Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez speaks during a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on January 14, 2026. Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez said on January 14, that her country was looking to "a new political era" after the January 3 ouster of leader Nicolas Maduro in a US military strike. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP) JUAN BARRETO / AFP
Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, declared on Wednesday, her country was entering a new era marked by greater tolerance towards political rivals, following the US ouster of her former boss Nicolas Maduro. At her first press conference since Maduro's dramatic capture by US forces on January 3, Rodriguez cast herself as a unifier.
Following 12 years of repressive rule by Maduro, Venezuela is "opening up to a new political era," Maduro's former deputy told reporters at the presidential palace. The new Venezuela, she said, "allows for understanding despite differences and through ideological and political diversity."
After toppling Maduro, US President Donald Trump agreed to let Rodriguez take over, provided she toes Washington's line.
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