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Latin Times
Politics
Mateo Moreno

Trump Got the Photo Op. The IMF, World Bank and IDB May Decide Venezuela's Comeback

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez attends the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on September 22, 2026. (Credit: Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)

  • Trump and Delcy Rodríguez held a private, informal meeting Tuesday night during a UN reception in New York. No agreement was announced, and the White House shared only the list of attendees.

  • The day before, Rodríguez met back-to-back with the heads of the IDB, the IMF and the World Bank as Caracas seeks financing and prepares to restructure debt that analysts put at $150 billion to $200 billion.
  • For Venezuelans in the U.S., nothing made public in New York addresses the Oct. 2 expiration of the last remaining TPS work permits.

NEW YORK — Donald Trump sat down with Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, late Tuesday at a reception he hosted during the United Nations General Assembly. It was the pair's first face-to-face encounter since U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro in January, and neither government disclosed any deal on sanctions, oil or migration.

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