The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2026/01/04 at 22:00 EST

Episode Date: January 5, 2026

The World This Hour for 2026/01/04 at 22:00 EST

This ascent isn't for everyone. You need grit to climb this high this often. You've got to be an underdog that always over-delivers. You've got to be 6,500 hospital staff, 1,000 doctors, all doing so much with so little. You've got to be Scarborough. Defined by our uphill battle and always striving towards new heights. And you can help us keep climbing.

Donate at lovescarbro.cairbo. from CBC News, the world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will appear in a New York court tomorrow after he was captured in a U.S. raid this weekend. Inside Venezuela, Maduro's allies remain in control of the country, vowing not to bend the will of the U.S. meantime, worried Venezuelans are stocking up on essentials and waiting to see what happens. Katie Simpson reports. As the sun rose over Caracas, the streets appeared largely quiet and a sense of unease settled in. The few who ventured out waited in line for gas or groceries, including

Sherat Hernandez, a mother of several young kids. I'm anxious because I don't know what's going to happen, Hernandez says, and that she is trying not to panic. In a television address, the defense minister announced Delci Rodriguez is now in charge. Rejecting the idea the regime will cooperate despite the assertions made by President Donald Trump. We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition. Trump ratched up the pressure even further. In a phone interview with a journalist from the magazine, The Atlantic, he threatened Delci Rodriguez to work with the U.S.

saying if she doesn't do what's right, she's going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro. Katie Simpson, CBC News, Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants U.S. oil companies to play a big role in Venezuela's future. The country has the world's biggest oil reserves, but as Avondyre reports, it will take a lot to revive a sector that has fallen under mismanagement and decay. So we are all all over the world. Lino Carrillo is one of hundreds of highly trained workers who were dismissed from their jobs in Venezuela's oil industry by former socialist leader Hugo Chavez and found a new life in Alberta's oil sands. But the infrastructure is pretty much in shambles.

There are years of work ahead to repair Venezuela's oil fields. Francisco Monaldi is a Venezuelan who heads the Latin American energy program at Houston's Rice University. For Venezuela to produce 4 million barrels in a decade, it will require North Carolina. of a hundred billion dollars. It's overall a very kind of politically risky environment. Oil market analyst Rory Johnston says companies probably won't rush in. They would need to see a new government installed in Venezuela and then a track record of that government, you know, behaving well.

Venezuela won't only need investment to get its oil flowing and will almost certainly need help from its diaspora of oil industry professionals, some of whom told CBC News they're ready to go back. Evan Dyer, CBC News, Ottawa. A northern Manitoba First Nation is still far from recovering from a power outage which put it in the dark for four days and led to major infrastructure and building damage. Alexander Silberman reports.

In Pimichikamak, Cree Nation, dripping water, spraying and gushing out of cracked pipes is making hundreds of homes unlivable. We're running out of food. go to water. Chief David Monius says more than 200 homes are severely damaged. He estimates repairs will cost at least $44 million. There's a risk of people can electrocuted if there's water on the ground. The First Nation no longer has safe drinking water. More than 4,000 people have already been evacuated and the extensive water damage is forcing more residents to leave

their homes. Indigenous Services Canada says it's working to help make that happen and provide funding. But as the cleanup begins, the community needs more than money. Monius is now putting out a plea for skilled tradespeople. We need engineers, plumbers, electricians. Alexander Silberman, CBC News, Edmonton. And finally, Team Canada is playing the Czech Republic tonight at the World Junior Hockey Championship in St. Paul, Minnesota. Right now, the Czech Republic is ahead to one in the second period. The winner will go on to play for gold against Sweden. And that is your world this hour. I'm Neil Hurland.