WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said that the United States will not tolerate a country in the Western Hemisphere becoming a hub for the activities of America’s global adversaries, such as China, Iran, and Russia.
“You can’t turn Venezuela into the operating hub for Iran, for Russia, for Hezbollah, for China, for the Cuban intelligence agents that control that country. That cannot continue,” Rubio said.
“You cannot continue to have the largest oil reserves, you know, in the world, under the control of adversaries of the United States.”
His comments were made after U.S. military forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in an operation that began in the evening on Jan. 2….
Rubio: US Won’t Tolerate Adversaries Controlling Venezuela, Its Oil Reserves
