The invitation comes in the context of Trump’s pragmatic strategy towards Venezuela, following oil agreements and promises to release political prisoners, although more than 900 detainees are still awaiting freedom.
Delcy Rodríguez, who remains under US sanctionswould be the first Venezuelan leader to visit the United States in more than a quarter of a century, excluding presidents who participate in United Nations meetings in New York.
This invitation, without a defined date, and released by a White House source, demonstrates once again that the North American President, who stated that he is “working well” with Rodríguez, intends to adopt a pragmatic strategy with Venezuelareported the agency France-Presse (AFP).
Caracas and Washington have already secured oil agreements and promised prisoner releases.
However, Trump appears to be keeping his options open, after expressing his desire on Tuesday to involve Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in governing the country.
Carlos Andrés Pérez was the last Venezuelan leader to visit the US
Rodríguez’s visit, which has not been confirmed by Caracas, would be a significant event, as the last time a Venezuelan head of state traveled to the United States for an official meeting with an American President It was in the 1990swhen Carlos Andrés Pérez met with George HW Bush (father).
The socialist turn under Hugo Chávez (1999-2013) increased tension in relations, which quickly became conflictual.
Inaugurated on January 5, two days after the capture of Nicolás Maduro by US forces, Delcy Rodríguez appears to be making several concessions under pressure from Washington.
Trump did not hesitate to threaten her with another attack if she did not respond positively to his demands.
In addition to the oil agreements and the release of political prisoners, the interim leader removed Alex Saab, considered an ally of Maduro, from the corridors of power and promised legislative reforms to facilitate investment.
More than 900 political prisoners await freedom
Deportation flights for migrants from the United States to Venezuela have also resumed.
The Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), which represents the majority of the Venezuelan opposition, denounced, on Wednesday, that more than 946 political prisoners “continue to await their freedom”, in the middle of the release process announced on January 8th.
“It is urgent that the mass releases be carried out immediately, constituting an unequivocal sign of real gestures in favor of reconciliation and a genuine transition”, declared the platform in a statement published on the social network X.
The PUD indicated that in the last two days it received information about three new releases, bringing the total number of those released to 166 since January 8th.
For the opposition, the “drop-by-shot” releases are “a contradictory sign” to the authorities’ recent statements, highlighting that “more than 80%” of political prisoners “still await” full freedom.
A requested, on Wednesday, the publication of the list of political prisoners released in the country, after the president of the National Assembly (Parliament), the Chavista Jorge Rodríguez, expressed his willingness to publish the names of those who were released.
A which leads the legal defense of those detained for political reasons, said on Monday that it registered a total of 777 cases in Venezuela and also recorded 143 releases between January 8 and Monday.
