Marco Rubio gets a salute from CBS Evening News
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After a stunning raid by U.S forces in Venezuela that captured the country's president and his wife, President Trump declared the U.S. was in charge.
While Vice President JD Vance took a back seat amid the operation in Venezuela, Rubio's odds of being the next president surged.
Rubio insisted the U.S. has leverage on Venezuelan oil markets which will cause change in the interests of Venezuela and .
The region, which has long wielded influence on issues involving Latin America and the Caribbean, has now cemented a role as a global power player.
The U.S. representative may have misremembered a 2017 Miami Herald report about a different Venezuelan politician's alleged kill order on Rubio.