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1. 3 yesterday 5:00 AM

   Rodríguez calls the meeting 'historic' and thanks Trump

   In a post on X — the only public account of the discussion, since the White House released no agenda or outcomes — Rodríguez described the meeting as historic and said the two sides discussed cooperation on energy, mining, and security.

   “advancing a cooperation agenda in strategic areas such as energy, mining, and security…”

   • ▶BBC News
     Trump meets US-backed Venezuelan president for first time since Maduro seized | BBC News video · YouTube · 15h ago
   1. 7 outlets Venezuela's Rodriguez promises elections

      first by Straits Times, 5h ago · also Investing.com News, Globe and Mail, RTE News, NYT, Al Jazeera, SCMP

      6 more headlines

      • Venezuela’s Rodriguez promises elections to transition to ’full democracy’ Investing.com News · 5h ago
      • Venezuela’s interim President Rodriguez promises elections, transition to ‘full democracy’ Globe and Mail · 4h ago
      • Venezuela's interim President promises fresh elections RTE News · 4h ago
      • Interim Leader of Venezuela Promises Elections and ‘Orderly Legal Transition’ NYT · 3h ago
      • Venezuela’s Delcy Rodriguez promises elections at UN, gives no date Al Jazeera · 3h ago
      • At UN, Venezuela’s interim president promises elections without setting date SCMP · 2h ago
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     Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez: In Venezuela, there will be elections. We’ve begun a political dialogue with sectors of the opposition, which will lead to a process where everyone will compete on an equal footing.

     @clashreportX5h ago32▲view on X ↗

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     🔴 BREAKING Trump Meets US-Backed Venezuelan President President Trump met with the US-backed leader of Venezuela for the first time since Maduro seized power. The article notes that Rodriguez was handpicked by Trump as leader of Venezuela and was previously arrested and taken to the US. 📰 https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj207y…

     GeoWire@mastodon.socialMastodon18h ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
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     Delcy Rodríguez was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018, and sanctioned by other countries as well. Has she stopped being a criminal?

     DroopyTersr/worldnews2h agoview on r/worldnews ↗

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2. 2 Sep 22 6:00 PM

   Trump and Rodríguez hold first face-to-face meeting

   On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, at a Trump-hosted reception at the Lotte Palace Hotel in New York, Trump and Rodríguez held a closed-door pull-aside joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, with no press access.

   1. 5 outlets first by El Pais English, 20h ago · also MercoPress, Guardian, New York Post, NY Post · read ↗

   2. 1 outlet Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez cashes in on bargain with Trump

      first by FT, 1d ago

3. 1 Sep 21

   Trump tells UN the US and Venezuela control 60% of world oil

   In his UN General Assembly address, Trump said the US and Venezuela together control "more than 60%" of the world's oil, framing the outcome as a victor's spoils.

   “To the victor belong the spoils.”

   1. 3 outlets Trump meets with Venezuela’s acting president on sidelines of UN General Assembly

      first by Anadolu Agency, 1d ago · also Breitbart, BBC

      2 more headlines

      • Trump Meets Venezuela's 'Acting President' Rodriguez for the First Time Since Maduro's Arrest Breitbart · 18h ago
      • Trump meets US-backed Venezuelan president for first time since Maduro seized Mastodon · 7m ago
   2. 1 outlet Trump readies diplomatic push at the UN General Assembly

      first by Semafor, 1d ago

4. backgroundSep 15

   Venezuela signs deal ceding US control of oil reserves — Rodríguez's government signed an agreement giving the US control over more than 65 billion barrels of oil — over a fifth of the country's reserves — including 100-year concessions over 17 oilfields for a US-led company.

5. backgroundJan 15

   Delcy Rodríguez sworn in as interim president with US backing — Days after the raid, Venezuela's National Assembly swore in Rodríguez, Maduro's former vice-president, as interim president with the White House's blessing; sanctions on her, imposed in 2018, had been lifted in April.

6. backgroundJan 15

   US forces raid Caracas and capture Maduro — American forces conducted a raid on the Venezuelan capital and seized then-President Nicolás Maduro, who was taken to the US and now awaits trial in New York on drug trafficking and other charges.