Maduro’s Inner Circle Appeared to Survive

“The United States captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. But Mr. Maduro’s inner circle appeared on Saturday morning to have survived the U.S. strikes on the country, though it was not immediately clear who was in power,” the New York Times reports.

“Venezuela’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, who is next in the presidential line of succession, figured among the Venezuelan officials issuing pronouncements or making public appearances after U.S. strikes on targets in the country. Reports circulated that Ms. Rodríguez was in Russia at the time of the attacks, but no official confirmation of her location was available.”