Venezuela’s Delcy Rodriguez shifts at UNGA from US critic to thanking Trump

Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez addressed the UN General Assembly in New York, thanking US President Donald Trump for resuming diplomatic relations. In 2019, she had accused the US of economic terrorism and resource theft through sanctions. She criticized US global militarization and the impact of sanctions, which caused Venezuela $130 billion in losses from 2015 to 2018. In 2026, she appeared smiling with Trump in New York, less than nine months after the US-led regime change that ousted Maduro.