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Venezuela Gets Its First Female President—but Not in the Way Anyone Expected

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Until last week, Delcy Rodríguez, 56, was Venezuela’s vice president, a role that she has held since 2018.

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Delcy Rodr guez sworn this Monday, January 5, as president in charge of Venezuela, after the capture of Nicol s Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during a military operation executed by the United States.

The Colombian government will wait for Venezuelans to decide their political future before recognizing Delcy Rodríguez as the regime’s “president-in-charge” after Nicolás Maduro’s arrest by the United States, Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio said on Tuesday. “Only Venezuelans from their sovereignty will be able to decide their fate. At the present time, in the absence of President Maduro, she has been elected, the vice president continues in …

Republican Senator Rick Scott sent a strong message on his social networks against Venezuela’s newly sworn interim president, Delcy Rodríguez. In her X account, she said she does not recognize Rodriguez—who has served as vice president in Nicolás Maduro’s government since 2018—as Venezuela’s legitimate leader. “Delcy Rodríguez is NOT the president of Venezuela; she is simply another corrupt leader of the Maduro regime. She would do well to remem…

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Telemundo Miami (51) broke the news in on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
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