"After years of political and social upheaval, hunger and despair, the Great Helmsman departs and is replaced by a francophile economic reformer who catapults a traumatised country into a new era of prosperity and growth. That is what happened in China half a century ago when the croissant-loving communist Deng Xiaoping became paramount leader after Chairman Mao Zedong's 1976 death and set in motion one of history's biggest economic booms."
"Where Chavismo has had to rectify [itself], it does so, Rodriguez said in a speech with echoes of Deng's 1978 plea for Chinese communists to emancipate their minds after that decade of bloodshed and upheaval. Declaring the start of a new chapter in Venezuela, Rodriguez called for revamped oil laws to help foreign firms access the world's largest proven reserves and pledged closer ties with Washington, despite its kidnapping of Maduro."
After the overthrow of Nicolás Maduro, Sorbonne‑educated vice‑president Delcy Rodríguez assumed the presidency and signalled a shift toward economic reform and international opening. Rodríguez invoked Deng‑like language about rectifying Chavismo and called for revamped oil laws to attract foreign firms to Venezuela's vast proven reserves. She pledged closer ties with the United States while affirming relations with China, Russia, Cuba and Iran. Supporters framed the move as a pragmatic turn toward growth and investment. Critics described the Delxiaoping nickname as spin intended to obscure Rodríguez's prior role in Maduro's administration and her association with the security agency Sebin.
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