US EditionVenezuela’s acting president says she has had ‘enough’ of US orders
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez rejects US demands to prioritize oil production and foreign influence, asserting Venezuela’s sovereignty amid internal political divisions.
- On Sunday, Delcy Rodríguez said Venezuela would no longer accept Washington's orders while addressing oil workers in Puerto La Cruz, seeking unity after Nicolás Maduro's US capture.
- The White House has maintained steady pressure since Maduro and Cilia Flores were seized in early January, and days after US strikes the Trump administration demanded cutting ties with China, Iran, Russia and Cuba and exclusive oil partnership with the US.
- She has been walking a tight-rope, balancing Maduro loyalists and satisfying the White House after President Donald Trump claimed the US was 'going to run' Venezuela but later backed Delcy Rodríguez.
- Because oil is the main economic driver, Venezuela's extra-heavy crude reserves require complex refining but suit US refineries, and Rodríguez was expected to prioritize the Trump administration and US oil companies for future sales.
- Internally, the country remains divided among Maduro loyalists, left-wing opposition and Chavistas No-Maduristas, while Delcy Rodríguez has insisted in recent weeks that the US does not govern Venezuela and resisted its demands almost a month into her role.
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Venezuela acting president says she’s had ‘enough’ of orders from Washington
Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said she has had enough of orders from Washington, in a speech to a group of oil workers broadcast on Venezuela’s state-run television on Sunday. Rodríguez’s remarks come a little over three weeks since President Trump announced the capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in an audacious military raid in…
CARACAS. – The interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, launched a message of strong nationalist tone on Sunday by rejecting U.S. pressure on the country’s domestic policy, amid a delicate process of open transition following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces. “It is enough of Washington’s orders about politicians in Venezuela,” he said during an act with oil workers in Anzoátegui state, broadcast by state television…
Venezuela's acting president, Delsey Rodriguez, said she is "fed up" with orders from Washington as she works to unify the country after the US captured Nicolás Maduro, CNN reported.
Delcy Rodríguez surprises at a performance in front of oil workers with sharp criticism of Washington. Her words could change the US president's view of them.
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