Nicolás Maduro’s interim replacement now leading Venezuela in the wake of his arrest represents a continuation of the same regime, and with a woman who "hates the West" at the helm, a former Venezuelan official has warned.
Delcy Rodríguez’s appointment, the source said, underscores how Venezuela’s leadership continues to rely on a tight circle of Maduro loyalists rather than new figures, leaving what the source described as "the axis of evil in a geopolitical struggle three hours from Miami."
Rodríguez, Venezuela’s former vice president and oil minister, was sworn in Monday after Maduro’s removal from office and his appearance in a New York courtroom on drug trafficking charges.
"The regime is still the same, and she hates the West," the official told Fox News Digital, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
"Delcy has evolved from a mediocre lawyer, and now she’s the president of one of the richest nations in Latin America," the source said.
"She has probably been in every post, because they rotate the same people because they don’t have anybody else that they trust.
‘Delcy is a very close and trustworthy person for Maduro and was also the same for Chávez."
President Donald Trump said Saturday that Rodríguez, 56, stood "willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again."
Rodríguez, who has served as foreign minister, president of the Constituent Assembly, vice president, and oil minister, was sworn in by her brother, Jorge Rodríguez, the head of the National Assembly.
Born in Caracas, Rodríguez is the daughter of Marxist guerrilla leader allegations that Venezuelan passports, birth certificates, and nationalities were illegally sold abroad, according to Those sanctions remain in place.
She was also said to have been implicated in the so-called "Delcygate" scandal in 2020 after allegedly making a secret stop in Spain despite sanctions on her, as reported by by Iran, China, Russia, and Cuba," the source added, citing armed groups including FARC and ELN controlling large parts of the country.
"Delcy is the interim, but all of these groups are part of the cohort from Chávez that came from communist mindsets against the West that she came from."
"We now see the axis of evil in a geopolitical struggle three hours from Miami," the source added.
"There are atrocity crimes committed by all of this group, plus there’s kleptocracy and grand corruption, which are all still in place," the source said.