Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuelan VP and Maduro ally, sworn in as acting president

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Venezuela’s Supreme Court ordered Vice President Delcy Rodriguez to immediately assume and exercise all presidential powers in an acting capacity. President Donald Trump said the US will work with Rodríguez to transition to a democratically elected government after Nicolás Maduro’s capture early Saturday, but she and other regime leaders have thus far appeared uncooperative. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a lengthy conversation with Rodríguez and she has agreed to help, Trump said in a news conference in Palm Beach, Florida. He claimed she had already been sworn in as president to succeed Maduro. “She’s essentially willing to do what…

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