"The dramatic action capped an intensive Trump administration pressure campaign on Venezuela's autocratic leader and months of secret planning, resulting in the most assertive American action to achieve regime change since the 2003 invasion of Iraq."
"President Donald Trump said the U.S. would "run" the South American country and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations."
""We're hopeful, hopeful, that it does positive results for the people for Venezuela," Rubio told ABC's "This Week." "But, ultimately, most importantly, in the national interest of the United States.""
A tense calm hangs over Venezuela after a U.S. military operation deposed President Nicolás Maduro. Maduro and his wife were taken to New York to face U.S. narco-terrorism charges. President Donald Trump said the U.S. would "run" the country and tap its oil reserves to sell to other nations. The action followed months of secret planning and an intensive U.S. pressure campaign, framed as the most assertive American effort to effect regime change since the 2003 Iraq invasion. Legal experts questioned the lawfulness because the operation proceeded without congressional approval. Vice President Delcy Rodríguez demanded Maduro's release and was named interim president by Venezuela's high court. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will use control of Venezuela's oil industry to force policy changes.
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