Overview
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio presented the demands to President Delcy Rodríguez, and U.S. officials say she agreed to them.
- Caracas is expected to remove foreign military and intelligence personnel while permitting some diplomatic staff from the four countries to remain.
- U.S. officials are also pressing for policies that enable American investment in Venezuela’s oil sector, including an end to nationalizations and restitution for past seizures.
- A U.S. naval force led by the carrier Gerald R. Ford remains concentrated in the Caribbean as Washington applies coordinated pressure.
- Former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife are in U.S. custody and are slated to face trial in New York on drug-related charges, with the exit of Cuban advisers likely to weaken Venezuela’s security apparatus.