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Venezuela's leader signals frustration with Trump |
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez said she has had enough of orders from Washington, in a speech to a group of oil workers broadcast on Venezuela's state-run television network Sunday.
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Ariana Cubillos, Associated Press |
Rodríguez's remarks come a little more than three weeks after President Trump announced the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in an audacious military raid in Caracas. He has since declared the U.S. would take over the country's oil industry and dictate orders to the government.
"Enough already of Washington's orders over politicians in Venezuela," Rodríguez told a group of oil workers in Puerto La Cruz, CNN reported.
"Let Venezuelan politics resolve our differences and our internal conflicts. This republic has paid a very high price for having to confront the consequences of fascism and extremism in our country."
Trump greenlit Rodríguez staying in her role after the capture and transfer of Maduro to New York to stand trial for criminal drug charges.
Trump told reporters last week that Rodríguez had "shown very strong leadership so far," "had done a very good job," and was working with the U.S. to move millions of barrels of oil "into the United States."
"We're working with them and they'll get some of that, and we're going to get some of that," Trump said aboard Air Force One on his way back from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"And it'll be divided up and our country will become richer, and that means our taxes are going to be going down and, and they will do better. Venezuela's going to do better than they've ever done. Even with us, you know, taking a, a very fair piece of it."
However, Trump has also warmed to opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado after initially saying she didn't have support in the country.
Trump met with Machado on Jan. 15 in the White House, where she presented the president with her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, an award the president had openly coveted and campaigned for.
Read the full report at thehill.com. |
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Events in and around the defense world: |
- The Atlantic Council hosts an discussion on "The SDF-Damascus agreement and its implications in Syria and the region." Experts will convene for a virtual event at 10 a.m.
- Brandon Williams, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security at the Department of Energy & Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, will speak at the Nuclear Deterrence Summit at 5 p.m.
- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft will convene a discussion on "Europe and the Crisis in Transatlantic Relations" at noon.
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