Venezuela's new interim leader Delcy Rodríguez 'hates the West,' ex official warns

Nicolás Maduro’s interim replacement now leading Venezuela successful nan aftermath of his apprehension represents a continuation of nan aforesaid regime, and pinch a female who "hates nan West" astatine nan helm, a erstwhile Venezuelan charismatic has warned.

Delcy Rodríguez’s elevation, nan root said, underscores really Venezuela’s activity continues to trust connected a tight circle of Maduro loyalists alternatively than caller figures, leaving what nan root described arsenic "the axis of evil successful a geopolitical struggle remains 3 hours from Miami."

Rodríguez, Venezuela’s erstwhile vice president and lipid minister, was formally sworn successful connected Monday pursuing Maduro’s removal from agency and his quality successful a New York courtroom Monday connected supplier trafficking charges.

"The authorities is still nan same, and she hates nan West," nan charismatic told Fox News Digital, speaking connected nan information of anonymity.

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Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez addresses nan media successful Caracas, Venezuela, connected March 10, 2025.  (Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters)

"Really, Delcy has evolved from a mediocre lawyer, and now she’s nan president of 1 of nan richest nations successful Latin America," nan root said.

"She has astir apt been successful each post, because they rotate nan aforesaid persons arsenic they don’t person anybody other that they trust.

‘Delcy is simply a very adjacent and trustworthy personification for Maduro and was besides nan aforesaid for Chávez.’"

President Donald Trump said Saturday that Rodríguez, 56, stood "willing to do what we deliberation is basal to make Venezuela awesome again."

Rodríguez, who has served arsenic overseas minister, president of nan Constituent Assembly, vice president, and lipid minister, was sworn successful by her brother, Jorge Rodríguez, nan caput of nan National Assembly.

Born successful Caracas, Rodríguez is nan girl of Marxist guerrilla leader Jorge Antonio Rodríguez, a co-founder of nan Socialist League.

He was arrested successful relationship pinch nan 1976 kidnapping of American businessman William F. Niehous and later died successful constabulary custody, according to nan New York Times.

"That ordeal is nan instauration and nan root of Delcy’s hatred of nan West and of democracy," nan root said, earlier claiming, "her full inheritance was Marxist."

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A side-by-side photograph of President Donald Trump and Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez. (Joe Raedle/Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)

"The guerrilla Marxist constituent kidnapped an American executive successful 1976, and he was held for 3 years until authorities located nan group hiding successful nan Amazon jungle," nan root claimed.

Rodríguez’s tenure arsenic overseas curate was besides marked by contention nan root claimed, including allegations that Venezuelan passports, commencement certificates, and nationalities were illegally sold abroad, according to reports.

At nan 2016 United Nations General Assembly, Rodríguez said nan allegations were untrue.

"There were immoderate passports being sold successful Iraq, and they were giving commencement certificates to terrorists," nan root claimed.

In 2018, nan U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Rodríguez, citing her domiciled arsenic a elder charismatic successful nan Maduro government. Those sanctions stay successful place.

She was besides said to person been implicated successful nan alleged "Delcygate" ungraded successful 2020 aft allegedly making a concealed extremity successful Spain contempt sanctions connected her, reported by Spanish media. 

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Venezuela's Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez leaves nan Argentina's Foreign Ministry successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. Mercosur Foreign Ministers from Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina met for a Mercosur Foreign Ministers acme successful Buenos Aires Wednesday. (AP Photo) (The Associated Press)

Reports alleged she was transporting golden into Europe, a declare Rodríguez has denied.

"She had 40 bags afloat of golden successful a backstage pitchy arsenic vice president," nan root alleged. "They put nan bags done nan X-ray, and they recovered nan gold," nan root claimed.

"Venezuela has go an occupied territory by Iran, China, Russia, and Cuba," nan root added, citing equipped groups including FARC and ELN controlling ample parts of nan country.

"Delcy is nan interim, but each of these groups are portion of nan cohort from Chávez that came from communist mindsets against nan West that she came from."

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"We now spot nan axis of evil successful a geopolitical struggle 3 hours from Miami," nan root added.

"There are atrocity crimes committed by each of this group, positive there’s kleptocracy and expansive corruption, which is each still successful place," nan root said.