Topic: Jorge Valero

The segment contrasts U.S. media reports with a speech by Venezuelan UN Ambassador Jorge Valero, who "blasted" U.S. hypocrisy regarding international treaties and the border wall. NBC News reports focus on Maduro's financial "squeeze" and his claims that President Trump ordered a "hit squad" to kill him. The hosts reflect on the history of Hugo Chávez and his previous claims that the CIA gave him cancer.

The United Nations Human Rights Council suspended Libya, a move praised by U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice. However, Venezuelan envoy Jorge Valero criticized the move, accusing the United States of using human rights as a pretext for military intervention to seize Libyan oil and energy resources.