A leaked recording of a closed-door meeting of Venezuelan officials and pro-government influencers reveals how the country's interim leadership has sought to project resistance domestically while signaling readiness to cooperate with Washington after the U.S. operation that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3.
In the audio, reported by The Guardian and Venezuelan news site Cazadores de Fake News, interim leader Delcy Rodríguez recounts that she and other senior officials were given 15 minutes to respond to U.S. demands during the operation:
