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Follow the oil: Marco Rubio and Delcy Rodríguez’s long game

From Marco Rubio’s closest political ally to a secret 2017 backchannel tied to Venezuelan oil, the road to Venezuela’s new power center was years in the making.

Nine years before she was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president after the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez was already part of a quiet backchannel linking Washington operatives, Venezuelan power brokers, and the country with the world’s largest oil reserves.

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