Venezuela ’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez firmly rejected the notion of her country becoming the 51st U.S. state on Monday, following remarks from Donald Trump that he was "seriously considering" such a move. Rodríguez delivered her defiant message at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, where she was attending the final day of hearings in a territorial dispute between Venezuela and neighboring Guyana over the resource-rich Essequibo region. "We will continue to defend our integrity, our sovereignty, our independence, our history," Rodríguez stated, adding emphatically that Venezuela is "not a colony, but a free country." She assumed power in January after a U.S. military operation led to the ousting of then-President Nicolás Maduro.…