Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that the U.S. has a three-phase plan for Venezuela, with an initial emphasis on stabilizing the country.

Since the dramatic capture of dictator Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces, questions have swirled about who is running Venezuela and how.

As the question of who’s in charge of Venezuela looms, Marco Rubio prepares to work with Delcy Rodriguez, sworn in after Maduro’s capture.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth briefed lawmakers Wednesday on a three-fold process for Venezuela's future.

When Marco Rubio took the lectern at Mar-a-Lago shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the country had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, it was the culmination of a decade of effort from the secretary of state and a clear sign that he had emerged as a leading voice within the Trump administration.

The administration’s Venezuela gamble will have failed if by the end of Trump’s presidency “the same heads of the military who have embraced and weaponised corruption and narco-trafficking” were still in control, said Andrés Martínez-Fernández of the rightwing Heritage Foundation.

After a stunning raid by U.S forces in Venezuela that captured the country's president and his wife, President Trump declared the U.S. was in charge.

The secretary of state helped steer President Trump to attacking Venezuela and seizing Nicolás Maduro, and now aims to force the country to give U.S. companies access to its oil.

Memes of Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a never-ending series of new job roles have fast gone viral online.