Delcy Rodriguez sworn in as acting president of Venezuela
Delcy Rodriguez, previously vice president of Venezuela, was sworn in on Monday as the acting president of the country, Xinhua reports.
"I come with pain, because of the suffering that has been caused to the Venezuelan people, following an illegitimate military aggression against our homeland," Rodriguez said at a formal ceremony held in the capital Caracas.
"I swear by the people of Venezuela not to rest even a minute to guarantee the peace of the Republic," she added.
The acting president also called for unity to defend the country "in these terrible hours of threat to the stability and peace of the nation."
In the early hours of Jan. 3, U.S. military forces carried out a series of strikes on Venezuela, taking by force Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, before putting them in custody in New York.
Earlier, Qazinform News Agency reported that the United States would “run” Venezuela and outlined international reactions to the U.S. military intervention.
