Marco Rubio: “The straits have to be open. They're going to be open one way or the other, so they need to be open.”

The United States expects the freedoms of all sectors of Venezuelan politics to continue to be respected.

We spoke to the interim authorities and just said, 'Look, our expectation is that she's a Venezuelan. She belongs in her country. That's the country she's from. She should be allowed to return, and she should be allowed to return…

This war is not going to be solved militarily. This war is only going to end diplomatically.

Venezuela has two options here. Option one is to truly enter into a period of both reconciliation and reformation so that they can have elections that result not just in a democratically elected government but an enduring republic.