Donald Trump warns Venezuela’s new leader Delcy Rodríguez she could “pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro” if she “doesn’t do what’s right”
Speaking to The Atlantic, the US president adds that for Venezuela, “regime change, anything you want to call it, is better than what you have right now”
At her first cabinet meeting, Rodríguez – who is due to be sworn in today – issues a direct appeal to Trump: “Our peoples and our region deserve peace and dialogue, not war”
Venezuela’s new leader tells Trump: Our peoples deserve peace and dialogue, not war
Venezuela’s acting president says her country is commited to peace and prioritises moving towards “balanced and respectful” relations with the US.
In a statement Delcy Rodriguez invites the US government to “collaborate with us on an agenda of cooperation” within the framework of international law.
“President Donald Trump, our peoples and our region deserve peace and dialogue, not war,” she says before concluding: “Venezuela has the right to peace, development, sovereignty and a future.”
Meanwhile, Maduro is expected to appear in a New York court after being seized during US air strikes on the country on Saturday.
SOURCE: BBC NEWS
