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Posted on 01/27/2026 6:59:16 AM PST by Miami Rebel
Venezuela’s new socialist leader, Delcy Rodríguez, has launched a public campaign aimed at reassuring the regime’s radical base that she has not become a puppet of Washington — even as President Donald Trump publicly praises her leadership for fostering what he calls a “wonderful” relationship between the two countries.
In recent days, Rodríguez has pushed back against international media reports suggesting she privately assured U.S. officials she would cooperate fully in a transitional government before Trump ordered a swift military operation in Venezuela on Jan. 3. That operation led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who were transferred to New York to face federal drug-trafficking charges.
Since the operation, the socialist government under Rodríguez has taken steps — though often slowly — to align with a U.S.-backed stabilization plan aimed at reviving Venezuela’s economy and political system. Those measures include the release of hundreds of political prisoners and preparations to allow U.S. companies to reenter Venezuela’s oil sector with fewer restrictions.
But the sudden thaw in relations with Washington has fueled suspicion among hard-line chavistas that Rodríguez is abandoning the movement’s deeply anti-American ideology. Social media platforms have been flooded with accusations that she played a role in an internal conspiracy that betrayed Maduro. On Monday, Rodríguez sought to draw a clear line between her interim government and Washington, saying Venezuela would not submit to pressure from the White House. “Enough of Washington’s orders about politicians in Venezuela,” Rodríguez said during a televised event with oil workers in the eastern city of Puerto La Cruz, broadcast on the state channel Venezolana de Televisión. “Let Venezuelan politics resolve our differences and internal conflicts. This republic has paid a very high price for confronting the consequences of fascism and extremism.”
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Spectacular operation and snatch. However the socialist hierarchy, the goon squads and most of the cartel infrastructure remainsintact and functioning.
More like Venezuela's second unelected dictator. She stole the last Venezuelan election just like Maduro. Move to free, fair elections ASAP.
Trump is being smart about regime change
Imagine if George Bush had instead found a high-ranking Iraqi general, who perhaps could have arrested or assassinated Saddam Hussein and his sons, while keeping control of the government and the army? While at the same time slowly moving Iraqi society and politics towards openness and alignment with the West?
How different (and better) history would have been for us.
Exactly.
Trump has wonderful phone calls with all our enemies it seems.
Trump might fire himself for this fiasco.
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