Hilarious!
Rodriguez has ‘no intention of negotiating’ with the US
Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has made it clear she won’t negotiate with the United States, contradicting claims by Donald Trump, an analyst says.
Rodriguez appeared “with complete serenity” at a press conference shortly after Trump spoke, insisting Venezuela “is not the colony of any country”, Chris Gilbert, a professor at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela, told Al Jazeera.
According to Gilbert, she framed the government’s authority as rooted in its connection with the people and its democratic legitimacy.
Rodriguez outlined a defence strategy based on an alliance between the military, the people, and the police pointing to the mobilisation of militias in neighbourhoods across the country.
“There are more than four million militia members,” Gilbert said, describing this as evidence the government’s popular support.
Gilbert said Venezuelans have historically rejected foreign intervention and would continue to do so, regardless of threats from Washington.
“There are more than four million militia members”
Within hours of news breaking about Maduro’s capture, protests broke out in NYC with professionally printed signs and flags in support of Venezuela and other third-world countries like Cuba and Palestine.
— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) January 3, 2026
Who paid for all of this? Any foreign funding? pic.twitter.com/AYnciYwW40