Nicolás Maduro’s interim replacement now leading Venezuela after his arrest represents a continuation of the same regime, and with a woman who “hates the West” at the helm, a former Venezuelan official has warned.
The appointment of Delcy Rodríguez, the source said, underlines how Venezuela’s leadership continues to rely on a close circle of Maduro loyalists rather than new figures, leaving what the source described as “the axis of evil in a geopolitical struggle three hours from Miami.”
Rodríguez, Venezuela’s former vice president and oil minister, was sworn in on Monday following Maduro’s resignation from office and his appearance in a New York courtroom on drug trafficking charges.
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Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez speaks to the media in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 10, 2025. (Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)
“Delcy has gone from being a mediocre lawyer to now being the president of one of the richest countries in Latin America,” the source said.
“She’s probably been in every position because they rotate the same people because they don’t have anyone else they trust.
“Delcy is a very close and reliable person for Maduro and the same was also for Chávez.”
President Donald Trump said Saturday that Rodríguez, 56, was “willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again.”
Rodríguez, who has served as foreign minister, president of the Constituent Assembly, vice president and oil minister, was sworn in by her brother, Jorge Rodríguez, the head of the National Assembly.
Born in Caracas, Rodríguez is the daughter of the Marxist guerrilla leader Jorge Antonio Rodriguezco-founder of the Socialist League.
He was arrested in connection with the 1976 kidnapping of American businessman William F. Niehous and later died in police custody, police said. New York Times.
“This ordeal is the basis and origin of Delcy’s hatred of the West and democracy,” the source said, before claiming that “her entire background was Marxist.”
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A side-by-side photo of President Donald Trump and Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez. (Joe Raedle/Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)
“The Marxist guerrilla element kidnapped an American executive in 1976 and he was held captive for three years until authorities found the group hiding in the Amazon jungle,” the source said.
Rodríguez’s tenure as foreign minister was also marked by controversy, the source claimed, including allegations that Venezuelan passports, birth certificates and nationalities were illegally sold abroad, the source said. reports.
At the 2016 United Nations General Assembly, Rodríguez said the allegations were untrue.
“They were selling passports in Iraq, giving birth certificates to terrorists,” the source said.
In 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Rodríguez, citing her role as a senior official in the Maduro government. Those sanctions remain in effect.
She was also said to be involved in the so-called ‘Delcygate’ scandal in 2020 after she reportedly made a secret stop in Spain despite sanctions against her, as reported by Spanish media.
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Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez leaves the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Mercosur foreign ministers from Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina met Wednesday for a Mercosur foreign ministers’ summit in Buenos Aires. (AP photo) (The associated press)
Reports say she was transporting gold to Europe, a claim Rodríguez has denied.
“As vice president, she had 40 bags full of gold on a private jet,” the source claimed. “They put the bags through the X-ray and they found the gold.”
“Venezuela has become an occupied territory by Iran, China, Russia and Cuba,” the source added, citing armed groups including the FARC and ELN that control large parts of the country.
“Delcy is the interim, but all these groups are part of Chávez’s cohort that emerged from the communist mindset against the West from which she came.”
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“We now see the axis of evil in a geopolitical battle three hours away from Miami,” the source added.
“There have been atrocities committed by this entire group, plus kleptocracy and massive corruption, all of which are still happening,” the source said.
