Trump labeled Venezuela America's "51st state" on social media following Maduro's arrest, prompting Venezuela's interim president to reject the remarks and assert sovereignty amid escalating U.S.-Venezuelan tensions over strategic oil interests.
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Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez rejected Trump's suggestion of making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state, asserting her nation's sovereignty and independence while defending territorial claims over Guyana's resource-rich Essequibo region at the International Court of Justice.
Venezuela's acting President Rodríguez rejected Trump's remarks about making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state, asserting her country's sovereignty while defending its claim to the oil-rich Essequibo region at the International Court of Justice.
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Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez defended her nation's claim to Essequibo, a mineral-rich 62,000-square-mile territory disputed with Guyana for decades, before the U.N.'s highest court in The Hague on Monday.
Venezuela's acting President Rodríguez arrived in the Netherlands to defend her country's century-old claim to Essequibo, a mineral-rich region also claimed by Guyana, before the UN's International Court of Justice in a decades-long territorial dispute.
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Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez rejected Trump's 51st state remarks, defending her nation's sovereignty while simultaneously contesting Guyana's territorial claim to the oil-rich Essequibo region at the International Court of Justice.
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez rejected Trump's suggestion of making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state, asserting her nation's sovereignty and independence while defending territorial claims to Guyana's resource-rich Essequibo region at the International Court of Justice.
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Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez firmly rejected Trump's proposal to annex Venezuela as a US state, reaffirming her nation's sovereignty and independence amid improved bilateral relations following Maduro's arrest.
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President Trump said he is seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state, citing forty trillion dollars in oil reserves and claiming Venezuelans support him, following Maduro's removal in January.
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Venezuela's president Delcy Rodríguez arrives in the Netherlands for a territorial dispute with Guyana.
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