Washington keeping 15,000-strong military presence in Caribbean in case interim president hinders US objectives

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The prospect of the United States seizing direct control of Venezuela appeared to recede on Sunday after the shocking seizure of President Nicolás Maduro - but US officials said Washington was keeping a 15,000-strong force in the Caribbean and might make a fresh military intervention if Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, did not accommodate their demands.

While Rodriguez kept up a defiant tone in public, the substance of conversations she had had in private with US officials was not clear.

Source: Guardian - World News