Venezuela’s Supreme Court orders Delcy Rodriguez become interim president

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-supreme-court-orders-delcy-rodriguez-become-interim-president-2026-01-04/

27 Comments

  1. IAmLegallyRetarded_ on

    Consuela is about to take office, once she does the Lemon Pledge of alliance.

  2. It’s important to understand when you read this, that Trump doesn’t understand he is just as replaceable. That countries have continuity and contingency plans. He genuinely thought that Venezuela would just quit because the president was captured, or that they’d just do anything he said to get him back.

    This is going to be a shit show.

  3. TheMoorNextDoor on

    My question is what she saying a farce or being very outspoken and ready to put up a fight against Trump.

    If the idea is the latter then there will be a second wave which will conclude with the deaths of hundreds more people.

  4. So she was in Russia. Maduro gets taken out and she sweeps back in to become president…did Putin just use the U.S. military to take out Maduro for a preferred President?

  5. She’s not giving up that easily, Donald.

    Condolences to our troops. This is gonna be an ugly one. And it’s gonna go to hell fast…

  6. Oh, look. What a surprise. Trump revolutionized that country entirely. The freedom rises

  7. Lmao, so it seems that this was a move from Russia to oust the head of the regime and put someone more compliant in charge. Putin basically used the US to control his puppets…

    This is like if the US snatched Fidel Castro from Cuba and immediately put her brother in charge.

  8. Faroutman1234 on

    She was part of the team that stole the election in the first place. Nothing has changed.

  9. canada_mountains on

    This is the person that Trump wants to partner with, since Trump ignored the opposition.

    LMAO, Trump just rearranged the deck chairs, if she refuses to cooperate with Trump and continues Maduro’s policies. What a waste of an invasion, nothing was changed.

  10. This morning Trump said she was willing to work with the Trump administration. Literally an hour later she made a statement saying that VZ will be nobody’s colony and nobody’s slave, and that the country is ready to defend itself against an illegal regime change operation. She is still claiming Maduro as the president. This is bad news because Trump said this morning that the US would not put boots on the ground only if she “does what we want”. Not looking good.

  11. Bright_Curve_8417 on

    I’m confused, didn’t Trump say that the US was “running Venezuela in the interim” or some similar bullshit?

  12. ScientificBackground on

    This must be so frustrating for Trump. Anouncing ruling over another country because the leader got kidnapped just to see the VP take over. That’s like an orange kid snatching the favorite toy of another kid just for the other kid to pull out a new favorite toy. I would like to see the face of Rubio when they realized this is not chess where they win by taking the king.

  13. She’s also already said in public comments that Donald’s vision of the US “running” Venezuela is horseshit and is not going to happen. Donald focused so hard on disappearing Maduro that he forgot that as a functioning government, Venezuela always had a succession process. Maduro could have slipped in the shower or fallen down the stairs and no longer been president too; Venezuela’s system chooses a new leader. The country isn’t in ruins, there’s just one (admittedly POS) dude no longer signing paperwork.

    Donald is also probably up shit creek, focusing on Maduro and using indictments to justify his abduction and captivity is pretty damn limited. That justification won’t allow him to do the same thing to Rodriguez. Doesn’t mean they won’t try, or that Maduro isn’t a huge POS, but it’s starting from square one.