World · Latin America · 4 hrs ago
Rodríguez links Venezuela’s recovery to dialogue and announces food plan
Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, said dialogue with the United States and opposition groups had helped support the country’s economic recovery.
She spoke at a meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.
Rodríguez said a report showed undernourishment had fallen to 3%, from 5.3% in 2025, and acute malnutrition among children under five had dropped to 1.3% by the end of 2025.
She attributed earlier shortages partly to sanctions imposed from 2017, saying they restricted access to financing, farm supplies and equipment.
Rodríguez announced the Venezuela Alimenta plan, which aims to strengthen food production and work toward ending hunger.
In the coming days, her government plans to present a bill to Parliament to support local and community economies and connect producers with the food industry.
The proposal still needs to go through Parliament, and no further steps are specified.
Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, said dialogue with the United States and the opposition had helped the country’s economic recovery.
Speaking in Rome at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, she announced the Plan Venezuela Alimenta to help eradicate hunger.
Rodríguez said a new law would support food production by linking community and local economies with the agro-food industry.
She cited a report showing undernourishment had fallen to 3%, from 5.3% in 2025.
She said sanctions imposed from 2017 had worsened shortages and harmed agricultural production.
- Who
- Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez.
- What
- She linked dialogue with the United States and the opposition to economic recovery and announced the Plan Venezuela Alimenta.
- When
- Monday, 12 October 2026.
- Where
- Rome, at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
- Why
- Rodríguez said dialogue had contributed to political stability needed for production and growth. The food plan aims to strengthen food sovereignty and eradicate hunger.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Rodríguez said progressively imposed sanctions worsened shortages and affected agricultural production.
Acute malnutrition among children under five was 14.8%, according to figures Rodríguez cited.
The undernourishment rate was 5.3%, and acute malnutrition among children under five fell to 1.3% by the end of the year.
Rodríguez spoke in Rome, linking dialogue to economic recovery and announcing the Plan Venezuela Alimenta.
- Speaker
- Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president
- Plan
- Plan Venezuela Alimenta
- Venue
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome
- Undernourishment
- 3%, compared with 5.3% in 2025
- Acute malnutrition among children under five
- 1.3% at the end of 2025, down from 14.8% in 2019
- Proposed law
- A new law for the local economy to support food production chains
What people are saying
Dialogue with opposition forces, as well as diplomatic dialogue with the United States, has contributed to the political stability necessary to produce and grow.
I announce that in the coming days I will present to the Venezuelan parliament a new law for the local economy that enables the communal economy, the community economy and the entrepreneurial economy, linking production chains for food production with the large agro-food industry.
Everyone, without exception, will contribute to this higher goal.
Sources
Related news
10-year-old girl dies after drowning at water park in Ceará
Hurricane Simon weakens to Category 3 but threatens Mexico’s Pacific coast
Young man killed by 27 shots is buried as family disputes account
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake damages buildings in Panama
Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Panama, prompting tsunami warnings
Three men convicted over 2024 murders of surfers in Mexico
Cyclist, 68, dies after being hit by SUV on road in Tamaulipas
Lydia Antonio de la Garza designated Mexico’s ambassador to Peru
Mexican navy seizes 1.2 tonnes of cocaine off Oaxaca coast
Category 4 Hurricane Simon heads toward Mexico’s Pacific coast
Man killed by police gunfire in São Paulo after phone mistaken for gun
