{
  "id": 9714313,
  "title": "Venezuela‘s interim president promises election after Maduro ousted",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/venezuela-s-interim-president-promises-election-after-maduro-ousted",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T06:10:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/venezuelas-interim-president-promises-election-after-maduro-ousted/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez has declared that elections will be held to usher in a period of \"full democracy\". However, the exact date has yet to be announced. Rodríguez took office following the arrest of her predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, by US forces in New York, where he is facing drug-trafficking charges. Despite her previous close association with Maduro, she has received support from the Trump administration.\n\nThe opposition in Venezuela has criticized Rodríguez's failure to set a tentative date for elections. They have long denounced the 2024 presidential election, during which Maduro was declared the winner and she became vice-president, as fraudulent, and they possess vote tallies to substantiate their claim. At the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Rodríguez reiterated that \"there will be elections in Venezuela\" and asserted that \"the Venezuelan people will decide when to hold them\".\n\nRodríguez, who had been Maduro's vice-president until his removal, did not mention her former boss at all during her speech. Less than nine months after the US raid in Caracas, which left about 100 people dead, she thanked US President Donald Trump for \"his willingness to take the path of diplomatic relations and cooperation\". In contrast, Trump frequently referred to Maduro as an \"outlaw dictator, a real criminal\" during his UN speech. He also heralded a \"the largest oil deal in history covering 65bn barrels of oil\" that was brokered with Rodríguez's interim government.\n\nTrump stated, \"To the victor belong the spoils,\" adding that \"if necessary, we will use our unmatched military might to secure the vital national interest of the United States\".",
  "summary": "Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has announced that elections will be held as part of a transition to “full democracy”, but did not specify a date. Rodríguez was sworn in just days after her predecessor in office, Nicolás Maduro, was seized by US forces and taken to New York to face drug-trafficking charges. She has […] The post Venezuela‘s interim president promises election after…",
  "key_points": [
    "Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez promises elections for full democracy.",
    "Maduro ousted by US forces in New York, facing drug-trafficking charges.",
    "Opposition criticizes Rodríguez's failure to set tentative election date."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "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."
}