It seems the US will push to restart, under its terms, the industry chavismo ravaged. This means that thousands of Venezuelans who worked in the sector should come back from abroad. Will they?
The opposition leader must make herself indispensable to the transition by leveraging her ability to mobilize support and the organizational legacy of July 28, 2024
Venezuelan journalists have identified all the locations struck on January 3, all of which housed air defense systems, radars, or military communications infrastructure
But POTUS also had kind words for Delcy Rodríguez. Meanwhile, Foro Penal confirms chavismo has released 56 political prisoners as of Monday night.
Aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump said he was looking forward to meeting with the opposition leader. A White House official confirmed the meeting the following day.
Trump was also asked about Delcy Rodríguez and Venezuela’s authorities while speaking to reporters on the plane.
Reporter: “Are you or Secretary Rubio going to go to Venezuela?”
Trump: “We may go at some point, yeah, sure. We’re doing well. Venezuela is working out well. We’re working well with the leadership, and we’ll see how it all works out.”
Reporter: “Will you be meeting with Delcy?”
Trump: “At some point I’ll meet, yeah. She’s been very good. She asked us if we’d take 50 million barrels of oil, and I said yes, we can. That’s $4.2 billion. It’s on its way right now to the US.”
Young Kennedy Tejeda, a Foro Penal lawyer, went to a detention center in Carabobo to assist detainees. He was then detained.
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