Venezuela's Supreme Court has ordered Vice President Delcy Rodriguez to assume the interim presidency following the capture of President Maduro by the United States. The Court ruled that "Rodriguez assumes and exercises in a responsible capacity all the attributions, duties, and powers inherent in the office of President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in order to guarantee the administrative continuity and the integral defense of the nation." The judges have not yet declared Maduro definitively removed from office, which would have required early elections to be called within 30 days.
The assault on Venezuela has been described as an "unprecedented" one, ordered by President Trump to capture President Maduro and his wife, who were caught sleeping, and then charge and try them in the United States for drug trafficking and terrorism. " We are ready for a new attack ," the tycoon announced, promising that the US "will manage the country until the transition." "The time for freedom has come," said Nobel Peace Prize winner and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado , who is ready to govern, even though Trump believes she "lacks the necessary support."
