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SUMMARY:Venezuela: When the Empire “Strikes Back”
DESCRIPTION:Venezuela: Third Strike Out!$35.00\n\n\n\nConversational Spanish\n\nMartes\, 01-20-2026 (PT)\n\n07:00 pm to 08:30 pm (PT)\n\nLevel: Int. – Adv.\n\n\nOnline Spanish Socials\nVenezuela: When the Empire “Strikes Back”\nIn recent years\, Venezuela has stopped being treated as a country and started being treated as a project.\nNot debated\, not negotiated — managed. \nWhat is framed as “concern\,” “stability\,” or “temporary liberation” has moved from diplomatic language into midnight operations\, press conferences\, and quiet regime choreography. \nWhat begins as foreign policy quickly turns into spectacle — where power\, resources\, and language collide\, and sovereignty becomes something performed rather than possessed. \nEmpire Logic Beyond the Headlines\nThis brings us to the central question of this meetup: \nWhat do we call it when an empire doesn’t invade — but still decides who runs the house? \nFrom sanctions to “liberation\,” from oil barrels to press releases\, from handshakes to handcuffs\, this session opens a space to reflect on how empire operates once invasion becomes unfashionable — and management becomes normal. \nWhat Is This Event About?\nJoin us for a provocative\, critical meetup exploring the modern mechanics of empire through the Venezuela case. Using recent events\, historical reruns\, and geopolitical theater\, we’ll discuss: \n\nWhen does “concern” become control?\nHow does language replace invasion?\nWhy is “temporary” the most permanent word in Latin America?\nIs oil the cause — or just the excuse?\nWhat happens when sovereignty becomes a performance?\nAnd above all: who actually pays the price when empires rebrand power as responsibility?\n\nWhy You Should Join:\n\n🧠 Critical thinking\, not slogans — this is not partisan cheerleading\, but geopolitical literacy.\n🔥 Real events\, real stakes — Venezuela\, oil\, China\, the U.S.\, and Latin America watching in real time.\n🎤 Interactive debate — not a lecture: your questions\, discomfort\, and provocations are welcome.\n🤝 Curious community — for those tired of sanitized headlines and ready to unpack what’s really happening.\n\nMain Cases & Themes We’ll Examine:\n\n“The Empire Strikes Back”: why the metaphor fits disturbingly well\n“Not an invasion\, it’s liberation”: how language reframes power\nOil\, gold\, and rare earths: resources as leverage\, not destiny\nInterim leaders and borrowed sovereignty\nChina’s quiet response vs. U.S. spectacle\nRussia’s silence as strategy\nLatin America’s collective eye-roll — history as déjà vu\nThe Monroe Doctrine → the “Don-roe”: empire nostalgia rebranded\n\nFormat & Flow (tentative):\n\nWelcome & opening (ice-breaker)\nShort presentation of 3–4 of the most provocative cases (with visuals)\nOpen discussion / debate in small groups\nCollective round: big questions + audience reflections\n(Optional) Suggested reading / resources list + final wrap up\n\n👥 Group Size Policy\n🕗 1 attendee: 07:00 p.m. – 07:45 p.m.\n🕗 2 attendees: 07:00 p.m. – 08:00 p.m.\n🕗 3+ attendees: 07:00 p.m. – 08:30 p.m.
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