No, the US Secretary of State responds to questions about whether the US is at war with Venezuela.
– It is not a war. I mean, we’re at war with drug-trafficking organizations, but it’s not a war against Venezuela, says Secretary of State Marco Rubio to NBC News on Sunday.
He added that there are currently no US forces on the ground in Venezuela. According to him, the forces were only there for about two hours when they captured Maduro.
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that the US will rule Venezuela until further notice. Earlier that day, the United States had attacked Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro. But Rubio on Sunday avoided directly answering who is running the country now.
– We expect to see changes in Venezuela, changes of all kinds in the long term and short term. We want Venezuela to move in a certain direction, because we not only believe it is good for the people of Venezuela, it is also in our national interest. (NTB)