Sources for this episode include:
- The Central Intelligence Agency in “Venezuela” from the CIA World Factbook
- Clare Ribando Seelke, Rebecca M. Nelson, Rhoda Margesson, and Phillip Brown in “Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations” from the Congressional Research Service
- Andres Antilliano, Enrique Desmond Arias, and Veronica Zubilliga in “Violence and territorial order in Caracas, Venezuela” from Political Geography
- Naomi Roht-Arriaza and Santiago Martinez in “Grand Corruption and the International Criminal Court in the ‘Venezuela Situation'” from the Journal of International Criminal Justice
- “U.S. Department of Justice Indicts Venezuelan Leader Nicolas Maduro on Narcotrafficking Charges” from the American Journal of International Law
- Amelia Cheatham, Daniela Roy, and Rocio Cara Labrador in “Venezuela: The Rise and Fall of a Petrostate” from the Council on Foreign Relations
- Rocio Cara Labrador in “Maduro’s Allies: Who Backs the Venezuelan Regime?” from the Council on Foreign Relations
- “Venezuela” from Freedom House