The Venezuelan military recognizes Vice President Delcy Rodríguez as the country’s acting president, says the country’s defense minister.On the night of Sunday Norwegian time, Venezuela’s Supreme court decided that Rodríguez will become acting president during Maduro’s absence.
The court did not declare Maduro permanently absent from office. Had it done so, elections would have had to have been held in Venezuela within 30 days.
In the US President Donald Trump saith a violent deviation Delcy Rodríguez’s price blitt tatt no edter Maduros Pågripel.
Donald Trump at a press conference on Saturday, where he announced that the United States is taking over the governance of Venezuela.
photo: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters / NTB
In an interview with The Atlantic On Sunday, Trump issued a clear warning to Rodríguez.
– Venezuela’s Vice President delcy Rodríguez will pay a higher price than maduro if she does not do the right thing, says Trump.
On Saturday, Trump announced that the United States will govern Venezuela until they can achieve what he describes as “a safe, orderly and legal transition.”
– We will never become a colony, responded Vice-President Rodríguez.
Security guards killed
Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López also confirms on Sunday that several of Nicolás Maduro‘s security guards were killed in the US attack against Venezuela.
– Large parts of Maduro’s security team were killed, López says in a televised speech on Sunday, according to the Reuters news agency.