CARACAS — Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, held a high-level working meeting Monday, August 10, in Caracas with a delegation of senior U.S. Treasury and State Department officials — one of the most direct, visible instances yet of Washington engaging Rodríguez’s government face-to-face since Nicolás Maduro’s capture seven months ago.
Who Was There
The U.S. delegation was led by Jonathan Greenstein, Treasury’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Financial Affairs, and Jonathan Burke, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing.
Venezuela’s presidential press office confirmed the meeting and released photos, but did not name the specific Venezuelan ministers or officials who joined Rodríguez.
What Was Discussed
According to Venezuela’s presidential press office, the meeting focused on evaluating a shared “economic development” agenda and strengthening bilateral relations, with both sides working to “robustecer” — reinforce or strengthen — existing agreements across commercial, energy, and financial sectors.