Maduro’s Miscalculations Are a Cautionary Tale for Rodríguez
Venezuela’s interim president faces an existential balancing act: cooperating with the Trump administration while staying loyal to her base.
With Nicolás Maduro facing a federal trial in the U.S., now comes the most delicate phase for Venezuela: making an unexpected political transition work. As Maduro appeared on Monday in a New York court to face charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine to the U.S., in Caracas, Delcy Rodríguez, his vice president and oil minister, received approval from the National Assembly to become the nation’s new leader for what is sure to be a tense interim term. Until Friday, the fate of both politicians was intertwined over years in power, a recast of the...
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