EAI brief: Marco Rubio says Venezuela must hold “free elections”

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Feb.2026, Words: 118) — US secretary of state Marco Rubio stated Venezuela must hold free elections as part of the process following the military intervention that ousted Nicolás Maduro on 3 Jan. 2026.

Rubio avoided specifying a timeline for holding the elections in the OPEC country.