“Acting President” of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez on Monday responded to “irrelevant and offensive statements” from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent by asserting Venezuela “does not accept orders from any external factor.”
Rodríguez reportedly issued her response to to Sec. Bessent during her participation at a Monday evening event with international oil company representatives — prefacing her remarks by quoting late socialist dictator Hugo Chávez, who “used to say that there are provocations that must be responded to and others that should not be responded to.”
In recent days, Sec. Bessent speaking with with Real America’s Voice, said that the…
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