{
  "id": 8397916,
  "title": "Trump and Delcy Rodríguez to meet in New York, first encounter with a Venezuelan leader in 11 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/trump-and-delcy-rodriguez-to-meet-in-new-york-first-encounter-with-a",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T06:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
    "slug": "mercopress",
    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/09/19/trump-and-delcy-rodriguez-to-meet-in-new-york-first-encounter-with-a-venezuelan-leader-in-11-years"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "US President Donald Trump and Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, will meet on Tuesday during the UN General Assembly in New York, marking the first encounter between a US president and a Venezuelan leader in over eleven years. The meeting, described as informal, comes after the US restored diplomatic relations with Caracas in late August and announced a deal granting the US privileged access to over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves. Trump also removed Venezuela from the list of countries failing to meet anti-drug trafficking commitments, praising the progress made under Rodríguez's leadership. The two leaders last met in 2015 at the Summit of the Americas in Panama.",
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump will meet on Tuesday with Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, in what will be the first encounter between a US president and a Venezuelan leader in more than eleven years, since the brief meeting between Barack Obama and Nicolás Maduro at the Summit of the Americas in Panama in 2015.",
  "key_points": [
    "Trump and Delcy Rodríguez meet in New York UN General Assembly",
    "First encounter between US president and Venezuelan leader in 11 years",
    "Meeting follows US restoration of diplomatic relations with Venezuela"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The meeting signals a shift in US-Venezuela relations, with the US now seeking engagement and cooperation, after years of strained ties and a recent easing of sanctions.",
  "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."
}