Venezuelan vice president addresses the nation, demands Maduro be freed

The Associated Press reported Saturday that Venezuela’s vice president demanded that the country's captured leader, Nicolás Maduro, be freed.

In a televised address to the nation that lasted less than 15 minutes, Delcy Rodríguez called Maduro the country’s rightful leader but also left open the door for dialogue with the U.S.

“Here, we have a government with clarity, and I repeat and repeat again … we are willing to have respectful relations,” she said, referring to the Trump administration. “It is the only thing we will accept for a type of relationship after having attacked (Venezuela).”