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Venezuela Live Updates: At U.N. Emergency Meeting, U.S. Allies Criticize Military Action in Caracas
American allies including France objected to the military incursion into a sovereign state and the capture of the Venezuelan president as a violation of international law.
While Trump stated plainly that his administration was in charge and running things in Venezuela, Rubio was more circumspect, suggesting the U.S. would use economic leverage to impose its will.
A stalwart of Venezuela’s socialist regime for decades, the 56-year-old has abruptly ascended to the seat of power.
As the question of who’s in charge of Venezuela looms, Marco Rubio prepares to work with Delcy Rodriguez, sworn in after Maduro’s capture.
In a dramatic scene inside a New York court room two hours earlier, Maduro had insisted he was still president of Venezuela as he pleaded not guilty to four charges of drug trafficking and terrorism.
The convening of the National Assembly made it clear that Maduro loyalists remain entrenched across Venezuelan institutions after decades of purges and crackdowns on dissent.
President Trump said the United States would "run" Venezuela. But interim President Delcy Rodríguez denounced the U.S. operation and rejected the idea of U.S. control.
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, seized by US forces on Saturday, will stay in a New York jail until their next hearing on 17 March.
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