Venezuela Over the Years | VICE Inside

Shane Smith sits down with Alex Chitty to discuss his experience producing in Venezuela.

As Venezuela continues adjusting to life after the capture of Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, Shane Smith sits down with longtime VICE producer Alex Chitty to look back on their reporting there, from its most chaotic years, to a very different reality today.

They revisit some of VICE’s most infamous shoots, including a trip embedded with cocaine traffickers moving product through West Africa — a story that became legendary during VICE’s early, anything-goes era.

Shane and Alex reflect on filming in Caracas when it was considered the murder capital of the world- covering riots, tear gas, and violent street clashes- and compare it to returning more recently, where parts of the country felt almost unrecognizable.

They also touch on the strange legacy of those early VICE years, from parody to perception, before turning to what the future might hold for Venezuela in the wake of Maduro’s removal and the country’s political transition.