Reuters news agency is reporting that a classified CIA assessment presented to Trump concluded that senior Maduro loyalists, including Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, were best positioned to maintain stability if the Venezuelan leader lost power.
The agency, quoting two sources, said Trump was briefed on the report, and it was shared with a small group of his senior national security team.
The assessment was one reason why Trump decided to back Rodriguez, instead of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, the sources said.
The White House declined to confirm the report.
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Shooting in Central Caracas Caused by Unidentified Drones
ReplyDeleteThe United States is keeping an eye on reports about the gunfire in the vicinity of the presidential palace in Caracas, NBC News reports, citing two officials.
Delete"The Administration is closely tracking the reports of gunfire out of Venezuela. The US is not involved," the officials told the TV channel.
Sounds of gunfire are heard near the presidential residence in Venezuela, BNO News web portal reported earlier.
Shots were fired late Monday near Venezuela’s presidential palace, witnesses said, days after US forces captured the now-deposed president Nicolas Maduro in a military raid.
DeleteA source close to the government said the situation was under control.
Πυροβολισμοί ακούστηκαν στην περιοχή όπου βρίσκεται το προεδρικό μέγαρο Μιραφλόρες στο Καράκας της Βενεζουέλας, χθες Δευτέρα το βράδυ, περί τις 20:00 (τοπική ώρα· 02:00 ώρα Ελλάδας), σύμφωνα με μαρτυρίες που επικαλείται το Γαλλικό Πρακτορείο.
DeleteΗ κατάσταση σύντομα τέθηκε υπό έλεγχο, σύμφωνα με κυβερνητική πηγή, η οποία έκανε λόγο για πτήσεις drones.
Κατά την ίδια πηγή, μη επανδρωμένα εναέρια οχήματα, που δεν είναι σαφές σε ποιον ανήκαν, πέταξαν κοντά στην προεδρία, με αποτέλεσμα να ανοίξουν πυρ ομάδες ασφαλείας.
US President Donald Trump said in an interview with the NBC News broadcaster that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in contact with Acting President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez, adding that their relationship "has been very strong."
ReplyDeleteTrump said that Rubio "speaks to her fluently in Spanish" and their "relationship has been very strong."