00:00Let's go down to Latin America. Creighton Harrison is our executive editor who leads our Latin American coverage. And a lot of questions right now, Creighton, about what exactly is going on on the streets in Venezuela. We know that Dulce Rodriguez was sworn in, but there have been a lot of reports of various gangs and militias patrolling the streets, presumably to reinforce any loyalty that might still be left for Nicolas Maduro.
00:22Right. Well, this is the Maduro regime sort of reasserting itself. Right. And part of that is that swearing in with Dulce Rodriguez, who appeared after the new Congress was sworn in the National Assembly in Venezuela and had this ceremony and had some remarks about how she wanted to restore peace and sort of, you know, take care of the Venezuelan people and restore calm. But then out on the streets, you do see this. We've talked to a lot of witnesses in Caracas who
00:52who have seen, you know, some of the military intelligence patrols out. There are these sort of armed gangs called colectivos. They're loosely affiliated with parts of the government that are out there as well. And, you know, so there's sort of an air of repression out there. There's also a journalist organization that said that some reporters have been arrested. So these are classic tactics. This is the sort of thing that the Maduro regime
01:22has done over the years to make its presence felt and to remind everybody who's still the boss. And I think when you raise the question of who's in charge of Venezuela and President Trump says that the U.S. is there on the ground. If you're living in Caracas or other parts of Venezuela, it's pretty clear to you who feels like they're in charge on the ground.
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