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Weekly Report - 29 January 2026 (WR-26-04)

VENEZUELA: Rubio says democratic transition will take time

A fractious session of the US senate foreign relations committee saw Secretary of State Marco Rubio grilled on Washington’s plan for Venezuela following the military raid to capture former president Nicolás Maduro (2013-2026) at the start of the year. Amid accusations that President Donald Trump’s administration is more interested in exploiting Venezuela’s oil than restoring its democracy, Rubio insisted that democratisation remains a central goal. He said, however, that this could take some time, drawing a thinly veiled rebuke from opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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