A retired Venezuelan general serving a prison sentence in the United States says interim leader Delcy Rodríguez and her brother, Jorge Rodríguez, consolidated power inside Venezuela years before the capture of Nicolás Maduro, acting as what he called "the true architects of the Venezuelan dictatorial regime."
In written responses sent through his lawyer to the Miami Herald, Cliver Alcalá Cordones, a former major general who broke with the government and later pleaded guilty in the U.S. to charges related to collaboration with Colombia's FARC guerilla, said the balance of power shifted in March 2023 after the sudden disappearance of Tareck El Aissami, once the regime's top power broker.
