end of list<\/span><\/section>\n\u201cWe extend an invitation to the US government to work together on an agenda for cooperation that is aimed towards shared development,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez, who served as Maduro\u2019s deputy since 2018, was made interim leader by Venezuela\u2019s Supreme Court on Saturday after Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were detained in the most high-profile and riskiest US military operation since the US Navy\u2019s SEAL team killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a safe house in Pakistan\u2019s Abbottabad in 2011.<\/p>\n
In a televised address on Saturday, Rodriguez denounced the US actions as \u201can atrocity that violates international law\u201d, insisting that \u201cthe only president of Venezuela [is] President Nicolas Maduro.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rodriguez\u2019s televised remarks created a rift with Trump, who had suggested in the immediate aftermath of Maduro\u2019s capture that US officials were in communication with her, and she was willing to cooperate.<\/p>\n
After Rodriguez called his administration a group of \u201cextremists\u201d on television, Trump quickly shifted his tone from calling Rodriguez \u201cgracious\u201d to threatening her directly.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she doesn\u2019t do what\u2019s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,\u201d Trump told The Atlantic magazine in an interview early on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The US president also said further strikes on Venezuela could take place, and he would not rule out putting \u201cboots on the ground\u201d in Venezuela, reiterating that the US was now \u201cin charge\u201d.<\/p>\n
The belligerent actions and stance, which have prompted protests in the US and around the world, fly in the face of Trump\u2019s election promise of an \u201cAmerica First\u201d stance and keeping the country out of endless wars, as well as his previous criticism of regime change in the Iraq War.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez separately said on Sunday that she had launched a commission to seek the release of Maduro and Flores from US detention, where the Venezuelan leader is facing charges of \u201cnarcoterrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machineguns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machineguns and destructive devices\u201d.<\/p>\n
The commission will be cochaired by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil and her brother Jorge, who is president of Venezuela\u2019s National Assembly.<\/p>\n
Maduro may face a similar future as Panamanian President Manuel Noriega, who was taken by US forces in 1990 after hiding out in his country\u2019s Vatican embassy in the aftermath of the US invasion of Panama.<\/p>\n
Noriega, formerly a staunch US ally, also faced similar charges of \u201cracketeering, drug smuggling, and money laundering\u201d and was sentenced to 40 years\u2019 imprisonment. His sentence was commuted to 17 years for good behaviour, but he was later extradited to France on separate charges, then back to Panama, where he served out more prison time until he died in 2017.<\/p>\n
Maduro is due \u200dto appear in a New York federal court \u200don Monday.<\/p>\n
Trump administration officials have portrayed the seizure as a law enforcement action to hold Maduro accountable for criminal charges filed in 2020 that accuse him of narco-terrorism conspiracy.<\/p>\n
But Trump has said other factors were at play, saying the raid was prompted in part by an influx of Venezuelan immigrants to the US and the country\u2019s decision to nationalise US oil interests decades ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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