Leaked video shows Venezuela regime’s desperate struggle to control message

<p>Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez told influencers of US threat to kill leaders if they did not cooperate after capture of Maduro</p><p>The communications minister holds a phone up to a microphone before a gathering of regime-friendly influencers.</p><p>On speakerphone is Venezuela’s acting president, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/delcy-rodr-guez">Delcy Rodríguez</a>, who claims that when US forces captured the dictator <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/nicolas-maduro">Nicolás Maduro</a>, she and other members of his cabinet were given 15 minutes to decide whether to comply with Washington’s demands – “or they would kill us”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/23/venezuela-leaked-video-delcy-rodriguez-maduro">Continue reading...</a>