Venezuelan interim leader tones down criticism, ready to ‘work with the US’ (www.aljazeera.com)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 05 Jan 15:53
https://sh.itjust.works/post/52866216

Interim President Delcy Rodriguez has said she is willing to cooperate with the United States on the future of Venezuela, in a significant shift in tone from the immediate aftermath of a military operation leading to the abduction of leader Nicolas Maduro by US special forces.

“We consider it a priority to move towards a balanced and respectful relationship between the US and Venezuela,” Rodriguez wrote on Telegram on Sunday.

"We extend an invitation to the US government to work together on an agenda for cooperation that is aimed towards shared development,” she continued.

In a televised address on Saturday, Rodriguez denounced the US actions as “an atrocity that violates international law”, insisting that “the only president of Venezuela [is] President Nicolas Maduro.”

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Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world on 05 Jan 16:37 next collapse

So…I’m guessing someone doesn’t want to be killed by the CIA? Would that be a dumb take? Cause that’s what this feels like

tidderuuf@lemmy.world on 05 Jan 17:00 next collapse

Well all the details for the kidnapping if Maduro are slowly leaking out we already know that there has been a team of cia agents and informants that were watching his every move. So she will likely clean house quietly behind the scenes and then the country will be ran exactly the way it’s been ran over these last few decades.

clot27@lemmy.zip on 05 Jan 17:17 collapse

Yup, but this time USA will steal all natural resources and nothing would change for Venezuelans. Maybe some desperate militias would try to take over leading to civil war?

TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world on 05 Jan 17:07 next collapse

I’m a little annoyed that it took me nearly half an hour to find an image of Delcy Rodriguez where she isn’t looking directly at the camera, but it looks like we’re on the same wavelength lol

Buelldozer@lemmy.today on 05 Jan 20:23 next collapse

If killing is what the U.S. wanted then Maduro would have been dead months ago. It would have been easily accomplished, cost far less money, and resulted in far less backlash.

She’s in no danger of getting whacked by the US; she’d either be Maduro’d or pushed from office.

Zaktor@sopuli.xyz on 06 Jan 00:51 collapse

Or she was in on the coup and Trump’s initial statements about her running things for him weren’t just a product of the kakistocracy.

Public statement: “We will not bow down to US imperialism!”

Trump: “What the fuck, we had a deal, I’ll kill you.”

Private statement: “Jesus, do you not understand that I need to say that to rally support to take over?”

Trump: “I don’t understand anything at all, say the secret deal publicly or I’ll kill you.”

Public statement: “We look forward to giving our nominal enemy everything they want.”

TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world on 05 Jan 17:04 next collapse

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clot27@lemmy.zip on 05 Jan 17:15 next collapse

Lets all laugh at noble pisss winner

devolution@lemmy.world on 05 Jan 18:41 next collapse

Leopards ate her face.

crimsonpoodle@pawb.social on 05 Jan 18:54 collapse

Different person this is Maduro’s vice president not the exiled opposition Gonzalez (the latter of which won the Nobel prize and the popular vote).

clot27@lemmy.zip on 05 Jan 19:25 collapse

Thats why I am saying. Trump didnt let her become president or anything despite the amount of bootlicking she did. Trump seems to get along well with maduro’s VP🤣

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Gsus4@mander.xyz on 05 Jan 17:44 next collapse

“Maybe they’ll have forgotten about us by next week if we pretend that nothing happened…”

demonsword@lemmy.world on 06 Jan 13:37 collapse

Looks like the USA won’t even need to put up a stooge to rule in Maduro’s place, the treachery was already there right beside him