Delcy Rodríguez

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Politics

Venezuela shows signs of easing authoritarian controls after Maduro’s capture

After U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro and removed him to the United States a month earlier, Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has announced plans to close El Helicoide and proposed a mass amnesty while tests of censorship limits and opposition figures emerging from hiding have prompted cautious hopes

World

Venezuela congress approves hydrocarbons law to open oil sector to foreign investment

Venezuela’s congress has approved a hydrocarbons bill that opens the country’s oil sector to foreign private investment after pressure from the US, and acting president Delcy Rodríguez is expected to give her final approval to the bill imminently. The new hydrocarbons law promises to give private companies control

World

Venezuela’s National Assembly approves sweeping overhaul of oil sector

Venezuela’s National Assembly on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, approved a sweeping overhaul of the country’s oil laws that grants foreign oil companies greater operational control and could sharply reduce the royalties and taxes they pay, The New York Times reported. The legislation gives foreign companies clear control over

World

Trump orders immediate reopening of commercial airspace over Venezuela

President Donald Trump ordered the immediate reopening of commercial airspace over Venezuela on Thursday, weeks after US military forces toppled Nicolás Maduro, speaking at the White House during his cabinet’s first meeting of the year after a telephone call with Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez. At the meeting

Politics

Rubio Says Venezuela Will Submit Monthly Budget; Funds Held First in Qatari Account

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, that Venezuela’s interim government has agreed to submit a monthly "budget" to the Trump administration, which will release money from an account funded by the sale of Venezuelan oil and initially

Politics

Delcy Rodríguez hints at Deng‑style economic opening after replacing Maduro

After Nicolás Maduro was toppled and replaced by his Sorbonne‑educated vice‑president, Delcy Rodríguez, she used her first address filling his role to hint at a period of “reform and opening up”, prompting comparisons with Deng Xiaoping’s post‑Mao reforms in China. Rodríguez declared the start of a

World

Delcy Rodríguez opens Venezuela’s economy while retaining tight political control

Three weeks after U.S. forces whisked President Nicolás Maduro away from Caracas, his vice president and replacement, Delcy Rodríguez, has moved quickly to liberalize Venezuela’s economy while keeping the country’s repressive apparatus intact. Ms. Rodríguez has redirected oil exports from China toward the United States and funneled

World

Water-balloon fight in Barcelona, Venezuela, led to treason charges for 25 youths

Authorities in Barcelona, a coastal city in eastern Venezuela, detained 25 boys and young men — aged roughly 13 to 25 — after a water balloon fight days after President Nicolás Maduro was captured, and state prosecutors filed treason charges against them, according to court documents and interviews. The gatherings were an

World

Leaked video shows officials coordinating after reported US capture of Maduro

A leaked recording of a nearly two-hour meeting in Venezuela captures acting president Delcy Rodríguez on speakerphone claiming that, when US forces captured Nicolás Maduro, she and other cabinet members were given 15 minutes to decide whether to comply "or they would kill us." The video, first reported

World

Venezuela’s interim government accepts more U.S. deportation flights after Maduro’s capture

Venezuela’s interim government has agreed to accept an increased number of deportation flights from the United States, with three flights arriving this week at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, U.S. officials said. U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the increase follows the

Politics

Edmundo González says son-in-law Rafael Tudares freed after more than a year in detention

Edmundo González, widely considered the legitimate winner of Venezuela’s disputed 2024 presidential election, said on Thursday that his son-in-law, Rafael Tudares, had been released after more than a year in Venezuelan detention. González’s daughter, Mariana González de Tudares, confirmed the release on X, writing: "After 380 days

Crypto

USDT demand falls over 40% in Venezuela as exchange gap narrows

Beincrypto reports USDT demand in Venezuela has fallen by over 40% in the past 10 days, sharply narrowing the gap with the Central Bank’s official exchange rate. Policy shifts and new oil agreements with the United States have raised expectations of greater foreign-currency supply; earlier in January the American

World

Chavistas divided as Venezuela’s interim government forges ties with U.S.

Supporters of former president Hugo Chávez are divided over Venezuela’s new pact with the United States after U.S. forces seized President Nicolás Maduro this month, the New York Times reported. The report said the director of the C.I.A. travelled to Caracas to meet with interim President

World

CIA director visits Venezuela as María Corina Machado vows she will be president

The CIA director, John Ratcliffe, flew to Venezuela to meet acting president Delcy Rodríguez, the visit coming as sidelined opposition leader María Corina Machado publicly vowed she would become the country’s first elected female president. The Guardian said Ratcliffe’s agents had reputedly played a key role in locating

Politics

CIA Director John Ratcliffe Meets Interim Venezuelan Leader in Caracas

John Ratcliffe, the director of the C.I.A., met with Delcy Rodríguez, the interim president of Venezuela, in Caracas on Thursday, reinforcing the Trump administration’s message that it sees the interim government as the best path to short-term stability. Mr. Ratcliffe is the most senior American official and

World

Trump signals preference for Delcy Rodríguez as oil partner over opposition leader

President Trump this week signalled a preference for Delcy Rodríguez, a sanctioned ally of Nicolás Maduro whom he praised after a conversation, over María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who visited Washington and presented Mr. Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said

Politics

Trump to meet María Corina Machado at White House over Venezuela's future

Donald Trump will host María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel peace prize winner, at the White House on Thursday for talks about the oil-rich nation’s future following the US capture of Nicolás Maduro. Many in Venezuela and abroad had expected Machado to take charge after

World

Delcy Rodríguez delivers State of the Union in Caracas, backs opening oil fields

Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s interim leader, delivered her first State of the Union address before the National Assembly in Caracas on Thursday, blending the anti‑imperialist rhetoric of predecessors with moves that she framed as aligning with President Trump’s agenda. In the roughly 40‑minute speech Ms. Rodríguez echoed

World

Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s Interior Minister, Faces Uneasy Transition

Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister and a long-time ally of Nicolás Maduro, is facing an uneasy transition after a U.S. law enforcement operation that seized Mr. Maduro and an indictment that also names Mr. Cabello, who is the subject of a U.S. bounty. U.S. prosecutors have

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Trump to meet Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at White House

President Donald Trump is set to meet Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado at the White House later today. Machado’s political party is widely considered to have won the 2024 elections rejected by then-president Nicolás Maduro before the United States captured him, AP reported.

Politics

Venezuela says it has begun mass releases of political prisoners amid ongoing repression

Venezuelan authorities say they have carried out a "mass process of releases" of political prisoners, a move the United States welcomed even as NGOs describe the process as slow and opaque and residents report continued repression across the country. Congressional president Jorge Rodríguez said the releases already amounted

World

Venezuelan envoy Félix Plasencia to travel to Washington to begin embassy reopening

Félix Plasencia, an envoy of Venezuela’s interim government, planned to travel to Washington on Thursday to meet U.S. officials and begin the process of reopening the Venezuelan embassy, according to Venezuelans and Americans familiar with the matter. The trip would mark the first official visit to the U.

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Interim Venezuelan Authorities Free Several U.S. Citizens, State Department Says

Venezuela’s interim government freed several U.S. citizens who had been imprisoned in the country, the State Department said on Tuesday. The releases were the first known U.S. citizens freed after American forces captured President Nicolás Maduro and flew him to the United States to face trial. “We

World

Slow releases of Venezuela's political prisoners fuel hope and frustration

Venezuela’s interim government this week signaled a major release of political prisoners, but families say the promised liberations have been slow to appear. Ramón Guanipa Linares, who flew from Maracaibo to Caracas to see his father, a detained opposition politician, found only rumors and no information about a release.

World

U.S. intervention risks converting Venezuela into a protectorate

Time reports that a U.S. military intervention removed Nicolás Maduro from power and that Delcy Rodríguez has been sworn in as interim president, a change the author warns could convert Venezuela into a U.S. protectorate governed from abroad. The article notes Venezuela holds the world’s largest oil