Washington. This Sunday, the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, explained that his country will take charge of guiding the direction Venezuela will take in the absence of Nicolás Maduro. This occurred one day after the Venezuelan’s detention and the comments from President Donald Trump, who stated that Washington will oversee the South American nation until a transition occurs. In an interview with ABC News, Rubio was questioned about the power of the U.S. Government over a sovereign country and clarified that his objective is to influence the situation in Venezuela. They possess a margin of pressure thanks to the blockade that Trump imposed on ships transporting Venezuelan oil. «What we are managing is the direction that this will take in the future.» «And to achieve that, we have influence,» noted the leader of U.S. diplomacy, who is one of the key figures in Washington’s efforts to remove Maduro from power. The Secretary of State emphasised that sanctioned tankers heading to Venezuela will be «confiscated, either upon entering or leaving, with a court order that we will obtain from judges in the United States,» alluding to the pressure strategy that Washington has employed against Caracas in recent weeks.
