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„ @realDonaldTrump said the U.S. would be in charge of Venezuela until there is a safe transition of leadership. He also said the U.S. would be running the country »with a group« and »designating various people«, without providing details.”
@michaeldweiss 1).
„Delcy Rodríguez, a 56-year-old lawyer by training, has been described by former colleagues and U.S. officials as a ruthlessly ambitious and Machiavellian political operative.
@michaeldweiss 2).
For the last decade, she has held a number of key positions as she climbed her way to the top of Maduro’s authoritarian regime.
She worked hand-in-glove with her brother, Jorge Rodríguez, a trained psychiatrist who now presides over Venezuela’s Congress.
@michaeldweiss 3).
Both are considered to be among Maduro’s most loyal lieutenants.
@michaeldweiss 1).
„France’s President @EmmanuelMacron said he has spoken with Venezuelan opposition leader @MariaCorinaYA Machado and supported her calls [1] for the release of the Maduro regime’s political prisoners.
@michaeldweiss @EmmanuelMacron @MariaCorinaYA 2).
– »She can count on France’s support to carry the voice of a peaceful, democratic transition that fully respects the sovereign will of the Venezuelan people« [2] – Emmanuel Macron wrote on X on Sat. night [3].”
@michaeldweiss 1).
„The raid on Maduro’s compound was the endpoint of a strategy @realDonaldTrump began accelerating last fall, after authorizing the C.I.A. to take a more aggressive posture toward Venezuela.
@michaeldweiss @realDonaldTrump 2).
The NYT reported [1] that @CIA officers working clandestinely inside the country since Aug. built a detailed picture of Maduro’s »pattern of life« – where he lived, how he moved, and when he was most vulnerable.”
@michaeldweiss 1).
„It is the president’s most pointed exercise of presidential power overseas,
@michaeldweiss 2).
marshaling elite Delta Force troops and other U.S. Special Operations personnel — supported by @CIA covert operators — not only to seize a foreign leader in a country with which the US is not at war but to take over the running of that state.”
@michaeldweiss 1).
„Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores [...] were captured in the Miraflores Palace, taken aboard amphibious warship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) before being flown to Naval Station Guantanamo, Cuba, and then flown to Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y.
@michaeldweiss 2).
Members of Congress were notified after the operation, according to @SecRubio, who spoke alongside @realDonaldTrump at Mar-a-Lago midday Sat. @marcorubio said the operation was not the type of mission that allowed for pre-notification.
@michaeldweiss @SecRubio @realDonaldTrump @marcorubio 3).
Trump followed up by saying there was concern that Congress might leak the details of the mission if they were notified.
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„The US has captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and launched a »large-scale« strike against the country, @realDonaldTrump says”