REUTERS, New York

US intelligence reports have raised doubts about whether interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez will cooperate with the Trump administration by formally cutting ties with US adversaries, four people familiar with the reports said in recent days.

US officials have said publicly they want the interim president to sever relations with close international allies like Iran, China and Russia, including expelling their diplomats and advisers from Venezuela.

But Rodriguez, whose swearing-in ceremony was attended by representatives of those countries early this month, has yet to publicly announce such a move. She became president after the US captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3.

The US intelligence reports said it was not clear if she is fully on board with the US strategy in her country, according to the sources.

Meanwhile, the US has started unblocking Venezuelan funds that were frozen due to sanctions, the interim president said on Tuesday.

“We are unfreezing resources from Venezuela that belong to the Venezuelan people,” Rodriguez said on state TV.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was expected to warn yesterday that oil-rich Venezuela’s leader will suffer the fate of US-deposed predecessor Nicolas Maduro if she fails to comply with US wishes.