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INTERNATIONAL Relations expert Anthony Bryan has dismissed US President Donald Trump's statement that the US will run Venezuela after US forces removed that country's president Nicolas Maduro on January 3.

In a Whatsapp comment on January 4, Bryan said, "Trump cannot run Venezuela. Maduro is gone but the power structure in Venezuela remains."

The Caribbean Policy Consortium co-chairman added, "Delcy Rodriguez, Maduro's vice-president, is now the constitutional president of Venezuela."