US EditionRubio indicates U.S. won’t run Venezuela but will use oil blockade as leverage for changes
Rubio confirmed the U.S. will enforce an oil quarantine around Venezuela to press policy changes including halting drug trafficking and limiting adversary influence.
- On Saturday, U.S. commandos seized President Nicolás Maduro in a risky raid and placed him in a New York detention facility, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. is ready to work with remaining Venezuelan leaders if they make "the right decision."
- The operation followed a U.S. push to curb drug trafficking and expel rivals like China and Iran, supported by an oil quarantine and a large U.S. naval force in the Caribbean.
- Rubio clarified on Sunday that the U.S. would influence Venezuela through policy, framing the operation as law enforcement tied to narcotics indictments, adding, `I do know this: that if they don't make the right decision, that the United States will retain multiple levers of leverage.`
- While Rodríguez condemned the raid, several governments criticized the operation as a regional stability risk, and U.S. officials said they might work with her if she cooperates.
- Longer term, the U.S. hopes to bring American and international oil companies to reshape Venezuela's oil industry, though Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned new elections may take time after 14 or 15 years of regime rule.
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The US does not assume a daily role in the government of Venezuela any more than to operate an oil blockade and seek change in that country, said Marco Rubio.
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The News VirginianRubio says US won't govern Venezuela
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela other than enforcing an existing "oil quarantine" on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a…
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Rubio explains how the US might 'run' Venezuela after Maduro ouster
The US’ top diplomat Marco Rubio suggested that Washington will seek to influence policy change in Venezuela through oil blockades, but not involved in the day-to-day running of the country following a Saturday operation which overthrew and captured President Maduro.
What is ‘oil quarantine’? Marco Rubio retreats from Trump’s Venezuela rule claim, explains how US will ‘run’ the nation
The United States will not govern the day-to-day affairs of the country and will only focus on enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” there, Rubio said.
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