Delcy Rodríguez offered Maduro's exit

Miami. On two occasions this year, Delcy Rodríguez, who is illegally serving as Venezuela's vice president, has offered the United States the opportunity to lead a political transition period, replacing Nicolás Maduro.

According to The Miami Herald, Delcy and her brother Jorge, known in Venezuela as one of the Maduro regime's repressors and currently serving as president of the Assembly, offered the dictator's resignation on two occasions, but Delcy Rodríguez was chosen as their replacement.

The first offer was made to Trump's envoy to Caracas, Richard Grenell; the second time through Qatar, in a kind of triangulation with Washington.

The Rodríguez brothers' proposals "sought to persuade sectors of the U.S. government that a Maduro-free Maduro regime could allow for a peaceful transition in Venezuela, preserving political stability without dismantling the governing apparatus," the Miami newspaper reports.

The Rodríguez brothers have been staunch supporters of Maduro; Jorge, a psychiatrist by profession, decided to send his children to study in Mexico after the repressive acts he himself coordinated.

The Rodríguez brothers' father was murdered by far-right groups several decades ago, so among those who know Jorge, he has a sense of revenge that he has expressed on several occasions.

In the afternoon, Delcy Rodríguez denied the information published by the Miami newspaper. However, the Rodríguez brothers, being members of a dictatorship, lack credibility.

"FAKE!! Another media outlet adding to the filth of psychological warfare against the Venezuelan people. They have no ethics or morals, and they exclusively favor lies and swindling," Rodríguez said on Telegram.

"The Bolivarian revolution has a united political and military high command that is united around the will of the people," added the vice president, who then shared a photo with Maduro with the caption: "Together and united with President Maduro."

He's leaving

Admiral Alvin Holsey, responsible for overseeing U.S. attacks on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean, announced yesterday that he will retire after just one year in office.

Holsey will step down as head of Southern Command, a unit responsible for forces operating in Central and South America.