Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez hails meeting with Donald Trump in New York
Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, described her meeting with US President Donald Trump in New York as historic. The former political foes met at a Manhattan hotel on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly, less than nine months after Nicolás Maduro was abducted in a special forces raid and held at a Brooklyn prison.
Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has described a meeting with US President Donald Trump in New York as “historic.”
The two met at a five-star hotel in Manhattan on Tuesday, a few blocks from Trump Tower and on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly.
Rodríguez agreed to a $65bn oil deal with the US, according to the source report. She did not say whether she would visit her predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, who has been held at a Brooklyn prison since he was abducted during a special forces raid on Caracas.
THE QUESTIONS THIS EVENT LEAVES BEHIND
What terms govern the reported oil deal between Venezuela and the United States?
What role did the United Nations general assembly play in arranging or shaping the meeting?
What conditions, if any, would determine whether Rodríguez visits Maduro?
How might the meeting affect Venezuela’s political relationship with the United States?
YOUR QUESTION
Does this story leave you with another question?
Send us the question the report did not answer. It may become the next question IAQ investigates.
GLOBAL CURIOSITY MAP · AUGUST 2026