By Javier Tovar, AFP
Photo: FEDERICO PARRA / AFP
Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez got down to the business of running the country on Tuesday (local time), under pressure from Washington to give access to Caracas's oil while trying to keep supporters of ousted Nicolas Maduro on her side.
Former deputy president Rodriguez, 56, was sworn in as acting leader on Monday, as Maduro appeared in a New York court, where he pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and "narco-terrorism."
His wife, Cilia Flores, who was snatched with him by US special forces from a military base in Caracas on Saturday during a bombing raid, also pleaded not guilty.
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