Merely a couple of days after the abduction and detention of President Nicholas Maduro by U.S. Special Forces, Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez was sworn in as the Acting President of Venezuela in surreal circumstances. U.S. President Donald Trump backed Ms. Rodriguez over the claims of Opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Machado, whom he called “not respected” despite her saying everything in favour of Mr. Trump and his imperialist actions.
Mr. Trump’s “endorsement” of Ms. Rodriguez as Washington’s preferred interlocutor reveals the contradictions at the heart of Venezuela’s new political reality. On January 5, when her brother Jorge, President of the National Assembly, administered the presidential oath, Ms.
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