The Venezuelan government denied this Friday that There are plans for the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, to travel abroad “soon”thus denying versions that were circulating about it.
Through a message on Telegram, the Minister of Communication and Information, Freddy Ñáñez, declared: “It is not expected that the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, will make any trip outside the country in the near future. We are focused as a government on the internal agenda to guarantee our people their right to peace and stability.”
Rumors about a possible trip arose after the Spanish newspaper ABC reported that Rodríguez had requested permission to travel to the United States on Tuesday. The news is framed in a context of strong pressure from Washington on Caracas, although both countries recently announced “an exploratory process of a diplomatic nature” after the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during a military operation in Caracas on Saturday, January 3.
At the same time, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, revealed that he had extended an invitation to Rodríguez to visit the neighboring country.
“I also spoke two days ago with the current president in Venezuela, Delcy. I have known her since the beginning of all this. I invited her to Colombia,” said the president during a speech in the Plaza de Bolívar in Bogotá.
