{"id":496822,"date":"2026-01-05T15:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/delcy-rodriguez-becomes-the-first-president-of-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:33:32","slug":"delcy-rodriguez-becomes-the-first-president-of-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/delcy-rodriguez-becomes-the-first-president-of-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Delcy Rodr\u00edguez becomes the first president of Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo.- <\/strong> The <strong>Executive Vice President of Venezuela<\/strong>, <strong>Delcy Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, was sworn in this Monday as acting president of the country, two days after the capture of the ruler Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife, the deputy <strong>Cilia Flores,<\/strong> by US forces in a military operation in Caracas and in three other nearby states.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> becomes the first woman in history to preside over Venezuela.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/17-de-marzo-caso-de-nicolas\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/17-de-marzo-caso-de-nicolas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judge sets hearing for March 17 in the case of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and Cilia Flores<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nMeanwhile, the <strong>Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), <\/strong>the main opposition coalition in Venezuela that supports <strong>Mar\u00eda Corina Machado <\/strong>and <strong>Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez Urrutia<\/strong>, called the new National Assembly (AN, Parliament), inaugurated this Monday for the 2026-2031 legislative period and dominated by a Chavista majority, \u201cillegitimate.\u201d\n\nIn a statement, <strong>the PUD recalled its rejection of the parliamentary elections of May 25, 2025<\/strong>, a process it considered &#8220;illegitimate&#8221; by arguing that &#8220;it did not meet the minimum conditions necessary to be recognized&#8221;.\n\n\u00abIn that process, the regime awarded itself a National Assembly tailored to its needs, without any participation from the democratic opposition political forces\u00bb, stated the opposition bloc.\n\nThe PUD reaffirmed that the &#8220;overcoming of the Venezuelan political crisis must inevitably lead to the full restoration of the constitutional order&#8221;, always bearing in mind, it added, the principle of popular sovereignty established by the Constitution.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- The Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, was sworn in this Monday as acting president of the country, two days after the capture of the ruler Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife, the deputy Cilia Flores, by US forces in a military operation in Caracas and in three other nearby states. 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