US President Trump warns Venezuela's Delcy Rodriguez
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Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is in Russia, four sources familiar with her movements said on Saturday, after President Donald Trump said President Nicolas Maduro had been by U.S. forces after an attack on the country.
At a swearing-in ceremony on Monday, interim president Delcy Rodríguez appeared to embrace the ambassadors of Iran, China and Russia
Foreign Minister Lavrov expresses solidarity with Caracas against 'armed aggression' during phone call with Vice President Rodriguez - Anadolu Ajansı
Russia on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of Delcy Rodriguez as Venezuela's interim president, calling it a step to ensure peace and stability in the face of "blatant neocolonial threats and foreign armed aggression".
Venezuela’s parliament swore in Rodriguez as interim president on Monday, two days after US forces seized her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro, to face trial in New York
During a news conference on Saturday in Palm Beach, after the U.S. military had captured Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores, President Donald Trump said “a group of people” were running Venezuela and Maduro’s vice president was “quite gracious” because “she really” didn’t have a choice.
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Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, next in the line of succession, and other top Venezuelan officials issued defiant pronouncements after Mr. Maduro’s capture.