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Venezuela’s VP Assumes Interim Presidency
(MENAFN) Venezuela's vice president and oil minister Delcy Rodriguez officially assumed the interim presidency Monday, following the dramatic weekend seizure of President Nicolas Maduro during a US military operation.
"I swear by Commander Hugo Chavez," Rodriguez declared before Venezuela's National Assembly in the capital Caracas, expressing anguish over Maduro's detention alongside his wife Cilia Flores.
"I come with pain for the kidnapping of two heroes that we have as hostages in the United States of North America," she said, referring to the president and first lady.
Maduro and Flores were apprehended in a predawn Saturday raid conducted by US forces, then transported out of the country to New York, where they appeared for an initial court hearing on drug trafficking and weapons-related charges.
Following Maduro's capture, Venezuela's Supreme Court ordered Vice President Rodriguez to "immediately" take on acting presidential duties. US President Donald Trump has pledged to establish American authority over the nation temporarily, with declarations that include potential US troop deployment if deemed necessary.
The extraordinary operation represents an unprecedented escalation in Washington's confrontation with Caracas, marking the first time a sitting head of state from the region has been forcibly extracted by American military personnel to face criminal prosecution on US soil. Rodriguez's swearing-in ceremony underscores the constitutional crisis now gripping the oil-rich nation as it navigates leadership transition under foreign military pressure.
"I swear by Commander Hugo Chavez," Rodriguez declared before Venezuela's National Assembly in the capital Caracas, expressing anguish over Maduro's detention alongside his wife Cilia Flores.
"I come with pain for the kidnapping of two heroes that we have as hostages in the United States of North America," she said, referring to the president and first lady.
Maduro and Flores were apprehended in a predawn Saturday raid conducted by US forces, then transported out of the country to New York, where they appeared for an initial court hearing on drug trafficking and weapons-related charges.
Following Maduro's capture, Venezuela's Supreme Court ordered Vice President Rodriguez to "immediately" take on acting presidential duties. US President Donald Trump has pledged to establish American authority over the nation temporarily, with declarations that include potential US troop deployment if deemed necessary.
The extraordinary operation represents an unprecedented escalation in Washington's confrontation with Caracas, marking the first time a sitting head of state from the region has been forcibly extracted by American military personnel to face criminal prosecution on US soil. Rodriguez's swearing-in ceremony underscores the constitutional crisis now gripping the oil-rich nation as it navigates leadership transition under foreign military pressure.
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