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The U.S. arrest of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro shocked headlines, but @GeopoliticalCousins Marko Papic and Jacob Shapiro argue this story was never only about oil. In this conversation with Maggie Lake, they explain how the move signals a deeper shift toward a multipolar world where the U.S. is retreating to their backyard, Latin America, and where geopolitics, commodities, and other global powers, like China, increasingly drive market outcomes.
The discussion breaks down the so-called “Chuck Norris” and “Age of Empires” premium, why global inflation narratives are fracturing, and why industrial metals and supply chains matter more than energy headlines. They also explore where investors may find opportunity as the era of passive, “set-it-and-forget-it” investing, is now long gone.
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Chapters:
01:45 – Venezuela & Maduro’s Arrest: What Actually Matters
04:06 – Is This Really About Oil?
06:03 – U.S. Retrenchment and the Western Hemisphere
10:04 – The Day-After Problem for Venezuela: What Comes Next?
13:49 – The “Age of Empires” Commodity Shift
18:47 – China, Resources, and the Multipolar Reality
25:37 – What Does All This Mean for Europe as a Whole?
30:39 – Is Multipolarity Inherently Inflationary?
37:04 – Why This World Isn’t Going Back to Unipolarity
42:26 – Where the Real Investment Opportunities Are in a Multipolar World
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