{"id":336367,"date":"2026-04-24T15:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=336367"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:07:18","slug":"ties-with-united-states-must-be-based-on-mutual-respect-venezuela-acting-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=336367","title":{"rendered":"Ties with United States must be based on mutual respect &#8211; Venezuela acting president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VEN-AMNESTY-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-323600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VEN-AMNESTY-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VEN-AMNESTY-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VEN-AMNESTY-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VEN-AMNESTY-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VEN-AMNESTY-555x370.jpg 555w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VEN-AMNESTY.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>File photo of Venezuela&#8217;s acting President Delcy Rodriguez, holding up a copy of a new law after lawmakers approved legislation opening the nation&#8217;s oil sector to privatization, during a rally in January 2026 accompanied by her brother, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, second right, at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo\/Cristian Hernandez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>CARACAS, April 24 (Bernama-Xinhua) &#8212; Ties with the United States (US) must be based on mutual respect, Venezuela&#8217;s acting president Delcy Rodriguez reiterated on Thursday, Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Today, the new diplomatic representative of the United States arrived in Venezuela, and we hope to continue our work agenda, an agenda that must be based on respect,&#8221; Rodriguez said as she led a massive rally in western Lara state as part of the &#8220;Great National Pilgrimage for a Venezuela Without Sanctions and in Peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New US&nbsp;envoy John Barrett landed in Caracas on Thursday to push forward Washington&#8217;s plan for Venezuela&#8217;s transition after President Nicolas Maduro was seized in a US&nbsp;military operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rodriguez called for an end to the increasingly restrictive sanctions the US has imposed on Venezuela over the years, saying all of them must be lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the sanctions, the Venezuelan government and its people have succeeded in boosting production and strengthening the country&#8217;s capabilities, Rodriguez noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the same spirit, she said the nation&#8217;s various political and social sectors should reflect and work together to prevent a repeat of the Jan&nbsp;3 US&nbsp;military intervention that led to the forcible seizure of Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;May missiles and bombs never again fall on our territory,&#8221; Rodriguez said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA-XINHUA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARACAS, April 24 (Bernama-Xinhua) &#8212; Ties with the United States (US) must be based on mutual respect, Venezuela&#8217;s acting president Delcy Rodriguez reiterated on Thursday, Xinhua reported. &#8220;Today, the new diplomatic representative of the United States arrived in Venezuela, and we hope to continue our work agenda, an agenda that must be based on respect,&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":323600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,288,300,291,375,316],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336367"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=336367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336374,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336367\/revisions\/336374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/323600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=336367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=336367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=336367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}