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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Thought we’d forgotten about Venezuela here on The Remnant?
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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.
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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.
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The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective.
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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.
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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.
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Can you dig it?
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This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant Podcast, brought to you by The Dispatch and Dispatch Media.
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We could not have more serendipitous convenient timing for today's guest.
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The only problem is the release of this podcast won't be till, I think, Monday, so it's not perfectly on the nose.
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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.
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He retired in May 2025.
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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.
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And maybe he knows something about non-renewable energy products in Venezuela as well.
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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.
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