Protesters demonstrate against the US operation in Venezuela to capture Venezuelan President, in front of the US Consulate in Amsterdam, on January 4, 2026. [AFP]The United States is ready to work with Venezuela's remaining leaders if they make "the right decision," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday after an audacious US operation removed the oil-rich country's president, Nicolas Maduro. "We're going to judge everything by what they do, and we're going to see what they do," Rubio told CBS News' "Face the Nation." "I do know this: that if they don't make the right decision, that the United States will retain multiple levers of leverage." He said the United States wanted to avoid getting mired in nation building.

Source: Standard Digital January 04, 2026 15:53 UTC