U.S. intelligence officials have described Venezuela's interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, as a pragmatic political figure capable of working with Washington, according to assessments cited after a rare visit to Caracas by C.I.A. Director John Ratcliffe.
Ratcliffe met Rodríguez on Thursday in the Venezuelan capital, according to The New York Times. He became the most senior U.S. official to visit the country since U.S. forces captured former president Nicolás Maduro earlier this month. The meeting followed a phone call between President Donald Trump and Rodríguez and came on the same day Trump met with opposition leader María Corina Machado.
