{"id":63041,"date":"2026-01-03T22:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/venezuelan-officials-condemn-maduros-capture-calling-it-a-kidnapping\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:56:01","slug":"venezuelan-officials-condemn-maduros-capture-calling-it-a-kidnapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/venezuelan-officials-condemn-maduros-capture-calling-it-a-kidnapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan officials condemn Maduro&#8217;s capture, calling it a &#8220;kidnapping&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Hours after Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/venezuela-us-military-strikes-maduro-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was captured by U.S. forces<\/a><\/span>, the country&#8217;s vice president and other top regime figures condemned the military operation in stark terms and suggested they plan to push back on U.S. involvement in the country, posing a potential challenge to President Trump&#8217;s suggestion that the U.S. will &#8220;run&#8221; Venezuela.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maduro was flown out of the country in a &#8220;large scale strike&#8221; by U.S. forces, Mr. Trump said early Saturday. He is expected to be tried on drug trafficking charges, effectively ending a nearly 13-year reign that began after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/president-hugo-chavez-fiery-venezuelan-leader-dead-at-58\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the death of President Hugo Chavez<\/a><\/span>. The operation followed months of U.S. military, economic and diplomatic pressure on the Maduro regime.<\/p>\n<p>Top figures in Maduro&#8217;s government pushed back against the U.S. operation almost immediately after it began early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<h2>VP Delcy Rodriguez calls Maduro the &#8220;only president of Venezuela&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Maduro&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/world\/venezuelas-maduro-names-delcy-rodriguez-as-vice-president-idUSKBN1JA2M7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">handpicked<\/a>\u00a0vice president, Delcy Rodriguez \u2014 whom Mr. Trump said was sworn in as president Saturday \u2014 called Maduro&#8217;s capture &#8220;barbaric,&#8221; an &#8220;illegal and illegitimate kidnapping&#8221; and an attack on Venezuela&#8217;s sovereignty in a speech that was broadcast on state TV.<\/p>\n<p>She also called for the &#8220;immediate release&#8221; of Maduro and his wife, calling him &#8220;the only president of Venezuela.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez&#8217;s defiant words came as Mr. Trump suggested he&#8217;s looking to work with the vice president in some form. In a press conference Saturday at Mar-a-Lago, the U.S. president said Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Rodriguez, who indicated that &#8220;she&#8217;s essentially willing to do what we think is necessary to make Venezuela great again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump called Rodriguez &#8220;quite gracious&#8221; but said &#8220;she really doesn&#8217;t have a choice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The American leader said the U.S. is planning to &#8220;run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.&#8221; It&#8217;s not clear exactly how the country will be led, or to what extent existing Venezuelan officials or political figures would be involved. Mr. Trump said &#8220;we&#8217;re designating various people&#8221; and suggested members of his administration will play key roles.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez said Saturday that the Venezuelan government is open to &#8220;dialogue,&#8221; pointing to Maduro&#8217;s statement earlier this week that he&#8217;s willing to negotiate with the U.S. on drug trafficking. But she did not offer any clear indications that she&#8217;s looking to work with the U.S. if it takes over, accusing Venezuela&#8217;s &#8220;enemies&#8221; of seeking to &#8220;enslave us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If there is one thing that the Venezuelan people and this country are very clear about, it is that we will never again be slaves, that we will never again be a colony of any empire, of whatever stripe,&#8221; Rodriguez said in her address on state television.<\/p>\n<h2>Venezuelan leaders call for military to mobilize against &#8220;aggression&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Shortly after the U.S. operation began, the Venezuelan government said in a statement that national defense plans had been activated and Maduro ordered a &#8220;State of External Disturbance,&#8221; effectively a state of emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino L\u00f3pez <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/venezuela-us-military-strikes-maduro-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">announced<\/a><\/span> that military forces would be deployed across Venezuela on &#8220;Maduro&#8217;s orders&#8221; \u2014 though he didn&#8217;t mention Maduro&#8217;s capture \u2014 and called for resistance against &#8220;the worst aggression&#8221; Venezuela has faced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ve attacked us but they will not subdue us,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello called for &#8220;calm&#8221; in a video translated by Reuters, saying, &#8220;No one should fall into despair, no one should make things easier to our invading enemy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Tarek William Saab called the U.S. operation a &#8220;vile and cowardly attack&#8221; in remarks to Venezuelan state media, alleging that some innocent people were &#8220;mortally wounded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan diplomats have also requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, sending a letter to the body asking it to condemn the U.S.&#8217;s &#8220;aggression.&#8221; Foreign Minister Yvan Gil accused the U.S. of seeking to take Venezuela&#8217;s natural resources. (On Saturday, Mr. Trump said part of his goal in Venezuela is to &#8220;get the oil flowing&#8221; in the petroleum-rich state.)<\/p>\n<h2>Venezuelan opposition leaders say they&#8217;re ready to take charge, but Trump isn&#8217;t so sure<\/h2>\n<p>Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado celebrated Maduro&#8217;s ouster, saying in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mariacorinaya\/status\/2007473689583829046?s=46&amp;t=RtYPhi7oBrpj4CUHsydK2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a>: &#8220;Venezuelans, the time for freedom has come!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Machado, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, called for Edmundo Gonzalez to be recognized as Venezuela&#8217;s legitimate president and to take control of the armed forces. Gonzalez faced off against Maduro in the country&#8217;s last election in 2024, but the government recognized Maduro as the winner, in a result that was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venezuela-election-us-recognizes-edmundo-gonzalez-winner-raud-allegations-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">widely criticized<\/a><\/span> by the U.S. and international observers on allegations that Maduro had stolen votes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today we are ready to assert our mandate and take power. Let us remain vigilant, active, and organized until the democratic transition is complete,&#8221; said Machado.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EdmundoGU\/status\/2007474678894309718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said on X<\/a>: &#8220;[W]e are ready for the great operation of the reconstruction of our nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. Trump said in his press conference Saturday that it would be &#8220;very tough&#8221; for Machado to help lead the country, saying she didn&#8217;t have enough support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s a very nice woman, but she doesn&#8217;t have the respect,&#8221; Mr. Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Jos\u00e9  Diaz<\/span>, <\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">April  Alexander<\/span>, <\/p>\n<p>                                  <a 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