President Donald Trump mentioned on January 3, 2026, that he would place Venezuela beneath momentary American management after the United States captured President Nicolas Maduro in a raid and introduced him to New York to face drug trafficking expenses.
“We will govern the country until we can make a safe, proper and judicious transition,” Trump mentioned throughout a information convention at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. “We cannot take the risk of someone else taking control of Venezuela without keeping the interests of Venezuelans in mind.” Trump mentioned that as a part of the deal, main U.S. oil corporations would transfer into Venezuela, which has the world’s largest oil reserves, and renovate severely degraded oil infrastructure, a course of that consultants say may take years.
Venezuela’s Supreme Court orders Delcy Rodriguez to change into interim president
The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Venezuela ordered on Saturday that Vice President Delcy Rodríguez assumes the function of interim president of the nation within the absence of Nicolás Maduro, who was arrested early Saturday morning throughout an operation by US forces.
The court docket ruling acknowledged that Rodríguez would assume “the office of President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in order to guarantee administrative continuity and the global defense of the Nation”
Mamdani; I referred to as Trump to criticize the operation
Zohran Mamdani, the brand new mayor of New York, referred to as President Donald Trump on Saturday to personally categorical his opposition to the US-led assaults in Venezuela and the seize of its chief, Nicolás Maduro. “I called the president and spoke with him directly to express my opposition to this action,” Mamdani mentioned throughout a information convention on an unrelated matter, including that he advised Trump he was “against attempted regime change and violation of federal and international law.” The mayor refused to touch upon the president’s response, regardless of reporters’ insistence. His aides mentioned Mamdani had made the decision early Saturday afternoon and that the dialog had been “brief.”
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