US EditionVenezuela’s acting president says she has had ‘enough’ of US orders
Delcy Rodríguez rejects US demands to resume oil production and cut ties with allies while balancing internal factions and asserting Venezuelan sovereignty, amid ongoing US pressure.
- 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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By Laura Sharman and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN. US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was unaware of comments made by Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez, in which she stated that she was “enough” of taking orders from Washington, and downplayed any potential tension between the two governments. “Well, I don’t know exactly what’s going on there, but I haven’t heard that at all,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We have a ver…
Delcy Rodríguez Rejects US ‘Orders’ as Venezuela Advances Hydrocarbons Law Reform
Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—On Monday, Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodríguez led a meeting within the context of the public consultation of the partial reform of the Organic Hydrocarbons Law, which has received 80 proposals from all sectors of the country. During the meeting, she stated that Venezuela must become an oil production powerhouse, asserting that merely possessing the largest oil reserves on earth is not enough. She also respon…
Enough already of Washingtons orders: Venezuelas acting president Rodriguez slams US interference - The Tribune
Speaking to oil workers in the coastal city of Puerto La Cruz, Rodriguez said Venezuelan politics should be resolved internally, without foreign interference.
The president in charge of the dictatorship wanted to show some authority in the face of the obvious collaboration between Caracas and the Trump administration.
‘Enough Already’ – Maduro’s Successor Defies Trump’s ‘Orders.’
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Venezuela’s Acting President, Delcy Rodríguez, openly criticized U.S. involvement in the country’s politics during a speech to oil workers.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Delcy Rodríguez, the Trump administration, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, and the U.S. Department of State.WHEN & WHERE: Rodríguez made her remarks on Sunday in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, broadcast on state-run Venezolana de Televisión.KEY QUOTE…
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