Overview
- Delcy Rodríguez told parliament her government is not afraid of a diplomatic confrontation and urged respect for the dignity of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores.
- She proposed reforms touching Venezuela’s anti-blockade law to open the oil sector and described channeling export proceeds into two sovereign funds for health care and infrastructure.
- Rodríguez held a call with President Donald Trump, who praised her as “a terrific person,” saying they discussed oil, minerals, trade and national security and that progress is being made.
- Maduro and Flores remain in U.S. custody in New York on drug-trafficking charges, which Rodríguez criticized even as she advocated renewed diplomacy.
- Trump also met opposition leader María Corina Machado in Washington, underscoring the uncertain political path as Rodríguez navigates ties with Washington.