Shotlist Venezuela - Jan 3, 2026 1. Various of traffic, pedestrians, closed shops 2. Various of gas station 3. Various of outdoor park, people 4. National flag of Venezuela Beijing, China - Jan 3, 2026 5. Screenshot of photo of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on USS Iwo Jima posted by U.S. President Donald Trump on Social Truth Storyline Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice on late Saturday ordered Vice President Delcy Rodriguez to immediately assume the role of acting president after President Nicolas Maduro's capture by invading U.S. troops. The judiciary's decision was read on national radio and television by the court's magistrate Tania D'Amelio. "It is ordered that the citizen Delcy Eloina Rodriguez Gomez, executive vice-president of the republic, assume and exercise in the capacity of acting President, all the powers, duties and faculties inherent to the position of President," said the supreme court decision. The order also said that Rodriguez's role as acting president "should be exercised immediately." Meanwhile, the court said it rejects and condemns the extremely serious military aggression carried out by the United States against the people and territory of Venezuela, as well as the kidnapping of Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. It added that the U.S. action flagrantly violates the Constitution and laws of Venezuela, as well as international law and the Charter of the United Nations, with the aim of seizing Venezuela's strategic resources. The court said it stands with the Venezuelan people in defending national independence and sovereignty, and called on all parties to make joint efforts to maintain peace and stability in Latin America and the Caribbean. Maduro and Flores were captured in a large-scale U.S. military operation against Venezuela early Saturday morning and then flown to New York. They arrived at a detention center in Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday evening local time, and Maduro is expected to make his first court appearance in Manhattan next week. U.S. President Donald Trump said on the same day the U.S. will "run" Venezuela until a safe, proper, and judicious transition can be achieved. On his social media platform, Trump posted a photo of Maduro in handcuffs, with his eyes covered in black cloth, aboard the USS Iwo Jima amphibious assault ship. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]