Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez on Monday rejected the idea that her country could become another US state, reaffirming Venezuela's sovereignty and independence.
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, attends a meeting with her cabinet and Colombian ministers in Caracas, Venezuela, March 13, 2026. (Photo: VCG)
"That is not planned. It would never be planned, because if there is one thing we Venezuelans have, it is love for our process of independence," Rodriguez said at a press conference in The Hague, where she was attending proceedings at the International Court of Justice.
Rodriguez said US President Donald Trump "knows we have been working on a diplomatic agenda of cooperation," adding that diplomacy remains the path forward.
"We will continue defending integrity, sovereignty, independence, our history, a history that is the glory of the men and women who gave their lives so that we might become not a colony, but a free country," she said.