On a week when the nation of Venezuela is shrouded in darkness from power outages, the Global Research News Hour puts current events in a political and geopolitical context. Long time Venezuela watcher and researcher Dr. Julia Buxton presents her perspectives over the course of the program. While acknowledging the important influence of US and foreign interference, she also points to some of the mistakes made by Maduro both politically and economically, and her concerns about the current impasse leading to bloodshed.