It’s Official: Marco Rubio is Running Venezuela
Simon Whistler · July 17, 2026 · 15 min video · Americas
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Working two jobs at once is never fun, there's long hours, there's not enough sleep, there's plenty of other things that people usually don't sign up for willingly. That is, unless your name is Marco Rubio, in which case, you had two jobs under your belt in the first few weeks of taking office, and even then, you're only just getting started.
Today, Marco Rubio is America's Secretary of State and Donald Trump's National Security Advisor.
But the focus of today's episode is that on top of everything else going on, he 's also more or less been running the show down in Venezuela. You know, in his spare time, there's a bit of a hobby. Not even I have time for hobbies.
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What happens when America's Secretary of State effectively runs another country? Explore Marco Rubio’s unprecedented influence in Venezuela, political power struggles, delayed democracy, oil politics, and Washington’s controversial strategy. Megaprojects: https://www.youtube.com/@megaprojects9649 SideProjects: https://www.youtube.com/@Sideprojects Into The Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheShadows Today I Found Out: https://www.youtube.com/@TodayIFoundOut Brain Blaze: https://www.youtube.com/@brainblaze6526 Casual Criminalist: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist Decoding the Unknown: https://www.youtube.com/@decodingtheunknown2373 Places: https://www.youtube.com/@Places302 Celestium: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestium1234 HomeFronts: https://www.youtube.com/@homefronts
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