""We will closely monitor the performance of the interim authorities as they cooperate with our stage-based plan to restore stability to Venezuela," Rubio testified. "Make no mistake, as the president has stated, we are prepared to use force to ensure maximum cooperation if other methods fail." To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video At the same time, Rubio claimed there is "good and decent progress in Venezuela," saying, "We are certainly better off today in Venezuela than we were four weeks ago.""
"Rubio also said there will soon be a ramped-up US diplomatic presence in Venezuela and that steps are being taken to reopen the US Embassy in Caracas, which had closed in 2019. He said this will "allow us to have real-life information" and will boost US engagement with both the Venezuelan government and opposition. Rubio said he will meet with Venezuelan opposition figure and Nobel Prize Laureate Maria Corina Machado after the Senate hearing."
US Secretary of State and Acting National Security Adviser Marco Rubio testified to the Senate on policy following the ouster and capture of Nicolas Maduro. The US military conducted an operation in Caracas that captured Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores and brought Maduro to New York for criminal proceedings. Former Vice President Delcy Rodriguez assumed the acting presidency. The US will monitor interim authorities' cooperation with a stage-based plan to restore stability and is prepared to use force if other methods fail. The US plans to ramp up diplomatic presence, reopen the embassy in Caracas, and direct Venezuelan oil sale proceeds into US-controlled accounts.
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