Rubio says US will press change in Venezuela with oil embargo, while Trump insists 'we're in charge'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, even as President Donald Trump again insisted that the U. S. would be in control following its ouster of leader Nicolás Maduro. Rubio’s statements seemed designed to temper concerns that the assertive action to achieve regime change in Venezuela might lead the U. S. into another prolonged or at...
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