Trump meets US-backed Venezuelan president for first time since Maduro seized
Summary
President Donald Trump met with Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez at the UN General Assembly. This was their first meeting since the U.S. supported Rodríguez to replace Nicolás Maduro after Maduro was captured during a U.S. raid.Key Facts
- President Trump and Delcy Rodríguez met near New York during the UN General Assembly.
- Rodríguez became interim president after Maduro was seized by U.S. forces in Caracas.
- Rodríguez said they discussed cooperation in energy, mining, and security.
- U.S. officials Marco Rubio and Susie Wiles also attended the meeting.
- Rodríguez’s government signed a deal giving U.S. control over oil fields holding over 65 billion barrels, about 20% of Venezuela’s oil.
- The deal allows a U.S.-led company to manage 17 Venezuelan oil fields for 100 years.
- Trump called this the biggest oil deal in history and said the U.S. and Venezuela now control over 60% of the world’s oil.
- Rodríguez will speak at the UN on Wednesday and was previously sanctioned by the U.S., but those sanctions were lifted in April.
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