Trump to meet Venezuela's Rodriguez at UN General Assembly

U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, during the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week. The meeting, described as a "pullaside" on the sidelines of a reception hosted by Trump for world leaders, will mark the first in-person encounter between the two leaders since a U.S. operation removed former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz confirmed the meeting to reporters, stating it would take place on Tuesday. The encounter follows a recent energy agreement between the two nations that would allow the U.S. to take partial control of Venezuela's oil reserves. While Waltz did not provide a specific agenda, the meeting is widely expected to address the implementation of that deal and the broader trajectory of the bilateral relationship. Rodríguez, who was Maduro's vice president, became Venezuela's acting president after the U.S. military raid that captured Maduro and brought him to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.