US EditionCIA Director Ratcliffe Meets Venezuela’s Acting President Rodriguez in Caracas: Report
The meeting aimed to build trust and intelligence cooperation, with a focus on economic collaboration and stopping Venezuela as a safe haven for U.S. adversaries, especially narcotraffickers.
- On Thursday, CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas, The New York Times reported the Jan 15 meeting, but Reuters could not immediately verify it.
- U.S. officials say the meeting aimed to build trust and reflects Ratcliffe's push for a less risk-averse CIA as President Donald Trump asserts control over Venezuela's oil following Nicolás Maduro's capture this month.
- During the meeting, officials discussed economic collaboration and intelligence cooperation to promote economic stability and insisted Venezuela must no longer harbor America's adversaries, especially narcotraffickers.
- Both Rodríguez and Machado are seeking President Donald Trump's favor, with Machado presenting her Nobel Peace Prize medal while Trump supports Rodríguez, a longtime regime insider.
- Previously, Rodríguez engaged with U.S. envoys to negotiate with Richard Grenell on Nicolás Maduro ceding power and criticized the Trump administration for `kidnapping` Maduro, while Washington views her as favorable.
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Delcy Rodríguez meets CIA director in Caracas
Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez met on Thursday in Caracas with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, holding talks focused on security and cooperation, US intelligence sources confirmed to EFE.
U.S. Central Information Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe met yesterday in Caracas, with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez, a US official AFP said on Friday.
The president in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, met Thursday in Caracas with CIA director John Ratcliffe, with whom he addressed security issues in an effort to bring positions closer, according to EFE sources of the intelligence agency. It is the first direct rapprochement between the US and Venezuela following the U.S. military incursion that ended with the capture of Chavista leader Nicolás Maduro. Ratcliffe traveled to the Caribbean c…
CIA chief meets with Venezuela's interim leader: U.S. official
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Venezuela's interim leader in Caracas to discuss co-operation, a U.S. official said on Friday, in the most senior known visit by a U.S. official since the United States toppled Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro this month.
The change of command in chavismo, forced by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has led to an unusual meeting. CIA director John Ratcliffe met Thursday in Caracas with Venezuela’s president-in-charge, Delcy Rodríguez, as revealed by The New York Times. According to sources from the U.S. newspaper, the meeting addressed “possible opportunities for economic collaboration” and stressed that Venezuela can no longer be a safe haven for…
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sta.siBy DAVID KLEPPER WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Venezuela to meet with interim President Delcy Rodríguez, becoming the highest-ranking official in President Donald Trump's administration to visit the South American country since the U.S. raid that captured former leader Nicolás Maduro. The meeting, held Thursday in the capital, Caracas, lasted two hours, according to a U.S. government official who was not authorized to…
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