US EditionVenezuelan Leader Delcy Rodríguez Replaces Senior Military Commanders
Delcy Rodríguez consolidates control over Venezuela's military by appointing intelligence chief Gustavo González López and new top commanders amid ongoing political stabilization efforts.
- On Wednesday, Delcy Rodríguez unveiled a cabinet reshuffle that sacked Vladimir Padrino López as defence minister and announced Gustavo González López as his replacement on Telegram, thanking Padrino for his service.
- Following U.S. action, the shake-up follows a raid that captured Nicolás Maduro and Rodríguez's move to restore diplomatic ties with Washington in early March.
- The reshuffle installed new service chiefs including Dilio Alejandro Agüero Montes, Royman Antonio Hernández Briceño, and Rubén Darío Belzares Escobar, while Human Rights Watch warned González López's promotion risks preserving repression.
- Reacting to his replacement, Rodríguez said the appointments would guarantee Venezuela's 'sovereignty, peace, stability and territorial integrity', while López praised his years of service.
- Analysts note the move tightens control over the military and surveillance apparatus, while Caracas maintains its external posture, continuing to press its claim over the Essequibo region.
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RIO DE JANEIRO. Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has fired the country's defense minister after nearly 12 years in the post. She has also replaced the entire military leadership. The message is clear: she wants to control the authoritarian regime.
CARACAS.– After the replacement this week of the Minister of Defense, the leader of the Venezuelan regime, Delcy Rodríguez, completed the purge of the main military commanders to align them with the interests of the United States.These adjustments are part of a broader restructuring of the security apparatus, amid approaches to foreign investors, especially North Americans, within the framework of the unprecedented political turn.Rodríguez assum…
Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez has replaced her country's top military commanders, a day after appointing a new defense minister, the BBC reports.
By Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español. In just three days, Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, revamped the country's military leadership, a series of moves that, according to some analysts, seek to consolidate her control over the Armed Forces two and a half months after the capture of President Nicolás Maduro in the U.S. military operation carried out on January 3. Rodríguez made 17 changes this week. The first occurred on Wednesday, …
Venezuela's President replaces Defence Minister Padrino with a Chief of Intelligence. Within two months, she has already exchanged twelve top officials from her predecessor Maduro.
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