"They gave us 15 minutes to respond, or they would kill us," Venezuela’s then vice-president Delcy Rodríguez told her colleagues seven days after a targeted US military operation captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, who had long been in Washington’s sights.
This comes a day after reports of Delcy Rodríguez forming a secret "alliance" with Washington surfaced. The arrangement was aimed at keeping the transition of power under control. It claimed that Rodríguez had been in communication with the United States since November 2025, claiming to step in after Maduro was captured, signalling that Maduro's removal was necessary.
