guaranteed Trump his cooperation with the US before Maduro’s fall

The cooperation of the woman who until a few weeks ago occupied the Executive Vice Presidency of Venezuela is added to that of the Minister of the Interior and number two of Chavismo, Diosdado Hair. The strong man of United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) spent months talking with the White House.

According to the British newspaper’s sources, Delcy and his brother Jorge did not actively participate in the operation to capture Maduro by US forces on January 3, but they had assured the US Government through intermediaries that they would cooperate with them the following day.

Delcy, who was vice president with Maduro, swore as interim president just two days after the president’s capture.

The newspaper’s sources assure that there were representatives of the Government of Qatar involved in the Rodríguez negotiations with the United States.

These contacts had been taking place since the fall, and intensified after a telephone communication in November between Trump and Maduro that was unsuccessful in achieving his voluntary abandonment of power, according to the newspaper’s version.

In December, and given the deterioration of the situation, Delcy told one of her American interlocutors that she would “collaborate with the result that is presented,” according to what that interlocutor told the newspaper.

The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubioat first very reluctant to collaborate with the Rodríguezes, came to understand that they were perhaps the least bad alternative to guarantee a relatively peaceful transition that avoided chaos.

In October, the newspaper Miami Herald published that Delcy was actively or passively conspiring to bring down Maduro due to her own ambitions, and although she flatly denied it, her reaction seemed to convince Rubio and his entourage that she was an ambivalent person with whom some agreement could be reached, he continues. The Guardian.

The newspaper adds that Delcy’s character also helped win her over as a secret ally, and paints her as a person with “charming oddities that help him win friends”, such as his love of pingpong (he has his own coach), drinking champagne and challenging foreign leaders to different games.

Finally, she points out that there was another decisive factor, such as her fluid relationship with the US oil sector, which also conveyed to anyone who wanted to listen that she could be a good interlocutor in the future.

The Chavista deck

Reuters revealed last Saturday that several officials of the Trump Government They had been in talks with Cabello, months before the US operation to capture Maduro.

These same officials warned Cabello, 62, not to use security services or militants sympathetic to the ruling party under his supervision to attack the opposition, according to four sources cited by the news agency.

That security apparatus, which includes the intelligence services, the police and the armed forces, remains practically intact after the US raid on January 3.