CIA director meets Venezuela’s acting president in Caracas

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas, marking the highest-ranking Trump administration official to visit the country since the U.S. raid that captured former leader Nicolás Maduro. The two-hour meeting, at the urging of President Donald Trump, aimed to signal the U.S.'s desire for a better relationship with Venezuela. Ratcliffe discussed potential economic collaboration and warned against the presence of American adversaries, including drug traffickers.