Acting president promises elections

Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's acting president, told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that elections will be held in Venezuela at the right moment determined by the people.

“Elections will be held in Venezuela”

Political dialogue with opposition

Rodríguez said her government has started political dialogue with opposition sectors to secure a process based on equal conditions for all Venezuelans.

“political dialogue with opposition sectors”

How Rodríguez came to power

Rodríguez took over as acting president after a U.S. military raid in January captured then-leader Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.

First Venezuelan leader at U.N. since 2018

This is the first trip to the United States by a Venezuelan head of state since two thousand eighteen, when Maduro traveled to New York for the U.N. General Assembly himself.

Venezuela recovering from earthquakes

On June twenty-fourth, two powerful earthquakes with magnitudes seven point two and seven point five struck north-central Venezuela and killed more than six thousand five hundred people.

Trump and Rodríguez meet in New York

Before her U.N. speech on Wednesday night, Trump and Rodríguez met at a pull-aside meeting late Tuesday during a reception the U.S. president hosted at a New York hotel.

Oil deal and bilateral cooperation

The two countries announced an agreement last month to give the United States a stake in Venezuela's vast oil reserves. Rodríguez described the deal as a step toward economic recovery.

Rodríguez vows to lead toward democracy

Rodríguez vowed to shoulder the historic responsibility of leading Venezuela from a period of uncertainty and conflict toward a stage of full democracy recognized by its own people and the world.

“from a period of uncertainty and conflict toward a stage of full democracy”