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Weekly Report - 15 October 2026 (WR-26-41)
VENEZUELA: Could Rodríguez cling on until 2030?
As a third round of negotiations between the Venezuelan government and opposition began on 14 October, calls from the US for patience regarding the holding of elections met a mixed response. Following an explanation from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that democratisation will be a slow but thorough process, one of the leading opposition figures in the national assembly, Henrique Capriles Radonski, said he believes President Delcy Rodríguez intends to remain in power until 2030, when elections are next due.
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