Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to US drugs and weapons charges on Monday and insisted he is still president of Venezuela after being captured by American forces over the weekend.
By Joshua Scheer Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s embattled president, declared himself a kidnapped head of state Monday as he pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges—reviving long-standing debates over Washington’s use of criminal prosecutions to justify regime change. A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself “the president of my country” in a U.S. federal courtroom Monday, […]
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Many US lawmakers have remained mum about the attack on Venezuela, despite international condemnation.
“You cannot continue to have the largest energy reserves in the world under the control of adversaries,” Waltz said.
“People fear that there’s going to be more bombings,” said Andreína Chávez, a Venezuelan reporter based in Caracas.
The New York Times and The Washington Post reportedly sought to “avoid endangering US troops.”