{
  "id": 17275585,
  "title": "Venezuela names Oliver Blanco, a former opposition aide, as foreign minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/venezuela-names-oliver-blanco-a-former-opposition-aide-as-foreign",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
    "slug": "mercopress",
    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/10/30/venezuela-names-oliver-blanco-a-former-opposition-aide-as-foreign-minister"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has appointed Oliver Blanco, a 35-year-old diplomat who began his political career alongside a veteran opposition leader, as foreign minister in a reshuffle of her government’s international team. Blanco replaces Félix Plasencia, whom Rodríguez has tasked with moving to the United Kingdom to recover Venezuelan gold held at the Bank of England.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}