In the 12 days since the US seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, interim President Delcy Rodriguez has been working to consolidate her own power, installing loyalists in key positions to protect herself from internal threats while meeting US demands to boost oil production.Rodriguez, 56, a quiet but rigorous technocrat who was vice president and oil minister, has named a central banker to help run the economy, a presidential chief of staff and, crucially, a new head of Venezuela s feared DGCIM, the military counterintelligence agency built over decades with Cuban assistance.Major General Gustavo Gonzalez, 65, will now head the agency, a move three sources with knowledge of the government described as an early gambit by Rodriguez to counter what many in Venezuela say is the biggest threat to her leadership: Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela s hardline interior minister with close ties to the security services and the dreaded colectivos motorcycle gangs which have killed opposition supporters.
Sunday 8 February 2026
asiaone - 21 days ago
Venezuela s new leader, facing internal division, moves to tighten her grip on power
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