{"id":63163,"date":"2026-01-04T18:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sen-tom-cotton-says-new-venezuelan-government-cannot-continue-nicolas-maduros-ways\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T18:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:31:36","slug":"sen-tom-cotton-says-new-venezuelan-government-cannot-continue-nicolas-maduros-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sen-tom-cotton-says-new-venezuelan-government-cannot-continue-nicolas-maduros-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. 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Tom Cotton, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that the U.S. has to &#8220;make sure the people that are in charge of the apparatus of the Venezuelan government are not going to continue Nicol\u00e1s Maduro&#8217;s ways.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Trump &#8220;wants to give them a chance to turn the page in Venezuela and to help America achieve our policy goals there,&#8221; <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tom-cotton-arkansas-republican-face-the-nation-transcript-01-04-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Cotton said Sunday on &#8220;Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan<\/a><\/span>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured in an overnight operation on Saturday from their home in Caracas after the U.S. conducted airstrikes in Venezuela. They arrived in the U.S. on Saturday night, and Maduro was transported to the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/migrants-moved-to-brooklyn-jail\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Metropolitan Detention Center<\/a><\/span>, a federal facility in Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump said Saturday that Maduro&#8217;s vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, had been sworn in to replace him. Many from Maduro&#8217;s regime who have ties to narco-terrorists as well as U.S. adversaries remain in power in Venezuela, and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-says-us-will-run-venezuela-for-now-what-do-we-know-about-the-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mr. Trump said Saturday<\/a><\/span> that opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado &#8220;doesn&#8217;t have the support within or the respect within the country&#8221; to lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cotton on Sunday reiterated some of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marco-rubio-secretary-of-state-face-the-nation-transcript-01-04-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio&#8217;s points<\/a><\/span> about what the Trump administration wants to see in Venezuela&#8217;s government, which is still composed of Maduro&#8217;s allies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want them to stop the drug and weapons trafficking,&#8221; Cotton said. &#8220;We want them to kick out the Iranians, the Cubans, the Islamic radicals like Hezbollah and just return to being a normal nation that will help build stability, order and prosperity, not just in Venezuela but in our backyard.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cotton said he felt that new elections &#8220;should be a goal,&#8221; and he said he hoped the government in place would allow the return of political exiles such as <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/maria-corina-machado-says-nobel-peace-prize-tells-venezuelans-we-are-not-alone\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Machado<\/a><\/span>, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In some period of time \u2014 it probably is not going to be days or weeks, maybe a number of months \u2014 that you can have new elections in Venezuela that are free and fair,&#8221; Cotton said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\" wp_automatic_readability=\"0.11406844106464\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper recirc\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">U.S. Strikes Venezuela<br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/venezuela-us-maduro\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--lg\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n                More<br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                  <use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/>\n                <\/svg><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                      <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\" wp_automatic_readability=\"1.7086614173228\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<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<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tom-cotton-venezuela-maduro-face-the-nation\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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