The Open Veins of Venezuela | Interview: James Story

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Goldberg, J. (2026, September 7). The Open Veins of Venezuela | Interview: James Story. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/the-open-veins-of-venezuela-interview-james-story/

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James Story, the former US ambassador to Venezuela from 2018-2023, is being interviewed on The Remnant podcast by Jonah Goldberg about US-Venezuelan relations. Story has recently retired and now works for Global Frontier Advisors, which focuses on critical minerals and renewable energy projects in Latin America and Africa. The interview will likely delve into recent history of the US-Venezuela relationship, including interactions with Nicolás Maduro and Delcy Rodríguez.
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James Story, the former ambassador to Venezuela, is being interviewed on The Remnant, a production of The Dispatch. He will discuss various aspects of US-Venezuelan relations, including *Nicolás Maduro*, *Delcy Rodríguez*, and a possible democratic transition in Venezuela.

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“Article A reports on a specific oil deal between the US and Venezuela, while Article B is an interview discussing various aspects of US-Venezuelan relations, including the oil deal, but does not describe the same specific event or occurrence”
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Jonah Goldberg
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Topics

Bolivarian Dispatch The Dispatch U.S.-Venezuelan Venezuela

Subjects

Venezuela GPE · 4× Jonah PERSON · 3× Dispatch ORG · 2× Jonah Goldberg PERSON · 2× The Dispatch ORG · 2× Bolivarian NORP · 1× Delcy Rodríguez PERSON · 1× James Story PERSON · 1× Nicolás Maduro PERSON · 1× U.S.-Venezuelan GPE · 1×

Narrative

Jonah is joined today by James Story, the former ambassador to Venezuela, to take us deep into the recent history of U.S.-Venezuelan relations, Nicolás Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez, a possible democratic transition, the oil deal, the Venezuelan diaspora, Marco Rubio, the boat strikes, the professional foreign service post-DOGE, and Pax Americana.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-07
🔮 We could not have more serendipitous convenient timing for today's guest.
2026-09-07 · The Dispatch
The Open Veins of Venezuela | Interview: James Story · assertive framing

Claims (15 extracted, 3 hedged)

Thought we’d forgotten about Venezuela here on The Remnant? asserted
we → think → Remnant
As prone as Jonah Goldberg is to getting distracted by the finer things of life—Old English dialects, zombie movies, etc.—he’s kept a weather eye fixed southward on our Bolivarian neighbor. asserted
Goldberg → distract → neighbor
Jonah is joined today by James Story, the former ambassador to Venezuela, to take us deep into the recent history of U.S.-Venezuelan relations, Nicolás Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez, a possible democratic transition, the oil deal, the Venezuelan diaspora, Marco Rubio, the boat strikes, the professional foreign service post-DOGE, and Pax Americana. asserted
Jonah → join → relations
The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. asserted
Remnant → cover → perspective
To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including the Saturday Ruminant, audio versions of all our articles and newsletters, and Jonah’s twice-weekly G-File—click here. asserted
access → access → articles
Instructions on how to set up your members-only feed can be found here, and if you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. asserted
you → set → experience
Can you dig it? asserted
you → dig → it
This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant Podcast, brought to you by The Dispatch and Dispatch Media. asserted
This → bring → Dispatch
We could not have more serendipitous convenient timing for today's guest. uncertain
We → have → guest
The only problem is the release of this podcast won't be till, I think, Monday, so it's not perfectly on the nose. asserted
it → think → nose
But today we have James "Jimmy" Story, I've confirmed that, served as both ambassador and chargé d'affaires to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from July 2018 until May 2023. uncertain
I → have → May
He retired in May 2025. uncertain
He → retire → May
Ambassador Story is a founding partner of Global Frontier Advisors, a geopolitical advisory firm focused on critical minerals, supply chains, and renewable energy product-- projects with Latin America and Africa. asserted
Story → found → America
And maybe he knows something about non-renewable energy products in Venezuela as well. asserted
he → know → Venezuela
It's a pleasure to be with you, and interesting days in Venezuela as always, and I think we're gonna unpack that a little bit. asserted
we → think → that
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