Overview
- Trump told The Atlantic that Vice President Delcy Rodríguez would "pay a very large price, probably bigger than Maduro" if she refuses to cooperate with the United States.
- He had praised Rodríguez a day earlier, saying she privately signaled willingness to work with a U.S. plan to temporarily administer Venezuela.
- Trump said an interim team led by senior U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Rubio and Defense Minister Hegset, would oversee governance in Venezuela.
- Rodríguez publicly rejected the proposal, vowed to defend Venezuela’s natural resources, said the National Defense Council would continue Maduro’s policies, and demanded his return.
- Ukrinform reports that the United States carried out a large-scale strike in Venezuela and that Nicolás Maduro and his wife were detained and removed from the country.