Burgum Visits Venezuela to Discuss US Investment, Valuable Minerals

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, in Caracas, praised Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez for her efforts to cut red tape and ‘allow capital investment to flow.’

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum (L) meets Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez, at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 4, 2026. Ariana Cubillos/AP

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum met Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on March 4 to discuss investments to enable better exploitation of the country’s natural resources.

Burgum praised Rodríguez—who has been the country’s acting leader since Nicolás Maduro was captured and ousted on Jan. 3—for her efforts “to cut the red tape and allow capital investment to flow.”