Why Global Oil Likely Welcomes Venezuela’s Acting Leader

A picture is emerging on the fallout — as well as who gains — from the shock capture of Nicolás Maduro by the US.

In the immediate aftermath, Venezuela’s government is reasserting itself, swearing in Delcy Rodríguez as acting president and flashing warning signs that a new wave of repression has begun. Venezuela’s military counterintelligence officials have been patrolling the streets of Caracas, according to at least two witnesses. At least seven journalists and members of the press were detained on Monday morning and early afternoon, most of them at the National Assembly and its surroundings, according to the national press workers syndicate.