US EditionUS Leaves Venezuela’s Opposition Sidelined and Maduro’s Party in Power
- In 2017, Delcy Rodríguez recognized an opportunity as Donald Trump became president, which later helped her rise to power in Venezuela.
- Around 2023, Rodríguez claimed that Venezuela is 'open for business,' attracting economic interest, particularly from Trump.
- The account of Rodríguez’s rise is based on interviews with 10 former U.S. and Venezuelan officials and businessmen.
- After the death of Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro promoted Rodríguez to vice president in 2018, allowing her to control parts of Venezuela’s oil economy.
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In 2017, when political outsider Donald Trump headed for Washington, Delcy Rodríguez detected a vacancy. Venezuela’s then-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rodriguez, ordered Citgo, a subsidiary of the state oil company, to donate $500,000 to the president’s inauguration. Faced with the difficulties of Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government in supplying Venezuela, Rodríguez opted for an agreement that would have opened the door to US investment. Almos…
The fact that Delcy Rodríguez is president in charge of Venezuela is not an impromptu decision or a cyclical one. In the White House, he is linked to previous contacts that, although discreet, were not unknown. According to sources consulted by ABC, as early as 2020 his brother Jorge Rodríguez and Delcy herself established a direct channel with the Trump Administration to explore scenarios after a possible exit of Nicolás Maduro. In this context…
After Maduro's fall, the United States defines his move: Delcy Rodríguez to power or transition in Venezuela?Two great protagonists of Maduro's trial: a respected 92-year-old judge and a lawyer expert in complex casesDelcy Rodríguez began on January 6 as president in charge of Venezuela, thus opening up a scenario as unexpected as revealing: far from a democratic transition led by the opposition after the overthrow of Nicolás Maduro, power was l…
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