Overview
- President Donald Trump said he and Delcy Rodríguez discussed oil, minerals, trade and national security, calling a future U.S.–Venezuela partnership “spectacular” and “FOR ALL.”
- U.S. special forces detained Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in Caracas on January 3 and transferred them to New York to face drug‑trafficking charges, which Maduro denies.
- Rodríguez was sworn in as acting president following the arrest, and Venezuela’s armed forces publicly backed her leadership.
- From U.S. detention, Maduro conveyed a message urging supporters to trust Rodríguez, according to his son and the state news agency AVN.
- Rodríguez condemned the U.S. operation and continues to call Maduro the legitimate president, yet she has offered talks with Washington and released political prisoners.