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Nicolás Maduro balked at a gilded exile. U.S. officials then saw a more pliant option in his vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, known for stabilizing Venezuela’s economy.

The people involved in the discussions said intermediaries persuaded the administration that she would protect and champion future American energy investments in the country.

“I’ve been watching her career for a long time, so I have some sense of who she is and what she’s about,” said one senior U.S. official, referring to Ms. Rodríguez.

“I’m not claiming that she’s the permanent solution to the country’s problems, but she’s certainly someone we think we can work at a much more professional level than we were able to do with him,” the official added, referring to Mr. Maduro.

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[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

Crazy how Venezuela's laws apparently say the line of succession is just whatever Donald Trump wants, no wonder they're a failed state /s

[–] pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So, they take Maduro himself.

And replace him with a loyalist to Maduro.

...Okay then...

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 21 points 4 days ago

The problem was never Maduro "being a dictator" or "anything about drugs". It was that Maduro wouldn't "give the US Venezuela's oil".

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Tbh it doesn’t seem like he’s that fixed on her as a leader - and she’s not playing ball. So the next extraction mission is probably going to go very fucking sideways.