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US to work with current Venezuela leaders if they make ‘right decision,’ Rubio says
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio walks to a secure room in the basement of the Capitol to brief senators on military strikes near Venezuela on December 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
The United States is ready to work with Venezuela’s remaining leaders if they make “the right decision,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says after a shock 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 tells CBS News’ “Face the Nation” program today.
“I do know this: that if they don’t make the right decision, that the United States will retain multiple levers of leverage.”
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