US delegation team arrives in Venezuela for first time since Maduro’s capture
We’re going to be running it. We’re going to be bringing it back while the Trump administration insists that the US will run Venezuela, it’s not that simple, as many of President Nicolas Maduro’s loyalists are still in positions of power running different aspects of the government. This video of armed police on the streets of Caracas chanting about their loyalty after Maduro was removed was posted on social media by Diosdado Cabello, *** senior figure in the Maduro government. He remains in Venezuela serving as the interior minister overseeing police in the prisons, though he too has been indicted in the US on drug and weapons charges. Cabello has dismissed and denied those charges. The new. Sworn in acting president, former Vice President Delsy Rodriguez is the most senior member of Maduro’s inner circle, untouched in the US raid over the weekend. She has long been viewed as *** loyal confidant of the now unseated Venezuelan leader and accused by Washington for many years of helping Maduro maintain his authoritarian hold over the country. She’s essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to. Make Venezuela great again, but it’s unclear if she will remain in her position of power after her initial comments denouncing the weekend raid as *** kidnapping and after *** warning from Donald Trump that her fate could be worse than Maduro’s, she took *** conciliatory turn in *** post on social media reading in part, we invite the US government to collaborate with us on an agenda of cooperation oriented towards shared development. Within the framework of international law to strengthen lasting community coexistence, but again on Monday she said this Venezuela. The government of Venezuela rules our country. No one else. There is no external agent governing Venezuela. As well as adding *** personal note, to those who threaten me, I say this my destiny is decided by no one but God. Then there’s Maria Corina Machado, the most vocal of Venezuela’s opposition leaders whose movement helped defeat Maduro in 2024. Maria Corina Machado says she has been in hiding both in Venezuela and abroad for more than 16 months. As *** matter of fact, her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machado accepted an award from Georgia Tech here. In Atlanta last February on behalf of her mother because she was unable to travel, Machado was also unable to personally accept the Nobel Peace Prize at the official ceremony in Oslo. If she returned to Venezuela, her supporters say she would easily win *** new election, but she’ll likely be arrested with so many of Maduro’s regime. Still in power, I think it would be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn’t have the support or the respect within the country. She’s *** very nice woman, but she doesn’t have the respect. This even after she commended Trump on the capture of Maduro and saying she’s open to sharing her Nobel Prize with the US President. Rafael Romo, CNN, Atlanta.
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The United States and Venezuelan governments said Friday they were exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries, and that a delegation from the Trump administration arrived to the South American nation on Friday.The small team of U.S. diplomats and diplomatic security officials traveled to Venezuela to make a preliminary assessment about the potential re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, the State Department said in a statement.Venezuela’s government acknowledged the delegation’s presence in Venezuela and announced that it will send a delegation to the U.S., but it did not say when.Video below: ‘We’ve got a lot of oil to drill’: President Trump announces plan to receive oil from Venezuela In a statement, Delcy Rodríguez’s government said it “has decided to initiate an exploratory process of a diplomatic nature with the Government of the United States of America, aimed at the re-establishment of diplomatic missions in both countries.”
The United States and Venezuelan governments said Friday they were exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries, and that a delegation from the Trump administration arrived to the South American nation on Friday.
The small team of U.S. diplomats and diplomatic security officials traveled to Venezuela to make a preliminary assessment about the potential re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, the State Department said in a statement.
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Venezuela’s government acknowledged the delegation’s presence in Venezuela and announced that it will send a delegation to the U.S., but it did not say when.
Video below: ‘We’ve got a lot of oil to drill’: President Trump announces plan to receive oil from Venezuela
In a statement, Delcy Rodríguez’s government said it “has decided to initiate an exploratory process of a diplomatic nature with the Government of the United States of America, aimed at the re-establishment of diplomatic missions in both countries.”
