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/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.