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dalton99a

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Sun Jan 4, 2026, 01:43 PM Jan 4

Trump will kill Rodriguez if she disobeys [View all]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuela-military-delcy-rodriguez-acting-leader-nicolas-maduro/

Venezuela's military recognizes Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as acting leader after Maduro's capture
January 4, 2026 / 1:06 PM EST / CBS/AFP

Venezuela's military said it recognizes Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as the country's acting leader after Nicolas Maduro was extracted from Caracas by U.S. forces on Saturday.

Rodriguez, who is next in the presidential line of succession, served as Maduro's vice president since 2018, overseeing much of Venezuela's oil-dependent economy as well as its feared intelligence service. On Saturday, Venezuela's high court ordered her to assume the role of interim president.

President Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. had been in touch with Rodriguez and that "she's essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again."

Mr. Trump issued an apparent threat against Rodriguez, telling The Atlantic in an article published Sunday that "if she doesn't do what's right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro."

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