Overview
- Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, arrived in New York to face U.S. federal narcotics-related charges, according to authorities.
- Venezuela’s Supreme Court ordered Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to assume the presidency for 90 days, and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said the armed forces recognize her.
- President Trump said the United States will run Venezuela during a transition and that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken at length with Rodríguez.
- Rodríguez denounced the U.S. operation, demanded Maduro’s release, and said Caracas would accept only “respectful relations,” even as reports on her whereabouts were disputed by Russia.
- Opposition leader María Corina Machado hailed Maduro’s capture and urged recognition of Edmundo González Urrutia, while Trump publicly questioned her support inside the country.