UPDATES on Venezuela: Stephen Miller, Karoline Leavitt and Joe Rogan
Miller https://newrepublic.com/post/204971/stephen-miller-donald-trump-venezuela-military
Leavitt https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-says-venezuelas-future-dictated-us-trump-embraces-american-dominance
Rogan https://www.threads.com/@40wattpodcast/post/DTJGuRNknIv/if-anyone-is-trusting-joe-rogan-as-a-legitimate-source-of-credible-information
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Without Delcy and her 2 offers in 2025 to replace Nicholas Maduro, this bloody coup doesn't happen in Venezuela. Juan Guido and Machado couldn't do it. There would be civil war and instability. Delcy offers Trump administration the chance to get what they want, everything they want, under the guise of Chavisimo and the Bolivarian revolution and the sooner the people of Venezuela figure that out, the better off they are. That is, if you and they still believe in the revolution.
Of course Delcy Rodriguez was Behind the Coup https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2026/01/of-course-delcy-rodriguez-was-behind.html
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by Scott Creighton
Delcy Rodriguez was fired by Hugo Chavez. He didn't like her. He didn't trust her.
'It was painful to watch how Chávez talked about (Delcy),” said one of the former officials. “He would never say a bad thing about women but the whole flight home he kept saying she was conceited, arrogant, incompetent.”
Days later, she was fired and never occupied another high-profile role with Chávez' AP
She held no important role in government until after Hugo died of cancer and Nicholas Maduro brought her in because... he trusted her brother.
In 2017, Delcy Rodriguez as Foreign Minister, directed CITGO to take half a million dollars from the people of Venezuela and gave it to the Trump inauguration fund to buy influence with him with other peoples' money. The fund is not regulated or tracked. In short, it's a bribe.
from the Miami Herold Oct 25 2025
A group of senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and her brother Jorge, who is president of the National Assembly, have quietly promoted a series of initiatives in recent months aimed at presenting themselves to Washington as a “more acceptable” alternative to Nicolás Maduro’s regime, according to people with direct knowledge of the talks.
The proposals, funneled through intermediaries in Qatar, sought to persuade sectors of the U.S. government that a “Madurismo without Maduro” could enable a peaceful transition in Venezuela—preserving political stability without dismantling the ruling apparatus.
According to the sources, Qatari mediators presented to the U.S. two formal proposals this year, one in April and another in September. Both outlined potential governing mechanisms without Maduro in power. In those scenarios, Delcy Rodríguez would serve as the institutional continuity figure, while retired Gen. Miguel Rodríguez Torres, who is currently in exile and is not related to the Rodriguez siblings, would head a transitional government.
The central argument, the sources said, was that the Rodríguez siblings represent a “more palatable” version of so-called chavismo — the socialist ideology named for deceased leader Hugo Chávez — for Washington, since neither has been indicted on narcotrafficking charges by U.S. courts. However, former regime officials— whose accounts have been used by U.S. prosecutors in cases linked to the so-called Cartel of the Suns—have implicated both siblings in logistical support and money laundering operations.
Sources told the Miami Herald the offers though Qatar were made with Maduro’s approval...
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from the AP
In 2017, as political outsider Donald Trump headed to Washington, Delcy Rodríguez spotted an opening.
Then Venezuela’s foreign minister, Rodríguez directed Citgo — a subsidiary of the state oil company — to make a $500,000 donation to the president’s inauguration. With the socialist administration of Nicolas Maduro struggling to feed Venezuela, Rodríguez gambled on a deal that would have opened the door to American investment. Around the same time, she saw that Trump’s ex-campaign manager was hired as a lobbyist for Citgo, courted Republicans in Congress and tried to secure a meeting with the head of Exxon...
... Nearly a decade later, as Venezuela’s interim president, Rodríguez’s message — that Venezuela is open for business — seems to have persuaded Trump. In the days since Maduro’s stunning capture Saturday, (Trump's) alternately praised Rodríguez as a “gracious” American partner while threatening a similar fate as her former boss if she doesn’t keep the ruling party in check and provide the U.S. with “total access” to the country’s vast oil reserves. One thing neither has mentioned is elections, something the constitution mandates must take place within 30 days of the presidency being permanently vacated...
... “It was painful to watch how Chávez talked about her,” said one of the former officials. “He would never say a bad thing about women but the whole flight home he kept saying she was conceited, arrogant, incompetent.”
Days later, she was fired and never occupied another high-profile role with Chávez...
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Donald Trump all buddy buddy with Lindsey Graham and illegal invasions for the bankers and oilmen. Now that's what MAGA was all about, right?
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(Son's full statement in their parliament here)
from Views Bangladesh
Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, has
called on citizens to take to the streets following what he described as
the arrest of his father by US forces.
In a video message shared
on social media, Maduro Guerra urged supporters to remain on the
streets in protest. “You will see us on the streets of Venezuela,” he
said, adding, “History will judge who the traitors were.”
The
video was released ahead of reports that President Maduro and his wife
were scheduled to be presented before a court on Monday.
US court
documents reportedly refer to Maduro Guerra as “the Prince” and also
accuse him of involvement in drug trafficking. However, he was not
detained during the US operation, according to available information.
There was no immediate independent confirmation from Venezuelan authorities regarding the arrest claim.
from CNN
Gunfire was heard overnight near the Miraflores presidential palace in the Venezuelan capital Caracas — a city on edge with security services on heightened alert following the US attack and capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
Video verified by CNN shows anti-aircraft fire over Caracas amid reports of confusion between security units in the capital.
A Venezuelan ministry later said police had fired at drones that were “flying without permission” and that “no confrontation occurred.”
Here’s what we know:
from Reuters
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from NDTV (based on Bloomberg article)
As the US threatened Nicolas Maduro's grip on power in recent months, a cadre of executives, lawyers and investors tied to the oil industry made their case to anyone who would listen – the Trump administration, congressional aides: his familiar No. 2, Delcy Rodriguez, should fill his shoes in Venezuela.
An oil minister herself, Rodriguez has long been the go-to contact for senior executives, whom she impressed by navigating Venezuela's industry through international sanctions, economic pressures and internal mismanagement. Her loyalty to the Maduro regime notwithstanding, she'd be best positioned to shepherd through the US plan to restore Venezuela to its glory days as an oil gusher, argued executives and lobbyists.
President Donald Trump's inner circle came to the same conclusion, though people familiar with the matter say they did so independently. Both groups believed that the vice president, long seen as a bridge between the government and private sector, could stabilise Venezuela's oil-based economy and facilitate American business faster than leading dissident Maria Corina Machado could, said the people.