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Shea Stevens (0:17)
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Venezuelan leaders are rallying around the South American nation's interim president, Delsey Rodriguez. This after ousted leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife were arraigned on drug trafficking and other charges in the United States. NPR's Carrie Conn has more.
Carrie Kahn (0:37)
Delsey Rodriguez, Maduro's longtime vice president, was sworn in by her brother, who is the head of Venezuela's National Assembly. She pledged to bring Venezuela out of what she called these terrible times that threatened the peace and stability of the country. Maduro's son, also named Nicolas, gave an emotional pledge of support for the new leader. Is in good hands, Papa, and we will hug each other soon here in Venezuela, he said. The younger Maduro is also a named defendant in the indictment against his father and stepmother. A group of independent journalists say seven reporters were arrested outside the National Assembly. Carrie Kahn, NPR News, Bogota, Colombia.
Shea Stevens (1:21)
Trump administration officials say the United States will run Venezuela until that nation completes an orderly transition of power. Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller says the US Is setting the terms and conditions going forward and that the Venezuelan government is cooperating.
Stephen Miller (1:37)
The president of the United States has asked Secretary Rubio, who also happens to be his national security adviser, to directly, of course, under the president's close guidance and direction, to be the lead on this process. But obviously there's many other elements involved. You have energy policy, treasury policy, financial policy, military policy. So it's a big team and group of people. Everybody's working great and closely together again under President Trump's leadership.
Shea Stevens (2:06)
Miller says the US Is in de facto control of Venezuela, citing the naval blockade around that South American nation. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says its board has voted to shut down the organization this follow months after Congress took away federal subsidies for public broadcasting. As NPR's David Folkenflick reports, CPB had distributed federal funds to public TV radio stations as well as PBS and NPR for over half a century.
Patricia Harrison (2:33)