DÉCRYPTAGE – While the deposed president appeared in court in New York on Thursday, his former deputy Delcy Rodriguez made a spectacular turnaround in Caracas’ relations with Washington. Donald Trump praised her “excellent work.”
Removed on January 3 in a spectacular manner, Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appear for the second time in American justice on Thursday, March 26. Far from New York where the deposed president of Venezuela was indicted for drug trafficking, his country is now led by Delcy Rodriguez, interim president. In just three months, the former vice president made a spectacular turnaround in Caracas’ relations with Washington, which had been contentious for 27 years, including restoring an air link via Envoy Airlines. But arbitrary detentions and torture are still a reality, according to the UN. Le Figaro provides an update.
An Interim President, Delcy Rodriguez, but Washington Holds the Reins
Nicolas Maduro in prison, who will lead Venezuela, a country “totally bankrupt”, in the words of Donald Trump? The American president insists that he is the one running the country de facto (he uses the English word “run” in the sense of “manage”). The United States has previously supported the democratic opposition.
