Venezuela’s new interim leader Delcy Rodríguez ‘detests the West’

A former Venezuelan official has warned that Nicolás Maduro’s temporary appointment as head of Venezuela after his arrest means the continuation of the same regime and that it is headed by a woman who “hates the West”.

The rise of Delcy Rodríguez underlines that the Venezuelan leadership continues to rely on a narrow circle of Maduro loyalists rather than new figures, leaving behind what the source described as “the axis of evil in the geopolitical struggle three hours from Miami.”

Rodríguez, Venezuela’s former vice president and oil minister, was officially sworn in on Monday after Maduro was impeached and appeared in a New York courtroom on drug trafficking charges.

“The regime is still the same and hates the West,” the official told Fox News Digital on condition of anonymity.

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“In reality, Delcy evolved from a mediocre lawyer and is now the president of one of the richest countries in Latin America,” the source said.

“He’s probably been in every mission, because they rotate the same people because they don’t have anyone else to trust.

‘Delcy is a very close and reliable person for Maduro; The same was true for Chavez.'”

President Donald Trump said Saturday that Rodríguez, 56, was “willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again.”

Rodríguez, who served as foreign minister, president of the Constituent Assembly, vice president and minister of oil, was sworn in by his brother Jorge Rodríguez, president of the National Assembly.

Born in Caracas, Rodríguez is the daughter of a Marxist guerrilla leader Jorge Antonio RodríguezOne of the founders of the Socialist Union.

In 1976, he was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of American businessman William F. Niehous and later died in police custody. New York Times.

“This ordeal is the basis and source of Delcy’s hatred of the West and democracy,” the source said, claiming that “his entire background is Marxist.”

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Side by side photo of President Donald Trump and Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez. (Joe Raedle/Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)

“The guerrilla Marxist element kidnapped an American executive in 1976 and was detained for three years until authorities located the group hiding in the Amazon jungle,” the source said.

Rodríguez’s tenure as foreign minister was also marked by controversy, including what the source alleged was the illegal sale of Venezuelan passports, birth certificates and nationalities abroad. reports.

Rodríguez told the 2016 United Nations General Assembly that the allegations were not true.

“Some passports were being sold in Iraq and they were giving birth certificates to terrorists,” the source said.

In 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Rodríguez, citing his role as a senior official in Maduro’s government. These sanctions are still in effect.

He was also said to have been involved in the so-called “Delcygate” scandal in 2020 after he allegedly took a secret break in Spain despite sanctions against him. Spanish media.

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Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez leaves the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Mercosur Foreign Ministers of Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina met in Buenos Aires on Wednesday for the Mercosur Foreign Ministers summit. (AP Photo) (Associated Press)

Reports claimed he was carrying gold to Europe, but Rodríguez denied this claim.

“As vice president, he was carrying 40 bags of gold on a private jet,” the source said. “They x-rayed the bags and found the gold,” the source said.

The source stated that armed groups such as FARC and ELN control most of the country, adding, “Venezuela has become a region occupied by Iran, China, Russia and Cuba.”

“Delcy is temporary, but all of these groups are part of the group that comes from the communist mentality against the West that Chavez comes from.”

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“We now see the axis of evil in the geopolitical struggle three hours from Miami,” the source added.

“There are atrocity crimes committed by this entire group, but also kleptocracy and massive corruption, all of which are still in effect,” the source said.