Venezuela's President Maduro has conveyed through his lawyers that he is "still fine" and advises people not to be sad, while being held in a New York prison.
The US seized the oil tanker Olina in the Caribbean Sea, marking the fifth such interception in recent weeks as part of efforts to control Venezuela's oil exports.
Interim President Rodriguez asserted her country would not be "subjugated", even after President Trump declared the United States was running Venezuela.
The Venezuelan government begins releasing a significant number of prisoners, including many foreign nationals, to de-escalate tensions with the United States.