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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe met with interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas to discuss economic cooperation and efforts to combat drug trafficking.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: CIA Director John Ratcliffe, interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, President Donald J. Trump, and Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The meeting took place on Thursday in Caracas, Venezuela.

💬KEY QUOTE: “During the meeting in Caracas, Director Ratcliffe discussed potential opportunities for economic collaboration and that Venezuela can no longer be a safe haven for America’s adversaries, especially narcotraffickers,” an American official confirmed.

🎯IMPACT: The meeting signals potential shifts in U.S.-Venezuela relations and efforts to stabilize the region while addressing narcotrafficking and economic concerns.

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Caracas on Thursday to meet with interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez. Ratcliffe and Rodríguez are believed to have discussed future economic cooperation between Venezuela and the United States, as well as the South American country’s role in American efforts to end cartel drug trafficking operations across the region.

Rodríguez, who spoke with President Donald Trump during a phone call on Wednesday, became the interim leader of Venezuela after American forces captured the country’s now former Marxist dictator, Nicolás Maduro. “During the meeting in Caracas, Director Ratcliffe discussed potential opportunities for economic collaboration and that Venezuela can no longer be a safe haven for America’s adversaries, especially narcotraffickers,” an American official confirmed.

The Trump administration contends that allowing Rodríguez to remain in power for now helps to prevent Venezuela from “descending into some chaotic situation” and would allow her to “cooperate and coordinate with the U.S. government.” The National Pulse reported earlier this week that Diosdado Cabello, Maduro’s Minister of the Interior and Justice, remains at large and is believed to be behind a colectivo insurgency targeting anti-Maduro Venezuelans and American citizens.

Earlier this month, President Trump announced an oil deal with Venezuela in which the country would provide the United States with between 30 million and 50 million barrels of sanctioned crude oil. With the money made from oil sales, Trump said that Venezuela would purchase American agricultural, medical, and electrical equipment.

Ratcliffe’s meeting with Rodríguez came after Trump met with Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado. “María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done,” said Trump, adding, “Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you, María!” Top Trump officials have reiterated the administration’s commitment to long-term democratic elections in Venezuela; however, the president has not set a timeline for when elections might take place. “We have to fix the country first. You can’t have an election. There’s no way the people could even vote,” Trump said in an interview last week, stating, “No, it’s going to take a period of time. We have to nurse the country back to health.”

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