Overview
- President Donald Trump said the United States will temporarily run Venezuela, delay elections until stabilization, and use U.S. oil companies to finance reconstruction rather than taxpayer funds.
- Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as interim president and is described by U.S. officials as cooperating, though Trump said he has not spoken to her personally.
- Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores are in federal custody at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center and are due in court Monday on SDNY narcotics- and weapons-related indictments dating to 2020.
- A senior Venezuelan official told The New York Times that at least 40 people were killed in the U.S. strike, while Trump said the operation had no U.S. fatalities and only a few injuries.
- The United Nations said the action breaches international law, and Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, and Uruguay issued a joint statement condemning the attack as a dangerous precedent.