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Delcy Rodríguez files insult complaint over claims linking her to PSOE funding
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has filed an insult complaint against businessman Víctor de Aldama in a Spanish court.
Aldama said Rodríguez gave him an envelope containing information about alleged illegal funding for Spain's PSOE party.
Rodríguez denies giving him the envelope or taking part in any such funding and says she did not know it existed.
Aldama says the envelope was connected to Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and was submitted to Spain's National Court as part of the Koldo case investigation.
The complaint challenges Aldama's public statements, which Rodríguez's lawyers say wrongly link her to alleged crimes.
Her lawyers are asking a court to obtain recordings of his television interviews and hear his testimony.
The court will now be asked to investigate the complaint; the available information does not say what it will decide.
Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has filed an insult complaint against businessman Víctor de Aldama.
Rodríguez denies that she gave Aldama an envelope linked to alleged illegal funding of Spain’s Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE).
Aldama has said the envelope was related to Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and that oil-business funds were used to finance the PSOE and the Socialist International.
Rodríguez’s lawyers say she did not know of the envelope or its contents and never gave it to Aldama.
The complaint asks a court to investigate Aldama’s statements and obtain recordings of his television interviews.
- Who
- Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president, filed a complaint against businessman Víctor de Aldama.
- What
- She accuses him of insult over statements linking her to alleged illegal PSOE funding. She denies giving him an envelope connected to the claims.
- When
- The complaint was reported on 9 November 2026. The relevant television interviews aired on 4 and 5 February 2026.
- Where
- The complaint was submitted to a court; the articles do not state which court received it.
- Why
- Rodríguez says Aldama falsely linked her to alleged illegal party funding.
Delcy Rodríguez
Víctor de Aldama
Envelope
Delcy Rodríguez
Rodríguez says she never knew of the envelope or its contents and never gave it to Aldama.
Víctor de Aldama
Aldama has said Rodríguez gave him an envelope related to PDVSA.
Alleged PSOE funding
Delcy Rodríguez
Rodríguez denies participating in an operation to fund the PSOE illegally.
Víctor de Aldama
Aldama has said funds from oil deals were used to fund the PSOE illegally.
The envelope shown in an image in the media appears to bear a receipt stamp from that month, according to Rodríguez’s lawyers.
Aldama made statements in television interviews that Rodríguez’s complaint asks the court to obtain in full.
Aldama submitted the alleged envelope to the National Court’s investigation into the Koldo case.
Aldama’s lawyer said at a conciliation proceeding in a Madrid court that Aldama would not retract his statements.
Rodríguez filed an insult complaint against Aldama.
- Complainant
- Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president
- Respondent
- Víctor de Aldama
- Complaint
- Insult
- Party named
- PSOE
- Television interviews
- 4 and 5 February 2026
- Alleged envelope
- Linked by Aldama to PDVSA and alleged PSOE funding
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What people are saying
categorically denies
Rodríguez has never known of the existence of this envelope or its contents and has never handed it to the businessman