Rodriguez responds to Trump’s self-proclaimed title as Venezuela’s interim president

According to Odaily, Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodríguez emphasized in a public speech on January 12 local time that "only the Acting President and a president forcibly controlled by the United States are governing Venezuela." The general consensus is that Rodríguez's statement was a response to U.S. President Trump's self-proclamation as Venezuela's acting president. Rodríguez stressed that the Venezuelan government is governing together with the organized people and is defending Venezuela's rights by establishing international relations based on respect and international law.