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Padrino López respalda a Delcy Rodríguez como “presidenta encargada” de Venezuela y pide a población retomar sus actividades

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El ministro de Defensa de Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino López, respaldó este domingo a la vicepresidenta Delcy Rodríguez como la “presidenta encargada” del país luego de que Nicolás Maduro y la primera dama Cilia Flores fueran capturados por Estados Unidos en una operación militar que incluyó ataques en Caracas.

El Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Venezuela (TSJ) ordenó el sábado que Rodríguez, que hasta ese mismo día ocupaba el cargo de vicepresidenta, asuma la presidencia del país como encargada y de forma temporal luego de la captura de Maduro.

“En atención a la decisión de la sala constitucional del TSJ, de fecha 3 de enero de 2026, mediante la cual se designa a la ciudadana Delcy Rodríguez Gómez, vicepresidenta ejecutiva de la República, para asumir en condición de encargada todas las atribuciones, deberes y facultades como presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, y en estricto cumplimiento a la ley orgánica sobre estados de excepción y la ley orgánica de seguridad de la nación, respaldamos plenamente el decreto de estado de conmoción exterior en todo el territorio nacional previamente suscrito”, anunció este domingo Padrino López, en un mensaje en video transmitido por la cadena estatal VTV.

Tras llamar a la población a retomar sus actividades, Padrino agregó que “la patria debe encaminarse sobre su riel constitucional”.

“Llamo al pueblo de Venezuela a la paz, al orden, a no caer en las tentaciones de la guerra psicológica, de la amenaza, del miedo que nos quieren imponer. Llamo al pueblo de Venezuela a que retome sus actividades económicas, laborales, de todo tipo, educativas, en los próximos días”, anunció Padrino.

En el papel de presidenta encargada, Rodríguez gobernaría con aún más capacidades que Maduro, ya que entra en vigor un decreto de estado de conmoción exterior que le otorga amplias facultades, como movilizar a la Fuerza Armada en todo el territorio, tomar la infraestructura de servicios públicos y activar “todos los planes de seguridad ciudadana”, según adelantó ella misma en septiembre pasado al anunciar el documento.

La juramentación oficial de Rodríguez como presidenta encargada aún sigue pendiente.

Tras los ataques de Estados Unidos en Venezuela, el presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, y su esposa, Cilia Flores, fueron capturados y llevados a Nueva York, donde enfrentarán cargos de drogas.

Padrino exigió la “rápida liberación” de Maduro y Flores, y aseguró que ambos fueron secuestrados por EE.UU.

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A clearer picture is emerging of what Trump meant when he said the US will ‘run’ Venezuela

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View of Caracas from the San Agustin neighborghood on January 4

By Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, Jennifer Hansler, CNN

West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration is working quickly to establish a pliant interim government in Venezuela following the dramatic capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to US officials, prioritizing administrative stability and repairing the country’s oil infrastructure over an immediate turn to democracy.

Officials described a multifold effort using American military and economic leverage to influence the remnants of Maduro’s regime left inside Venezuela. In particular, US officials have focused squarely on the country’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, who Trump advisers identified weeks ago as a viable, if nonpermanent, alternative to Maduro.

Senior-level US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, top aide Stephen Miller and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, have been working to develop a structure for Venezuela’s government in the wake of Maduro’s ouster, according to a senior US official. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright have been tasked with convincing American energy companies to return to Venezuela and its aging oil infrastructure.

The clearer picture that began emerging Sunday of what Trump meant when he claimed during an extraordinary news conference the United States would “run” Venezuela was essentially one in which the US relies on the massive armada floating offshore to ensure whoever is in charge does what the Trump administration wants.

Many questions remained about how, precisely, the US plans to establish what amounts to a temporary protectorate in a country of 31 million people that is roughly twice the size of California. There has been no official American presence in Venezuela since the US Embassy closed in Caracas in 2019.

And the risks for Trump appeared significant, even as he brushed off concerns he was repeating the mistakes of American adventurism abroad and threatened more military action if Rodríguez did not submit to his demands. Even his most immediate goal — gaining US access to Venezuela’s vast oil reserves — could potentially put US troops in harm’s way if, as Trump suggested, they are deployed to protect those assets.

Speaking Sunday, Rubio — a chief architect of Trump’s Venezuela policy who the president said would be included in the group “running” the country — offered a broad portrait of what that meant.

“What we are running is the direction that this is going to move moving forward,” he said on ABC News. “And that is, we have leverage. This leverage we are using.”

That leverage, he said, includes the blockade of oil tankers intended to cut off Caracas’ main economic lifeline and the continued American military presence around Venezuela. An administration source also said the oil sanctions would remain in place for now.

“When the president said the United States is going to be running Venezuela, it means that the new leaders of Venezuela need to meet our demands,” including ceasing drugs and weapons trafficking, Sen

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