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Montevideo, May 9th 2026 - 20:24 UTC

Tag: Delcy Rodriguez

  • Monday, January 5th 2026 - 10:55 UTC

    Delcy Rodríguez sworn in as caretaker President of Venezuela

    “We consider it a priority to move toward a balanced and respectful international relationship between the United States and Venezuela,” Delcy Rodríguez told Trump in a statement

    Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodríguez chaired the 757th Council of Ministers on Sunday to establish a strategy for national stability following Nicolás Maduro's detention by US forces.

  • Monday, January 5th 2026 - 10:15 UTC

    Maduro's arrest leaves between 40 and 80 dead, including 32 Cubans

    “Many Cubans died yesterday protecting Maduro,” Trump said on his way to the White House

    Speaking aboard Air Force One on Sunday, US President Donald Trump addressed the mounting death toll from the “Operation Absolute Resolve” raid in Caracas to abduct former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and outlined his administration’s new doctrine regarding ties with Latin American countries.

  • Monday, January 5th 2026 - 10:03 UTC

    Attack on Venezuela was the first of many changes: Cuban government could be “ready to fall”

    With no supplies from Caracas, the Cuban revolution seems to have its days numbered

    While former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, pending his arraignment at noon on Monday, Caracas' Supreme Court (TSJ) ordered Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to assume the role of Acting President to ensure “administrative continuity.”

  • Saturday, January 3rd 2026 - 20:11 UTC

    Trump says U.S. will govern Venezuela until a “safe transition” after Maduro’s capture

    Trump confirmed that about 150 aircraft took part in the operation and said U.S. companies would take over Venezuela’s oil industry

    U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington will govern Venezuela until a “safe transition” is achieved, following the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a large-scale military operation.

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 21:23 UTC

    Venezuela's PDVSA vows to continue global oil exports

    Delcy Rodríguez echoed PDVSA's announcement

    Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA declared Wednesday that its export operations remain fully functional, signaling a defiant stance against a newly announced naval blockade by US President Donald Trump.

  • Tuesday, April 8th 2025 - 10:19 UTC

    Venezuela warns of false flag moves to justify imperialist attacks

    “False positive” actions are usually carried out to then “invade sovereign nations and peoples,” the Bolivarian Armed Forces argued

    Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) and Vice President Delcy Rodríguez warned Sunday of an alleged “false flag” operation targeting an ExxonMobil platform in disputed maritime waters between Venezuela and Guyana.

  • Tuesday, January 7th 2025 - 10:06 UTC

    Maduro claims Argentine NCO targeted VP Delcy Rodríguez

    “God guard her and God has guarded her,” the Bolivarian leader stressed about Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claimed Monday that Argentine Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) First Corporal Nahuel Gallo who has been detained and charged with espionage intended to kill Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez. “God guard her and God has guarded her,” the Bolivarian leader stressed while insisting that Javier Milei's Libertarian administration was behind it all because it was not true that Gallo had a romantic partner and a child in Venezuela. “That gentleman has his wife in Argentina,” Maduro argued.

  • Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 10:15 UTC

    Venezuela renames Oil Ministry to include other fuels

    “It is an integral policy, it is not only oil, it is also gas, petrochemicals, it is the integral vision that the President has,” Rodríguez explained

    The Venezuelan administration of President Nicolás Maduro renamed the Oil Ministry which will be henceforth known as Ministry of Hydrocarbons, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez announced Wednesday. The measure seeks to boost the sector, she explained on her Telegram account.

  • Wednesday, July 3rd 2024 - 09:43 UTC

    Venezuelan VP hit by falling tree while assisting Beryl victims

    Delcy Rodríguez was transferred to a private clinic later Tuesday

    Venezuelan Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez Tuesday suffered an accident in Cumanacoa in the State of Sucre while assisting victims of Hurricane Beryl, President Nicolás Maduro confirmed. The official was hit by a falling tree amid heavy rains and subsequently hospitalized. Other members of her entourage were also injured. “She was badly beaten,” Maduro said.

  • Wednesday, June 26th 2024 - 09:40 UTC

    Delcy Rodríguez says rightwing groups want havoc to avoid elections

    Rodríguez recalled that Maduro had pledged to be implacable with those plotting against him

    Venezuelan Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said the opposition was plotting to demolish the Angostura Bridge, over the Orinoco River, linking the States of Bolívar and Anzoátegui, and other acts of sabotage since “they do not want any elections because they already know they have been defeated.” She added: ”We have detected and unveiled a serious plan to demolish (...) the first bridge over the Orinoco River, the Angostura Bridge.” The Venezuelan regime also accused the opposition of wanting to carry out a coup d'état.