{"id":3003,"date":"2026-06-26T13:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:10:30","slug":"earthquake-shifts-political-ground-for-venezuelan-leader-delcy-rodriguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3003","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake shifts political ground for Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>MEXICO CITY, June 26 (Reuters) &#8211; Venezuela&#8217;s strongest earthquake in over a century is the biggest challenge to Delcy Rodriguez&#8217;s early leadership but could also allow the interim president to stamp \u200bher authority on a fractured government and begin rebuilding a broken country.<\/div><div>After two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela on \u200cWednesday evening, it could take weeks for the full extent of the damage to become clear. U.S. government data models suggested the death toll could ultimately exceed 10,000.<\/div><div>Even so, some things were already clear. Rescuing those trapped, treating the injured and rebuilding homes and infrastructure will require a vast effort.<\/div><div>That project has the potential to define Rodriguez&#8217;s political future.<\/div><div>A close \u200bally of U.S. President Donald Trump, she has sought to portray herself as an agent of political change even though she served as \u200bvice president to her predecessor, socialist Nicolas Maduro, whom Washington ousted in January.<\/div><div>\u201cThe narrative of a new Venezuela is based \u2060on reconstruction,&#8221; said Tony Frangie Mawad, a Caracas-based political scientist. &#8220;It ends up being somewhat ironic that the country now has to face, with great difficulty, a \u200bvery literal reconstruction of its infrastructure.&#8221;<\/div><div>Frangie said the rescue and rebuilding will face immense challenges given the country&#8217;s extended economic crisis and weakened public services. It \u200bcould well end in failure.<\/div><div>\u201cHowever, if the government manages a recovery strategy well \u2014 especially with the international aid that is arriving \u2014 and handles the narrative effectively, it could use this moment to build a sense of national unity, a kind of &#8216;rally around the flag&#8217; in the face of a natural disaster,&#8221; he added.<\/div><div>Rodriguez is already attempting to do exactly that. &#8220;In unity, \u200bwe will overcome this situation,&#8221; she said in the initial aftermath of the disaster.<\/div><h2>EARTHQUAKES HAVE BROUGHT CHANGE BEFORE<\/h2><div>Major U.S. support could tip the outcome. In 1999, \u200blate leader Hugo Chavez rejected U.S. help after deadly landslides killed at least 10,000 people, an early signal of the anti\u2011U.S. posture that later deepened Venezuela\u2019s isolation.<\/div><div>&#8220;It&#8217;ll be big. \u200cIt&#8217;ll be \u2060fast, and it&#8217;ll be effective,&#8221; Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday of the U.S. response.<\/div><div>Trump administration aid could increase both the U.S. role in the country and the government&#8217;s reliance on Washington, according to analysts.<\/div><div>&#8220;It\u2019s a situation that is going to be very well exploited to increase the presence of the United States and its control over Venezuela. And also, for Rodriguez to lean on the United States as her primary ally,\u201d said Ricardo Rios, head of Caracas-based \u200bconsultancy Poder &amp; Estrategia.<\/div><div>Earthquakes have decided political \u200bfutures in Latin America before.<\/div><div>In 1972, \u2060a quake destroyed much of Managua, killing 5,000 to 10,000 people. The corruption-ridden response marked the start of the downfall of President Anastasio Somoza, who would be overthrown by the Sandinista revolution in 1979.<\/div><div>In 1985, Mexico City was devastated \u200bby a massive earthquake that killed at least 5,000 people and left some 100,000 people homeless. The failures of \u200bthe rescue effort were \u2060widely regarded as a turning point that led to the end of the PRI&#8217;s seven decades of one-party rule.<\/div><div>In Venezuela, Rodriguez is likely to be the face of any missteps or mismanagement in the recovery, risking backlash that could shape her political future.<\/div><div>\u201cVenezuela&#8217;s capacity to handle emergency response has been hollowed out over 10 to \u206015 years \u200bof economic turmoil and displacement of 8 million people beyond Venezuelan borders,&#8221; said Paul Angelo, a \u200bLatin America expert at the Washington-based consultancy McLarty Associates who was in Caracas during the quake.<\/div><div>&#8220;Without major international assistance, and without a consolidated plan and lots of money infused into a country \u200bthat is purportedly $240 billion in debt, this will be a long road to recovery.\u201d<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Cassandra Garrison\" class=\"wp-image-935\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6260bf3aded8b39dfff4e4a5e9eeda2e.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Cassandra Garrison<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Instagram<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Stephen Eisenhammer\" class=\"wp-image-523\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6760c495bf0a52b27643d05c08dcf28b.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Stephen Eisenhammer<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=3001\">Russian hawks urge Putin to escalate war, drop US talks as Ukraine strikes deep<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2999\">Volkswagen weighs up to 100,000 job cuts, four plant closures in overhaul, sources say<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2997\">Traffic through Strait of Hormuz slows after attack on ship<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela&#8217;s strongest earthquake in over a century is the biggest challenge to Delcy Rodriguez&#8217;s leadership but could also allow the interim president to stamp \u200bher authority on a fractured government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[94,143],"class_list":["post-3003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-americas","tag-venezuela"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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