Venezuela’s new leader slams US pressure: ‘Enough orders from Washington’

By AFP 26 January 2026, 4:42 am

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Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez delivers her first state of the union address at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, January 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez says she has had “enough” of orders from Washington, in reference to pressure from the United States since the strikes and capture of deposed autocrat Nicolas Maduro.

“Enough orders from Washington on politicians in Venezuela. Let Venezuelan politics resolve our differences and internal conflicts. Enough of foreign powers,” Rodriguez says in an address to oil workers in the eastern state of Anzoategui.