Deep Read: Regime change light - Venezuela's President Delcy Rodríguez is playing for time
The interim president has understood what maintaining power in the Trump era requires: cooperation externally, control internally. And a lot of patience. However, she is taking a risk with this approach.
Venezuela's President Delcy Rodríguez has shifted the country's geopolitics, distancing herself from longtime allies Russia, China, and Iran, and aligning with the US. The change comes after US authorities detained her predecessor, Nicolás Maduro. Rodríguez, 57, has been working to charm US officials, including Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and former Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Despite promises of reform, little has changed on the ground, with the regime still controlling the judiciary, congress, and repressive agencies, and hundreds of political prisoners remaining in jail. The US has sent logisticians to help repair Caracas' airport, damaged in a June earthquake, and secured access to a fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves in a deal announced by Donald Trump.
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