The head of Venezuela’s military on Sunday urged the country’s population to resume normal activities after U.S. forces bombed the country and seized its leader, Nicolás Maduro.

“I call on the people of Venezuela to resume their activities of all kinds — economic, work, and education — in the coming days,” Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López said in a televised address.

Venezuela’s military also recognised Delcy Rodríguez, deputy to the ousted president Nicolás Maduro, as the country’s acting leader after U.S. forces extracted the former head of state to face trial.

Amid uncertainty following the leftist president’s dramatic capture, Padrino appeared to throw his weight behind Rodríguez, whom U.S. President Donald Trump had earlier indicated was a figure Washington could work with.

Padrino read out a statement on television endorsing a Supreme Court ruling that appointed Rodríguez as acting president for 90 days.

He again called on Venezuelans to return to daily life, speaking less than two days after U.S. strikes shook the capital, Caracas, and special forces seized Maduro and his wife.

Padrino denounced the action as a “cowardly kidnapping” and said some of Maduro’s bodyguards were killed “in cold blood,” along with military personnel and civilians on the Venezuelan side.

Venezuelan authorities have not yet released an official toll of those injured or killed in the U.S. operations.

The streets of Caracas were deserted and quiet on Sunday, with many businesses closed and moderate queues at some markets and pharmacies.

“The homeland must follow its constitutional course,” Padrino said.

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