Venezuela pushes back against Trump’s claims of control following Maduro’s capture as talks of Greenland annexation ramp up: Full coverage

Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, contradicted President Trump’s assertion that the United States is in control of the country in the aftermath of the U.S. military’s brazen operation to arrest its president, Nicolás Maduro.

“The Venezuelan government rules our country, and no one else does,” Rodríguez told a group of Venezuelan government officials on Tuesday.

Trump has insisted that the U.S. is not at war with Venezuela, but has warned that he could launch further military action in the country if Rodríguez and other government leaders do not cooperate with his administration’s demands.

Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism charges in a New York federal court on Monday. They were captured at their home in a U.S. military operation over the weekend that left dozens of Venezuelan and Cuban security officers dead.

As he left the courtroom on Monday, Maduro said, “I am a kidnapped president. I am a prisoner of war.”

America’s intervention in Venezuela has also reignited tensions around Trump’s long-stated desire to make Greenland part of the United States. The White House wrote in a statement on Tuesday that military force “is always an option” for annexing the massive Arctic island, which Trump says the U.S. needs for national security reasons.

European leaders stood firm in their stance that citizens of the Danish territory should decide their own fate.

“Greenland belongs to its people,” they wrote in a joint statement.

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