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Rodriguez tells UN Venezuela will hold elections, gives no date

Interim president Delcy Rodriguez promises a transition to 'full democracy' at the UN, days after meeting Trump, while opposition leader Machado remains barred from returning home.

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What to know

  • Rodriguez pledged elections as part of a transition to 'full democracy' but gave no date, timeline, or electoral calendar.
  • The opposition views the selection of an autonomous Supreme Court and National Electoral Council as a precondition for elections, and critics say Washington has sidelined the opposition in favor of oil and investment deals.
  • Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado remains excluded from the process and says she has been blocked seven times from returning to Venezuela.
  • The pledge follows Rodriguez's September 22 meeting with Trump, where debt restructuring and political change were discussed, with the US insisting recovery must precede a vote.

“Venezuela has initiated a process of democratic transformation for its rebirth, an orderly, institutional, and verifiable process, to build a country that is freer for all, more prosperous, and more reconciled with itself”

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Rodriguez tells UN Venezuela will hold elections, gives no date
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    Social posts note Rodriguez's speech and absence of a date

    Posts on X circulated Rodriguez's UNGA remarks, with some framing highlighting that no election date was given even as Maduro remains detained.

    “Venezuela's acting president promised elections at the UN without naming a date... while Maduro sits in jail a few miles away…”
    — @MarioNawfal
    1. 2 outlets Venezuela's Rodriguez promises elections

      first by Straits Times, 2h ago · also Al Jazeera

      1 more headline

    • 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.

      @clashreportX2h ago32▲view on X ↗
    1 more of the top 2 · 2 posts in this stretch

    • 🇻🇪🇺🇸 Venezuela's acting president promised elections at the UN without naming a date... while Maduro sits in jail a few miles away Delcy Rodríguez told the General Assembly that elections will be held and that her government has opened a political dialogue with opposition

      @MarioNawfalX1h ago9▲view on X ↗
    all of them →
  2. background

    Rodriguez tells UNGA elections are coming, sets no date — In her UN General Assembly address, Rodriguez pledged a transition to 'full democracy', said dialogue with the opposition had begun and that national institutions were being prepared for an electoral process, but did not name a date.

  3. background

    Machado says she has been blocked from returning to Venezuela — Machado's political committee, Comando ConVzla, said on X that she has been blocked seven times from returning to the country, citing diverted planes, threatened airlines, sabotaged vessels and pressured neighboring islands, as she seeks to return after June's twin earthquakes.

  4. background

    Rodriguez meets Trump at UN sidelines, discusses debt — Rodriguez briefly met Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, where the two discussed restructuring Venezuela's sovereign debt; Rubio said Washington pressed for political change and that the process must culminate in a free and fair election.

  5. background

    US forces capture Maduro in January raid — American forces captured then-President Nicolas Maduro, opening the way for Delcy Rodriguez to become Venezuela's interim president.

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  1. 4 outlets Venezuela’s Rodriguez promises elections to transition to ’full democracy’

    first by Investing.com News, 2h ago · also Globe and Mail, RTE News, NYT

    3 more headlines

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