During his first term, US President Donald Trump also froze Venezuelan funds in international accounts, which Maduro estimated in 2022 amounted to some $30 billion. "We are unfreezing resources from Venezuela that belong to the Venezuelan people," Delcy Rodriguez, acting as president since Maduro's toppling in a deadly US military operation on January 3, said on state TV. "This will allow us to invest significant resources in equipment for hospitals -- equipment we are acquiring in the United States and in other countries." Trump has since called Rodriguez's leadership "very strong" and said the United States is already taking a cut of Venezuela's oil. Rodriguez "is well aware of the fate of Maduro," Rubio is to tell the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, according to prepared testimony.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 28, 2026 11:13 UTC