Venezuela's interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, said that her government would maintain diplomatic relations with China, Russia, Iran and Cuba despite mounting pressure from Washington to sever those ties as a condition for expanded oil production and sales.
Speaking during the annual presentation of the executive's report to the National Assembly, Rodríguez described the U.S. military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores on Jan. 3 as an "invasive aggression" that had left "a stain on the relationship between both nations."
