"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted the US was in charge of Venezuela as she held her first presser since the attack last weekend, speaking from DC on Wednesday. "The President has been adamant that he is now in charge of Venezuela, but Delcy Rodriguez said the government of Venezuela runs her country no one else saying quote 'there's no external agent governing Venezuela' so which one is it?" she was asked. "With respect to Venezuela, the Trump administration, led by Secretary Rubio, the Vice President, and the president's entire national security team, is in close correspondence with the interim authorities in Venezuela. We obviously have maximum leverage over the interim authorities in Venezuela right now," she said. While Donald Trump said he would 'run' Venezuela, VP and interim leader Delcy Rodriguez maintained that the government of Caracas was 'in charge'. The US launched strikes on Venezuela at the weekend, grabbing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife - and putting them on trial for alleged drug and weapons charges. They deny wrongdoing. Countries across Latin America, the Global South and beyond condemned the intervention by the United States. "