Overview
- Delcy Rodríguez said on Thursday that Venezuela will hold all constitutionally required elections organized by a “renewed” electoral authority but gave no dates or firm timetable for when they will take place.
- She instructed security forces that no one should be detained without a judicial order and defended measures she says expand political space, including a law of amnesty and the release of many people held on political charges.
- Rodríguez also demanded the Bank of England return Venezuelan gold reserves frozen since 2019 and ordered the foreign ministry and attorney general to pursue repatriation through diplomatic and legal channels.
- Opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela this week and visited quake‑hit La Guaira to meet victims and opposition groups, using humanitarian outreach to rebuild her public profile after months in hiding.
- The United States is backing a roadmap to renew the Supreme Court and the national electoral council that, if implemented, a U.S. official says should lead Rodríguez to declare a presidential vacancy and trigger a six‑month timetable for elections, keeping international pressure central to the transition.