In the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez met Donald Trump at a Manhattan hotel in late September 2026, while her predecessor Nicolás Maduro sat imprisoned in a Brooklyn facility seven miles away — captured nine months earlier in a US special forces raid Trump has openly celebrated. The encounter, brief and cordial, produced a photograph that both leaders needed: for Rodríguez, a signal of international legitimacy; for Trump, a trophy of hemispheric dominance secured through oil and military force. It is a moment that distills somethin
Venezuela's interim leader meets Trump blocks away from jailed predecessor
Nicolás Maduro was abducted during a special forces raid in January and is currently detained in a Brooklyn prison.