Venezuela’s interim leadership said on Monday that President Delcy Rodriguez convened with U.S. envoy Laura Dogu at the Miraflores presidential palace to review "the work agenda between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the United States." The government statement named those present as Jorge Rodriguez - the head of the national assembly legislature and brother of the interim president - and Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, who had met with Dogu over the weekend following the envoy’s arrival in Caracas.
The official release said the talks are part of efforts by "the governments of Venezuela and the United States" to "advance on a roadmap to address matters of bilateral interest, through diplomatic dialogue and on the basis of mutual respect and international law." No further operational details of the roadmap were provided in the statement.
According to the government account, the meeting comes after a period of intensified tensions and a sequence of developments described as having begun when the U.S. captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro a month ago. Those developments, as outlined by the statement, include the swearing in of Delcy Rodriguez as interim president, enactment of a reform to Venezuela’s flagship oil law, and the release of some political prisoners.
Delcy Rodriguez has been quoted in the statement as seeking "balanced and respectful international relations" with the United States. The statement also notes that Trump has said relations with the interim government are proceeding well. Separately, the two countries have reached an agreement to export up to $2 billion worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, and the interim government has announced a proposed "amnesty law" intended to apply to hundreds of prisoners, a measure the government described as responsive to long-standing demands from opposition groups and human rights organisations.
The government’s description of events and outcomes was presented without additional operational specifics or a timeline for implementation of the roadmap, the oil export agreement, or the proposed amnesty law.
Key factual points in the government release are limited to attendance at the Miraflores meeting, the quoted language about the bilateral agenda, the listing of recent political steps taken in Caracas, and the mention of the oil export arrangement and the proposed amnesty. The statement did not provide further detail on next steps, enforcement mechanisms, or timelines for any of the items referenced.