Among the new military appointments, Rodríguez said Dilio Alejandro Agüero Montes would be the new navy commander, Royman Antonio Hernández Briceño the new air force commander, and Rubén Darío Belzares Escobar the new army commander.
On Wednesday, Rodríguez unveiled a cabinet reshuffle to her interim government, which included sacking Maduro-ally Vladimir Padrino López as defence minister.
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SuS: I’m not familiar with the replacements, but on paper it looks like the Maduro loyalists are getting replaced. How much of a difference this is going to make democratization-wise will be interesting to watch. Actually, a little later in the article there’s skepticism this is a substantive chnage
>Human rights watchdog Provea called the new appointment a “recycling of impunity”.
>González López had been the head of Venezuela’s intelligence service (Sebin) during Maduro’s government on two occasions, between 2014 and 2018 and between 2019 and 2024.
In an interview with BBC Mundo, director of the Americas division of Human Rights Watch, Juanita Goebertus, said appointing him as defence minister “means keeping the repressive structure intact and rewarding someone who should be investigated for very serious human rights violations, including torture or arbitrary detentions”.
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