Nine months after a US military operation removed Nicolás Maduro from power and delivered him to a Brooklyn prison, Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez stood before the United Nations General Assembly to declare her nation reborn. Speaking from the same podium her predecessor once used to defy Washington, she thanked Donald Trump for restoring diplomatic ties — a gesture that marks one of the most dramatic reversals in hemispheric politics in recent memory. The promise of elections was offered without a timeline, and the road ahead remains as uncertain as the foundations upon which th
Venezuela's acting president declares country 'being reborn' at UN amid diplomatic thaw
Nicolás Maduro captured and detained in Brooklyn prison awaiting trial on drug trafficking charges; Venezuelan political transition ongoing with uncertain democratic prospects.