"Venezuela's military and police have pledged loyalty to interim President Delcy Rodriguez, weeks after the country's former President Nicolas Maduro was abducted by the United States military in a deadly operation ordered by US President Donald Trump. Rodriguez attended a ceremony at the Military Academy of the Bolivarian Army at the Fuerte Tiuna military complex in Caracas on Wednesday, where top figures declared their loyalty to her government."
"We swear absolute loyalty and subordination, said Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino, who presented Rodriguez with the ceremonial baton and sword of independence hero Simon Bolivar. This is an unprecedented moment in our republic, Padrino said. Padrino's declaration comes weeks after the US operation to abduct Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, which the defence minister said saw 83 people killed by US forces, including 47 Venezuelan soldiers and 32 Cuban security personnel."
Delcy Rodriguez has received formal loyalty pledges from Venezuela's military and police after the United States military abducted former President Nicolas Maduro. Senior military figures, including Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino, presented ceremonial symbols and declared absolute loyalty and subordination to Rodriguez. Padrino said 83 people were killed in the US operation, including 47 Venezuelan soldiers and 32 Cuban security personnel. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello pledged police support as a defense of governmental continuity and national integrity. Rodriguez assumed leadership after Maduro's abduction on January 3, freed political prisoners, and denied that foreign agents govern Venezuela while the US threatened further intervention and control over oil reserves.
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