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Delcy Rodríguez says Venezuela will hold elections when the country is ready
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Delcy Rodríguez says Venezuela will hold elections when the country is ready

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez said elections would take place when the country was prepared, without setting a date.
  • Rodríguez said she had worked to prepare Venezuela for elections and to end the sanctions imposed on the country.
  • Her comments came as the Trump administration backed economic revitalization through a major oil agreement while critics questioned Washington’s commitment to democratization.

Delcy Rodríguez says Venezuela will hold elections, but only when the country is ready. The interim president made clear that she would not set a date, even as she insisted that an electoral process would take place.

“I have worked tirelessly to ensure that Venezuela is ready and prepared for when it is time to begin its electoral process. There will be an electoral process, have no doubt about that, but under the conditions in which Venezuela is prepared,” Rodríguez said at a news conference with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who was visiting Caracas to sign oil agreements.

I have worked tirelessly to ensure that Venezuela is ready and prepared for when it is time to begin its electoral process. There will be an electoral process, have no doubt about that, but under the conditions in which Venezuela is prepared.

— Delcy RodríguezThe interim president said elections would occur when Venezuela was ready but did not give a date.

Rodríguez said Venezuela’s Constitution provides for a democratic system and that she had worked since January to promote democratic coexistence and secure the lifting of the sanctions imposed on the country. Her remarks followed comments by U.S. President Donald Trump, who said Rodríguez wanted elections but believed Venezuela was not yet prepared. Trump said he hoped voting would take place soon.

In Venezuela there is a Constitution and a democratic system provided for in the Constitution. Secondly, I do not set the date.

— Delcy RodríguezRodríguez explained why she would not announce an election timetable.

The United States captured Nicolás Maduro in a military operation in January. The Trump administration then opened contacts with Rodríguez’s new government, which she had joined after serving as a vice president in the Chavista administration, and later restored diplomatic relations with Caracas.

Trump announced the previous week what he called a “historic” agreement giving the United States control over the exploitation of 17 Venezuelan oil fields. Those fields hold nearly one-fifth of the country’s crude reserves. Critics accuse Washington of prioritizing access to Venezuelan oil over democratization. The Trump administration says it continues to seek elections, but argues that Venezuela’s economy must first be revived through the oil agreement.

historic

— Donald TrumpTrump used the term to describe the agreement giving the United States control over exploitation of 17 Venezuelan oil fields.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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