Overview
- Gen. Francis L. Donovan met in Caracas with interim leader Delcy Rodríguez and senior officials, including Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, in what both sides called productive meetings.
- The Venezuelan government said both countries agreed to design a bilateral cooperation agenda on counter-narcotics and migration, with an initial reference to terrorism later removed from an official post.
- U.S. statements said discussions focused on Venezuela’s security environment and actions needed to carry out the plan’s first phase centered on stabilization.
- The delegation included U.S. chargé d’affaires Laura F. Dogu and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Joseph M. Humire, underscoring expanding diplomatic and defense engagement after years of ruptured ties.
- The visit follows last week’s trip by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who announced a long-term energy arrangement with the interim government, while Nicolás Maduro remains detained in New York on U.S. narcoterrorism charges.