Overview
- U.S. airstrikes and a Delta Force raid seized Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, who were flown via Guantánamo to New York, where Maduro pleaded not guilty to narco‑terrorism charges with a next hearing set for March 17.
- Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in by Venezuela’s National Assembly as interim president, with U.S. officials indicating they can work with her during a transition.
- After a late Monday briefing, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he does not expect U.S. troops to deploy and characterized the action as not a regime‑change mission, as senators prepare a war powers vote.
- At an emergency U.N. Security Council session, countries criticized the intervention’s legality, and Cuba reported 32 of its security personnel were killed in the weekend strikes.
- President Trump said the United States would temporarily “run” Venezuela and that U.S. companies would be “very much involved” in its oil sector, even as a Mexico‑based poll showed majorities in much of Latin America supporting Maduro’s ouster but preferring an opposition‑led transition.