"Venezuela's Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez has denounced the United States' move to abduct leader Nicolas Maduro as a cowardly kidnapping, adding that some of the president's bodyguards were killed in cold blood, as well as military personnel and civilians on the Venezuelan side. In his televised statement on Sunday, Padrino Lopez also endorsed a Supreme Court ruling that appointed Vice President Delcy Rodriguez who also serves as oil minister as acting president for 90 days."
"US President Donald Trump threatened that Rodriguez will pay a very big price if she doesn't cooperate with Washington. If she doesn't do what's right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro, Trump told The Atlantic in a telephone interview. US forces attacked Caracas in the early hours of Saturday, bombing military targets and spiriting away Maduro and his wife to face federal narco-trafficking charges in New York."
"The Venezuelan president was escorted off a plane at Stewart Air National Guard Base in New York state and taken to a Brooklyn jail. He is due to make his first appearance on Monday in Manhattan's federal court. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday suggested that Washington would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela other than enforcing an existing oil quarantine, using that leverage to press policy changes in the country."
US forces attacked Caracas, bombing military targets and abducting President Nicolas Maduro and his wife to face federal narco-trafficking charges in New York. Maduro was escorted off a plane at Stewart Air National Guard Base and taken to a Brooklyn jail; he is due to appear in Manhattan federal court. Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez called the abduction a cowardly kidnapping, reported Venezuelan casualties, and endorsed a Supreme Court ruling appointing Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as acting president for 90 days. President Donald Trump warned Rodriguez she would pay a very big price if she did not cooperate. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would not govern day-to-day but would enforce an oil quarantine to press policy changes, prompting unease among some Republicans and observers.
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