"In her first speech as Venezuela's interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez lambasted the US and pledged fealty to Nicolas Maduro. But the Trump administration has made a cold calculation: she will bow to Washington. Rodriguez is a political veteran who served as Maduro's vice-president and oil minister and defended the regime against accusations of terrorism, drug-running and election-stealing, yet for now she is Donald Trump's favoured option to lead Venezuela."
"The 56-year-old former labour lawyer struck a defiant tone in her televised speech on Saturday night. She condemned the abduction of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and demanded their return. What is being done to Venezuela is an atrocity that violates international law. History and justice will make the extremists who promoted this armed aggression pay, she said. There is only one president in Venezuela and his name is Nicolas Maduro."
Delcy Rodriguez assumed interim leadership and delivered a televised, defiant speech condemning the abduction of Nicolas Maduro and his wife, demanding their return and calling the actions an atrocity that violates international law. The Trump administration calculated that Rodriguez will ultimately bow to Washington and favours her as a conduit to influence Venezuela. Rodriguez is a veteran politician who served as vice-president and oil minister and defended the regime against allegations of terrorism, drug-running and election-stealing. She must accommodate US demands while shoring up an authoritarian regime despised by many Venezuelans, avoiding mistakes that could trigger a coup, uprising or US military action.
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