela! w/ Max Blumenthal (The Jimmy Dore Show)

Following the US military assault on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro, many prominent social media personalities published AI-generated videos falsely depicting mass celebrations, demonstrating how fake media is being weaponized to advance U.S. war propaganda and regime-change narratives.

Guest host Russell Dobular and Max Blumenthal of The Grayzone explain that Venezuelan public opinion toward Nicolás Maduro is deeply polarized, with a significant Chavista base supporting a nationalist movement for resource sovereignty, while middle- and upper-class opposition—often abroad—backs U.S.-led regime change.

The two argue that economic hardship and migration were driven primarily by U.S. sanctions, not socialism, and that these sanctions are then cynically blamed for the very crises they created. The discussion places Venezuela in a broader regional context, warning that Donald Trump’s threats against leaders like Gustavo Petro in Colombia and Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico reflect an escalating doctrine of U.S. intimidation across Latin America.



A good explanation of the complexity of the situation. 

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, January 8, 2026.]