Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Sunday that she has had enough of orders from Washington during a speech to oil workers broadcast on state television.
“Enough already of Washington’s orders over politicians in Venezuela,” Rodríguez said in Puerto La Cruz. “Let Venezuelan politics resolve our differences and our internal conflicts. This republic has paid a very high price for having to confront the consequences of fascism and extremism in our country.”
Her remarks come three weeks after President Trump announced the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a daring military raid in Caracas and declared the U.S. would take control of the country’s oil industry. Trump has allowed Rodríguez to remain in her role following Maduro’s transfer to New York to face criminal drug charges.
