US EditionU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio cites progress in Venezuela, says US not planning further use of force
Rubio said the US will collaborate with interim Venezuelan authorities and allow limited oil sales with proceeds controlled by the US Treasury to support basic services.
- January 29, 2026, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Donald Trump's military operation, saying it removed a major national-security threat in the Western Hemisphere at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.
- On Wednesday, Rubio placed the operation in context by saying the January 3 operation ousted Nicolas Maduro and stabilising moves would only follow if an imminent threat emerged, which the administration does not anticipate.
- Rubio detailed policy changes, saying Washington will work with interim authorities in Venezuela to stabilise the country and allow oil sales restricted under US sanctions, with proceeds held in a US Treasury-controlled account and released only after Washington approves monthly budgets for policing and health care.
- Rubio sought to reassure lawmakers by saying, `I can tell you right now with full certainty, we are not postured to nor do we intend or expect to have to take any military action in Venezuela at any time` during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, amid partisan divisions over foreign policy.
- Looking to the coming months, Rubio projected Venezuela is better off now than four weeks ago and expects further progress in three, six, and nine months.
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Rubio tells Senate 'significant progress' in Venezuela since Maduro abduction
President Donald Trump's secretary of state praised the transitional government established after the removal of Nicolas Maduro for lifting restrictions on foreign investment in the oil sector.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends Trump's military operation in Venezuela before Senate
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Trump's operation that led to Nicolas Maduro's capture, saying it made the US safer. He said Venezuela's leaders are cooperating, ruled out further military action for now, and announced plans to allow limited oil sales under US oversight.
U.S. not planning more use of force in Venezuela, Rubio says
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Senate on Wednesday that Venezuela's new leaders were moving toward closer ties with the United States, leaving no immediate need for further U.S. military action, as he publicly faced lawmakers' questions for the first time since the raid to seize President Nicolas Maduro this month.
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State of the United States, has used the Spanish transition following the death of Francisco Franco in 1975 as an example of how the democratic transition could develop in Venezuela. “There are precedents. I can mention several examples, such as Spain or Paraguay, places where there was a transition from an autocratic regime to a democracy and took time,” Rubio said on Wednesday. The Secretary of State has assured that …
The United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has set an example for Venezuela this Wednesday for the Spanish Democratic Transition after the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. "There are precedents. I can mention several examples, such as Spain or Paraguay, places where there was a transition from an autocratic regime to a democracy and took time," he said during a hearing in the Senate to explain the policy of Donald Trump's admi…
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