Hours after President Donald Trump stunned the world by saying the U.S. plans to ¡°run¡± Venezuela, uncertainty over what that means and who is in charge loomed over the South American nation.
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicol¨¢s Maduro was an indicted prisoner on a flight bound for New York by the time his Vice President Delcy Rodr¨ªguez ¡ª who Trump said would partner with Washington to ¡°make Venezuela great again¡± ¡ª denounced the intervention as ¡°barbaric¡± and a ¡°kidnapping.¡±
Adding to the confusion was that the White House offered few details about what running an oil-producing nation of about 30 million people would entail. A U.S. official said Secretary of State Marco Rubio ¡ª who has spent his career criticizing Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chavez ¡ª would take the leading administration role.
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