Live updates: Rubio says US won’t govern Venezuela
AP News••general
Key Points:
- Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez was appointed interim president by the high court and backed by the military following the U.S. military operation that captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, who face U.S. drug trafficking charges.
- The U.S. Justice Department indictment alleges Maduro’s government facilitated massive cocaine trafficking into the U.S., charging Maduro and family members with narco-terrorism and related offenses; Maduro is currently held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
- The U.S. plans to maintain pressure on Venezuela primarily through enforcing an oil quarantine and sanctions, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicating no immediate plans for direct governance but leaving open the possibility of further military action.
- The military operation and Maduro’s capture have caused shock and
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