EU spokesperson highlights the need for democratic transition to include "democratically elected opposition leaders."

Russia welcomed the appointment of Delcy Rodriguez as Venezuela's interim president, calling it a step to ensure peace and stability in the face of "blatant neocolonial threats and foreign armed aggression".

"We firmly insist that Venezuela must be guaranteed the right to determine its own destiny without any destructive external interference," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.

"We welcome the efforts undertaken by the official authorities of this country to protect state sovereignty and national interests. We reaffirm Russia's unwavering solidarity with the Venezuelan people and government," the Russian statement said, adding that Moscow would continue to provide "necessary support".

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called on the United States to ensure deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro receives a "fair trial."

"Now that President Maduro is in detention, what we request is a fair trial," Sheinbaum told reporters in Mexico City.

Pollack also previously represented a former Central Intelligence Agency officer who was convicted of sharing classified information with a reporter.

Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab called for the US judge overseeing a narcoterrorism case against deposed President Nicolas Maduro to recognise what he said was lack of US jurisdiction and Maduro's immunity from prosecution as a head of state.

Saab added that three prosecutors will investigate deaths which took place during the US military action that removed Maduro from office over the weekend.

Americans are deeply divided about the US military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a Washington Post poll revealed. The survey found 40 percent approved of the decision to send US forces to apprehend Maduro, while 42 percent opposed, and 18 percent remained undecided or expressed no opinion.

The divide breaks sharply along partisan lines. Approximately 74 percent of Republicans approved of the military action, reflecting strong backing among the party’s voters for the move against the Venezuelan leader. In contrast, 76 percent of Democrats disapproved, viewing the intervention as an overreach.

The motive is explicit and brutal: oil, strategic resources and geopolitical control. Everything else functions merely as a pretext.

More than a dozen media workers were detained on Monday while covering events in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, including a march in support of abducted President Nicolas Maduro and the swearing-in of the country's new legislature, the South American nation's press association has said.

All 14 of those detained were later released, the press association (SNTP) said on X, though one was a foreign journalist who was deported.

SNTP said that those detained included 11 people working with international media outlets and one with a national outlet.