Rodríguez is an untrustworthy Chavista who runs a narco-trafficking police state. That she has been chosen over democracy champion and Nobel Peace laureate María Corina Machado exposes a dangerous oil-first strategy that actually betrays Venezuelan freedom. It's concerning that Trump is trading American values for Venezuelan crude oil with his support for the regime.

Venezuela stands tall against imperialist aggression, after the U.S. crossed the red line by kidnapping Maduro. Unlike the far-right's submissive strategy of begging for U.S. approval, Rodríguez has reasserted that any dialogue with Washington will be conducted upright, under the tricolor flag, never crawling or groveling like opposition figures competing to see who could debase themselves most.