Thursday, August 13th 2026 - 08:59 UTC
National Assembly president Jorge Rodríguez and Dinorah Figuera, who heads the delegated committee of the assembly elected in 2015
The government of acting president Delcy Rodríguez and a section of Venezuela's opposition closed the first round of negotiations in Caracas on Wednesday with two agreements: restarting from scratch the renewal of the Supreme Court of Justice, and acting jointly to recover Venezuelan gold reserves held at the Bank of England.
National Assembly president Jorge Rodríguez and Dinorah Figuera, who heads the delegated committee of the assembly elected in 2015, signed the document and read out a joint communiqué in sections at a hotel in the capital, after more than six hours of deliberations. No questions from the press were taken.
The judicial agreement annuls the process the National Assembly had begun in May, following a reform that raised the court from 20 to 32 members. Instead, the parties agreed to amend the Supreme Court's organic law again, renew and expand the judicial nominations committee, activate a new nomination process and set up a council to review candidates' credentials. In 2024 the court upheld Nicolás Maduro's re-election despite fraud allegations and without disaggregated results being published.
