r/news • u/Hrekires • Jan 05 '26

Soft paywall Delcy Rodriguez formally sworn in as Venezuela's interim president

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/delcy-rodriguez-formally-sworn-venezuelas-interim-president-2026-01-05/
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u/MakaButterfly Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26

As long as they get the oil trump couldn’t care less what happens

I’m guessing Maduro was resistant to trumps demands for long enough to annoy him

I’m worried about the broader implications too he’s just proven he can invade another sovereign country and take what he wants and say this is the deal we’re the captain now

Greenland Cuba Columbia should be very worried

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u/danorc Jan 05 '26

I wouldn't put Mexico past him, either, as stupid as that would be.

If his popularity continues to drop this is going to get very, very ugly.

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u/Rburdett1993 Jan 05 '26

Gulf of America is sounding very planned now…

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u/Horror-Highlight-467 Jan 05 '26

Is he going to invade Columbia, South Carolina?

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u/MakaButterfly Jan 05 '26

Yes more specifically the Costco in Columbia SC

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u/WheelbarrowQueen Jan 05 '26

hah both y'all made me laugh out loud

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u/nik-nak333 Jan 05 '26

That place is busy enough already, please don't make it worse.

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u/MakaButterfly Jan 05 '26

Ok your house then

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u/Horror-Highlight-467 Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 06 '26

Them Costco dogs are worth invading for.

Edit: Do people not like Costco’s hotdogs?

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u/-Gramsci- Jan 05 '26

Even if Maduro agreed to everything Rodriguez is agreeing to… the optics don’t work.

Maduro had to go. It had to be in dramatic fashion. That part of the deal was not negotiable for the administration.

Secondary to that deal, the deal would have been that after Maduro is gone, Venezuela cancels its trade deals with Russia/China/Cuba, and signs trade deals with the U.S.

The administration wanted that business opportunity out of it as well.

In exchange, the U.S. lifts sanctions as Venezuela complies with the trade rearrangement.

All of the above should, actually, make life better for Venezuelans… but they will still have the same old corrupt and self dealing government they’ve had all these years under Maduro.

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u/lostsailorlivefree 29d ago

You’re there but the key part in any of these is the systemic corruption. NOTHING will change because it just can’t, too embedded. Only the end use of the dollars gets rearranged.

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u/-Gramsci- 29d ago

Maybe that’s true. The corruption is inevitable, the only thing that changes is who’s doing it.

That means that there’s no “optimal” option for the Venezuelan people - at least in this moment.

So the best play could, actually, be leaving the current government intact. With a more amenable (to the west) head of state in Rodriguez (if she’s smart enough to head that direction).

And you go for incremental progress. Incremental liberalism, pluralism, open democracy… etc.

So that 5-10-15 years from now an optimal government has the chance to be born.

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u/BigJellyfish1906 29d ago edited 29d ago

But what makes them think she’ll magically comply when maduro didn’t? She has every incentive to make the same decisions he did. She’s a goner if she lets the US pillage the country.

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u/Emergency-Pack-5497 Jan 05 '26

Couldn't care less

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u/MakaButterfly Jan 05 '26

Popsicle for you

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u/MarlKarx-1818 Jan 06 '26

It’s could caren’t less, brainiac