Venezuela: Rodriguez holds first cabinet meeting, creates commission for Maduro release

Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez on Sunday held her first cabinet meeting since US forces ousted her former boss Nicolas Maduro nearly two days ago, television pictures showed.

State channel VTV showed Rodriguez at a table in the Miraflores presidential palace alongside two other key Maduro loyalists, Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello.

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Rodriguez on Sunday also created a commission to seek the release of Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

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Rodriguez tapped her brother Jorge, president of the National Assembly, and Foreign Minister Yvan Gil to co-chair the commission. 

Information Minister Freddy Nanez will also be on the commission, he said in the announcement. 

Accused of drug trafficking and terrorism, Maduro was detained in a New York jail Saturday and is due in court Monday.