As the question of who’s in charge of Venezuela looms, Marco Rubio prepares to work with Delcy Rodriguez, sworn in after Maduro’s capture.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday told Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Jim Risch (R-Idaho) that there are currently “no U.S. Armed Forces” in Venezuela, as the Senate is

Since the dramatic capture of dictator Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces, questions have swirled about who is running Venezuela and how.

Rubio has backed Trump's decision to allow Rodriguez to remain in power, and has led the administration's contacts with the new leader. But he has longstanding ties to Venezuelan opposition leaders, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, and has spoken of his hopes of democracy for Venezuelans.

As a child, Marco Rubio sat at his grandfather’s feet cigar-smoke curling on the front porch as stories spilled out — tales of Cuban heroes like José Martí and the guerilla soldiers who fought Spanish rule, and of life under the communist regime his family left behind. Even then, Rubio imagined himself as part of Cuba’s unfinished struggle.

It’s not going to cost us anything," Rubio said of the Trump Administration's plans to transform Venezuela and sell its oil

Marco Rubio sparred with ABC's "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos over U.S. authority to run Venezuela after extracting dictator Nicolás Maduro on Saturday.