PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Feb.2026, Words: 161) — Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez asked US president Donald Trump to end the blockade and sanctions against the OPEC country.
Rodríguez, speaking on 26 Feb. 2026 during at an event with Venezuelan youth in the Ríos Reyna Hall of the Teresa Carreño Theater, emphasized the importance of Venezuela’s independence, stressing that the “Republic has never been a threat to the US” and that she seeks a “relationship of friendship and cooperation.”
