Rodríguez delivered her remarks speaking to oil workers at a state-owned oil company PDVSA refinery in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui, where she reportedly asserted the Venezuelan socialist regime is willing to resolve disputes with the United States through diplomatic channels, but “face to face,” with “dignity and honor.”
“And that is why it is important that we open up spaces for democratic divergence, but that it be politics with a capital P and a V for Venezuela. Enough of Washington’s orders on politicians in Venezuela. Let Venezuelan politics resolve our differences and internal conflicts,” Rodríguez said.
“Enough of foreign powers. It has cost this republic dearly to have to face the consequences of fascism and extremism in our country,” she continued.
Rodríguez was sworn in as “acting President” of Venezuela in the hours following the January 3, 2026 U.S. law enforcement operation in Caracas to capture socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. At the time of Maduro’s capture, Rodríguez concurrently served as the now-deposed dictator’s Vice President and Oil Minister, and continues to carry out the ministerial functions at press time.
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