{"id":497883,"date":"2026-01-16T22:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/delcy-rodriguez-names-three-more-new-ministers-in-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T22:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:19:17","slug":"delcy-rodriguez-names-three-more-new-ministers-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/delcy-rodriguez-names-three-more-new-ministers-in-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Delcy Rodr\u00edguez names three more new ministers in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"Caracas.-<\/strong> The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, announced this Friday three new ministerial changes in the areas of Transportation, Ecosocialism and Communication, eleven days after assuming the leadership of the Executive after the capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro by US forces.\n\nIn his Telegram account, Rodr\u00edguez reported on the appointment of Freddy \u00d1\u00e1\u00f1ez, until now head of Communication and Information, as Minister for Ecosocialism, replacing An\u00edbal Coronado.\n\nCoronado, for his part, was appointed the new Minister of Transportation, a position held by Ram\u00f3n Vel\u00e1squez Araguay\u00e1n, whom Rodr\u00edguez thanked for his \"commitment\" and his \"work\".\n\n\n
We recommend reading: DONAL TRUMP IN THE MIDST OF DILEMMA OVER MARIA CORINA MACHADO AND DELCY RODRIGUEZ<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Delcy Rodriguez's New Ministers<\/h2>\n\n\nAlso, to fill the vacancy left by \u00d1\u00e1\u00f1ez, the acting president announced the appointment of the philosopher Miguel \u00c1ngel P\u00e9rez Pirela as the new Minister of Communication and Information.\n\nThese designations are in addition to other previously announced ministerial and government changes, including the appointment of Captain Juan Escalona, a member of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro's security team, as Minister of the Office of the Presidency.\n\nRodr\u00edguez had also announced on January 6, three days after Maduro's capture, the appointment of former Central Bank President Calixto Ortega as the new vice president<\/a> of economy.\n\n\n
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Changes in the Military Leadership<\/h2>\n\n\nThat same day, he also dismissed Maduro's head of Security, Major General Javier Marcano T\u00e1bata, and appointed General Gustavo Gonz\u00e1lez L\u00f3pez as commander of the Presidential Honor Guard and head of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM).\n\nDelcy Rodr\u00edguez was sworn in as acting president on January 5 before the National Assembly (AN, Parliament), which is headed by her brother, the deputy Jorge Rodr\u00edguez.\n\n\n

You can also read: Delcy Rodr\u00edguez promises to \"confront\" the U.S. through diplomatic channels to defend Venezuela<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nThe Chavista leader assumed this role following an order from the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), after the capture of President Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during the US attacks in Caracas and three other states.\n\nSince then, the caretaker government has initiated an \"exploratory\" process to resume relations with the United States, has agreed to send millions of barrels of crude oil to the U.S. for commercialization, and has opened the oil industry to foreign investment with the support of the Republican Administration.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Caracas.- The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, announced this Friday three new ministerial changes in the areas of Transportation, Ecosocialism and Communication, eleven days after assuming the leadership of the Executive after the capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro by US forces. In his Telegram account, Rodr\u00edguez reported on the appointment of Freddy \u00d1\u00e1\u00f1ez, until now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-497883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Ana Laura L\u00f3pez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-29-at-1.45.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}