In the wake of Nicolás Maduro's capture, a new chapter in hemispheric diplomacy is quietly opening. President Trump is set to meet Venezuela's acting leader Delcy Rodríguez in New York, the first such encounter between the two governments since the political order in Caracas was upended. The meeting suggests that transitions of power, however turbulent, can create the very openings that years of pressure and isolation could not — and that the language of commerce may yet accomplish what the language of sanctions could not.
Trump to meet Venezuela's Rodríguez as post-Maduro diplomacy accelerates
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