Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s second-in-command released a statement on Sunday, dropping the tough tone from earlier statements and claiming that she intends to work hand in hand with the United States in the coming months.

Delcy Rodriguez issued the statement within one day of assuming the top spot in the Venezuelan regime in Maduro’s absence — which she did almost immediately after U.S. forces swept in and arrested both Maduro and his wife, extraditing them to New York.

“We extend an invitation to the U.S. government to work together on a cooperation agenda, aimed at shared development, within the framework of international law, and to strengthen lasting community coexistence,” Rodriguez said.

“President Donald Trump: Our people and our region deserve peace and dialogue, not war. That has always been President Nicolás Maduro’s position, and it is the position of all of Venezuela at this moment,” Rodríguez she added. “That is the Venezuela I believe in and have dedicated my life to. My dream is for Venezuela to be a great power where all good Venezuelans can come together.”

Rodriguez’s statement comes just one day after she demanded Maduro’s return from U.S. custody, calling him “the only president of Venezuela.”

Several in President Donald Trump’s administration appear skeptical that Rodriguez will fully cooperate with the United States, but they have also voiced their willingness to give her a chance to do so.

Trump himself warned, “If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro.”

The president’s warning marked a change in tone since Saturday, when he’d seemed optimistic that Rodriguez was ready to work with the United States.

“She had a long conversation with Marco, and she said, ‘We’ll do whatever you need.’ I think she was quite gracious, but she really doesn’t have a choice. We’re going to have this done right,” he said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that he did not believe the current regime to be “legitimate” and that the United States would support a move toward a free and fair election for the Venezuelan people.

“Ultimately, legitimacy for their system of government will come about through a period of transition and real elections, which they have not had,” he said during an interview with “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos on ABC News.

On CNN, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) shared a similar sentiment: “I don’t think we can count on Delcy Rodriguez to be friendly to the United States until she proves it.”

“There are recent examples of anti-American leaders around the world turning over a new leaf,” Cotton said, citing Libya’s Muammar al-Qaddafi and his 2003 reconciliation with the West. “But they made concrete concessions that benefited the United States. Delcy Rodriguez and other sanctioned and indicted ministers in Venezuela were in league with Maduro until yesterday, so I don’t think we can count on them to be pro-American at all.”

President Donald Trump suggested that Colombia’s president may be a target after a successful U.S. operation resulted in former President Nicolás Maduro’s arrest and extradition from Venezuela.

Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday evening that Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, “likes making cocaine,” but that he would not be “doing it very long.” On Saturday, Trump had said that Petro should “watch his *ss.”

“Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he’s not going to be doing it very long, let me tell you,” Trump told reporters. The president seemed unwilling to elaborate until a reporter suggested that another operation may be launched against Petro.

“Sounds good to me,” Trump responded.

The military operation to arrest and extradite Maduro was carried out after federal prosecutors secured an indictment against the Venezuelan dictator in 2020 for drug trafficking. During a five-hour mission early Saturday morning, explosions rocked Caracas as American service members arrested Maduro and put him on board a U.S. warship to be taken to New York for trial.

Trump has continued to ramp up the pressure on Maduro in recent months, amassing warships and thousands of troops in the southern Caribbean. But even as the United States built up forces off the coast of Venezuela, Petro taunted Trump.

In the wake of Maduro’s arrest, Petro has continued to publicly attack the United States, claiming that the operation was an “assault on the sovereignty” of South America. Petro has denied the accusations of drug trafficking against himself and also defended Maduro against similar charges made by the United States.

The United States military has targeted drug boats between South America in the United States for months, mostly in the Caribbean, but some boats have been destroyed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia, as well.

U.S. officials have also issued public warnings for Cuba, as well. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that “the Cuban government is a huge problem.”

“I’m not going to talk to you about what our future steps are going to be and our policies are going to be right now in this regard, but I don’t think it’s any mystery that we are not big fans of the Cuban regime,” he said in an interview on NBC.