Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez held a "long and courteous" telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, during which the two leaders discussed key bilateral issues, including oil, minerals, trade and national security, marking a potential shift in diplomatic relations
Earlier in the day, Trump while addressing reporters aboard Air Force One said, "Venezuela is really working out well. We're working along really well with their leadership, and we'll see how it all works out."
Trump met with the interim President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez. On the meeting Trump said, "She's been very good. She asked us if we could take 50 million barrels of oil, and I said yes, we can, it is worth $4.2 billion, and it is on its way right now to the United States..."
In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, "Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela. In return, Cuba provided "Security Services" for the last two Venezuelan dictators, BUT NOT ANYMORE! Most of those Cubans are DEAD from last weeks U.S.A. attack, and Vene
"Venezuela has started the process, in a BIG WAY, of releasing their political prisoners. Thank you! I hope those prisoners will remember how lucky they got that the USA came along and did what had to be done. I HOPE THEY NEVER FORGET! If they do, it will not be good for them," Trump said.
In an event at the La Candelaria parish, Rodriguez stated that the response to the US after the operation will be diplomatic and in accordance with the international law.
Rodriguez also announced the upcoming construction of a monument in honor of all citizens who died in the US military incursion into Venezuela on January 3.
Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez said ties with the US have suffered an unprecedented strain but stressed economic diversification and openness to global markets, even as Washington announced Venezuela would use revenue from a new oil deal to buy US-made products.
Speaking with reporters in Thiruvananthapuram, he emphasised that the US operation violates sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the non-use of force in international disputes.
In a post on X, he said that Rodriguez is a devoted follower of Satya Sai Baba, just like her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro. She has visited his ashram in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, multiple times, including in August 2023 and October 2024. During her 2023 visit, she met with then-Vice Pr
Speaking to ANI he said, "The kidnapping or abduction of the head of state of Venezuela was a gross violation of international law. It was a military action that was unjustified. Now, what President Trump is doing is equally illegal. The interim government is being forced to sell oil to him.