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Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order

On 5 January 2026 Delcy Rodríguez was sworn acting president of Venezuela after the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, sentencia N° 0001-2026 of 3 January 2026, ordered her to assume as encargada all presidential faculties because Nicolás Maduro’s absence after the U.S. capture that morning was treated as temporary.

Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order

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On 5 January 2026 Delcy Rodríguez was sworn acting president of Venezuela after the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, sentencia N° 0001-2026 of 3 January 2026, ordered her to assume as encargada all presidential faculties because Nicolás Maduro’s absence after the U.S. capture that morning was treated as temporary. Reuters recorded the TSJ order. Nicolás Maduro is the live captured president. This run does not mint a cleaner twin.

Context

She had been vice-president since 2018. Jorge Rodríguez administered the oath. He remains unresolved. She did not sit as every FANB officer.

3 January 2026 capture and TSJ order are parents. 1 April 2026 OFAC lift is a later child. Keep Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order on 2026-01-05 separate from neighbouring 14 June 2018 vice-presidency, 25 September 2018 OFAC SDN, 3 January 2026 capture, 5 January 2026 oath, and 1 April 2026 delisting.

The executive vice-president of Venezuela, later acting president by TSJ order, can speak for administrative continuity and for oil licences. She does not sit as every SEBIN officer, as Cabello’s interior ministry, as OFAC, or as every PDVSA invoice. Nicolás Maduro is the live captured president; this run does not mint a cleaner twin.

Why it matters

The path is electoral integrity and transfer: a completed encargada oath without an election, with Maduro kept as legal president.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Delcy Rodríguez

    Person

    Direct responsibility

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    TSJ ordered. She took the oath. Jorge Rodríguez administered it. Maduro is the live captured counterpart.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.delcy-maduro-system-enforcer observation 2026-01-05Tribunal Supremo de Justicia · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.TSJ — ordena a Delcy Rodríguez asumir el cargo de Presidenta (E)Tribunal Supremo de Justicia · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Tribunal Supremo de Justicia carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

Established: TSJ ordered her to assume as encargada on 3 January 2026; she was sworn on 5 January 2026; the absence was called temporary.

Not established: A unique later popular mandate from that oath, or that Maduro ceased to be the TSJ’s legal president.

She took the oath. Jorge Rodríguez administered it. Maduro is the live captured counterpart.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order, not a later speech about Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to TSJ ordered. She took the oath. Jorge Rodríguez administered it. Maduro is the live captured counterpart. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

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  1. ActorDelcy Rodríguez
  2. contributed toFactDelcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order
  3. weakensDrivers (3)Electoral Integrity and Competitiveness
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Delcy Rodríguez is sworn acting president under a TSJ temporary-absence order. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ve-delcy-acting-president-2026

https://factrail.ai/facts/ve-delcy-acting-president-2026

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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