Delcy Rodríguez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
Delcy Rodríguez
Rodríguez in June 2016
Vice President of Venezuela
Assumed office
14 June 2018
Disputed between 10 January 2019
and 5 January 2023[1][2]
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byTareck El Aissami
President of the Constituent Assembly
In office
4 August 2017 – 14 June 2018
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byLuis Miquilena (1999)
Succeeded byDiosdado Cabello
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
26 December 2014 – 21 June 2017
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byRafael Ramírez
Succeeded bySamuel Moncada
Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information
In office
3 August 2013 – 13 October 2014
PresidentNicolás Maduro
Preceded byErnesto Villegas
Succeeded byJacqueline Faria
Personal details
Born
Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez

(1969-05-18) 18 May 1969 (age 54)
Caracas, Venezuela
Political partyUnited Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) (until 2018)
Movement We Are Venezuela (MSV) (from 2018)
Domestic partnerAlfredo José Anzola (?-2008; his death)
RelativesJorge Rodríguez (brother)

Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez (born 18 May 1969) is a Venezuelan politician serving as the vice president of Venezuela since 2018.[3][4] She was also Minister of Popular Power for Communication and Information of Venezuela from 2013[5] to 2014, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017[6] and President of the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela from 4 August 2017 to 14 June 2018. The European Union, the United States and Canada have placed sanctions on her.[7][8][9]

Political career

Rodriguez shaking hands with former United States Secretary of State John Kerry

She held several posts during the course of the Chavez administration: as International Affairs Director in the Ministry of Energy and Mines, in 2003; as Vice-minister for European Affairs in 2005; serving from February–August 2006 as the Minister for Presidential Affairs and the following year as General Coordinator to the Vice-President of Venezuela, both of which roles she held while her brother occupied the office of Vice President of the Republic. She was the Minister for Presidential Affairs in 2006.[10] Similarly, she was Vice Minister for Europe at the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Relations. She also served as the General Coordinator to the Vice President of Venezuela.[11] According to a profile published in the daily Tal Cual, Rodriguez pursued a concentration in labor law in Paris, France, taught at UCV and was a member of the Venezuelan Association of Labor Lawyers.[12]

Since 2016, Rodriguez has been an outspoken defender of Venezuelan government domestic actions in the face of calls from Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, to suspend Venezuelan membership in the organization for violating the OAS Democratic Charter.[13] On 21 June 2017, Rodriguez left her post to run for the Constituent National Assembly. President Maduro accepted her resignation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[6] She was succeeded by Samuel Moncada.[14]

Vice President

On 14 June 2018, President Maduro named Rodríguez to be Vice President of Venezuela, succeeding Tareck El Aissami.[3] She also became the head official of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN), Venezuela's intelligence agency, as it is dependent on the office of the vice presidency.[15]

In November 2022, she visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.[16]

Sanctions

Rodríguez has been sanctioned by several countries and is banned from entering neighboring Colombia. The Colombian government maintains a list of people banned from entering Colombia or subject to expulsion; as of January 2019, the list had 200 people with a "close relationship and support for the Nicolás Maduro regime".[17][18]

On 22 September 2017, Canada sanctioned Rodríguez due to her role in Venezuela's constitutional crisis.[7]

Shortly after being named Vice President of Venezuela, Rodríguez was one of eleven officials sanctioned by the European Union on 25 June 2018, with her assets frozen and a travel ban issued against her after she "undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela."[8][19]

The Mexican Senate froze the assets of officials of the Maduro administration, including Delcy Rodríguez, and prohibited them from entering Mexico on 20 April 2018.[20][21]

Switzerland sanctioned Rodríguez on 10 July 2018, freezing her assets and imposing a travel ban while citing the same reasons of the European Union.[22][23][24]

The United States sanctioned Rodríguez on 25 September 2018 for "corruption and humanitarian issues" by including her in OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.[9]

In January 2020, despite the entry ban imposed by the European Union since 2018, Rodríguez met Spain's minister José Luis Ábalos (PSOE) in Madrid–Barajas Airport.[25]

Personal life

Rodríguez is the daughter of Jorge Antonio Rodríguez [es], who was the founder of the Socialist League of Venezuela. He was arrested in 1976 as a suspect in the kidnapping by guerrillas of William Frank Niehous [es] (vice-president of Owens-Illinois Venezuela Inc.) and tortured to death by the police.[26] Her brother, Jorge Jesús Rodríguez, served as Mayor of Caracas, as well as vice president.

Delcy was in a relationship with Smartmatic co-founder Alfredo José Anzola prior to his death in a plane crash in April 2008.[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Guaidó nombra a Leopoldo López al frente de un nuevo "centro de Gobierno"". Tal Cual (in Spanish). 28 August 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Guaidó pone a Leopoldo López al frente de su gabinete". La Razón (in European Spanish). 28 August 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b "¡Entérate! Nicolás Maduro anuncia cambio de gabinete vía Twitter". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  4. ^ CIA World Factbook. "The World Factbook-Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Nueva ministra de comunicaciones es la hermana de Jorge Rodríguez". El Nacional. 4 August 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b "¡Se acabó el berrinche! Delcy Eloína sale de la cancillería". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Canada sanctions 40 Venezuelans with links to political, economic crisis". The Globe and Mail. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  8. ^ a b "European Union hits 11 more Venezuelans with sanctions". The Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  9. ^ a b "U.S. targets Venezuelans with new sanctions for corruption". UPI. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Villegas celebra designación de Delcy Rodríguez como ministra". El Universal. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Perfil de Delcy Rodríguez: Ministra de Comunicación e Información". Noticia Al Dia. 4 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  12. ^ Poderopedia, Equipo. "Delcy Rodríguez". poderopedia.org. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Kerry launches talks with Venezuela but backs disputed referendum". Reuters. 14 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Venezuela's 'Tiger' Foreign Minister Rodriguez Quits". Voice of America. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017. Historian and deputy foreign minister Samuel Moncada will replace her, President Nicolas Maduro said, announcing the diplomatic shake-up in a speech on state TV.
  15. ^ "Con su nuevo cargo, Delcy Rodríguez será la responsable del Sebin". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  16. ^ Mohamed, Hatem (20 November 2022). "Vice President of Venezuela, visits Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque". MSN. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  17. ^ "Maduro encabeza lista de 200 venezolanos que no pueden entrar al país" [Maduro tops list of 200 Venezuelans who can not enter the country]. El Tiempo (in Spanish). 30 January 2019. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Primera parte de lista de colaboradores de Maduro que no pueden ingresar a Colombia" [First part of list of Maduro collaborators who can not enter Colombia] (in Spanish). RCN Radio. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  19. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  20. ^ Profile Archived 4 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, vpitv.com. Accessed 28 August 2023.
  21. ^ Sumarium (21 April 2018). "México rechaza elecciones en Venezuela y sanciona a siete funcionarios http://sumarium.com/mexico-rechaza-elecciones-en-venezuela-y-sanciona-a-siete-funcionarios/ …pic.twitter.com/NwcX67vBHD". Twitter (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Switzerland Sanctions 11 More Venezuelans, including Delcy Rodriguez, El Aissami, Chourio". Latin American Herald Tribune. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  23. ^ "Sanctions suisses contre la vice-présidente du Venezuela" [Swiss sanctions against the vice president of Venezuela] (in French). Swiss Broadcasting Company. 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  24. ^ "Sanctions suisses contre la vice-présidente du Venezuela". Government of Switzerland (in French). Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  25. ^ "Spain-Venezuela encounter by tarmac unleashes speculation". AP NEWS. 23 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  26. ^ Márquez, Laureano (2018). "La democracia pierde energía". Historieta de Venezuela (in Spanish). p. 119. ISBN 978-1-7328777-1-9.
  27. ^ "El mega guiso de los hermanitos Rodríguez con Smartmatic". El Político (in European Spanish). 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

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