How Will U.S. Removal Of Venezuela's Maduro Reshape Miami Condos, Economy, Investment?

In this episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™, journalist Forrest Jones draws on his reporting from Venezuela to discuss how the capture of President Maduro marks a turning point for South Florida.The weekly podcast The Peter Zalewski Show™ features interviews with South Florida business leaders focused on real estate, finance and the economy.The program - hosted by Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ - is broadcast live every Wednesday at 4 pm (Miami time) at MiamiCondo.Club and on Peter Zalewski’s social media accounts to watch the free live broadcasts.The objective of the show is to deliver straight talk, share institutional knowledge and provide data-driven analysis on the macro and micro economic forces shaping the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.Episode OverviewIn the Jan. 7, 2026, episode of The Peter Zalewski Show™ podcast, host Peter Zalewski interviews journalist and author Forrest Jones of ContentByForrest.com about the shifting Miami-Venezuela dynamic following the U.S. removal of President Nicolas Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026.Jones—a former foreign correspondent who interviewed Hugo Chavez in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas in the 1990s—analyzes the diaspora in South Florida and the political legacy of the Chavez-Maduro era.The conversation draws on themes from Jones’ 2021 thriller, “The Placebo Agenda,” a global narrative set in Caracas, Miami, Moscow and Washington, D.C., that exposes high-level political corruption.During the 66-minute podcast, the discussion analyzes the global oil trade, economic fallout and Miami’s future as a Latin American gateway amid shifting political tides, Liberation Day tariffs and aggressive U.S. immigration policies.The analysis also breaks down the local consequences for South Florida condo sales, the economy and foreign investment driven by the possible pivot of U.S. capital to Venezuelan oil and the deportation of South Florida residents back to South America.