Venezuela Acting President eliminates police checkpoints to ease US pressure
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez chaired a Council of Ministers meeting on August 26, ratifying the elimination of urban police checkpoints across Venezuela. The policy, reported on August 27, aims to reduce police extortion and signal stability to the United States following the capture of Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. The government is simultaneously focusing on the "Venezuela Renace Plan" to rehabilitate 13,000 buildings damaged by the massive double seismic event on June 24.
Date: August 26, 2026
Location: Caracas, Venezuela
Conflict: Venezuela Crisis
Category: other
Severity: MEDIUM
Source: TeleSUR